School psychology

Adlerian theory is centered around individual psychology. Adlerian therapy is set up to help the client reach their goals and feel less inferior. Human Nature To me, human nature is what people think, feel, and do. I believe that human nature comes naturally to people, which makes sense because “nature”…

Orson Scott Card, that this is unrealistic. However, I disagree. While it is uncharacteristic of children to behave this way in real life, the children in Ender’s game are a product of their environment. Examples of this come not only from the Battle School, but also from everyday life on Earth and the attitudes of the adults. In the world of Ender’s Game, the society the children are in is wildly flawed. The futuristic Earth that Card depicts is almost dystopian in nature. Children are…

Ray Human beings continually interact with the environment in different capacities and as a result are influenced by systems that play an important role in their overall development. The external variables in the environment, such as influences from society, culture, and the like, have a profound impact on the social, physical and emotional development of human beings. For this reason, sociologists are continually researching on external systems found in the environment and assess them based on…

Benish-Weisman, M. (2015). The interplay between values and aggression in adolescence: a longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, doi:10.1037/dev0000015 This was a longitudinal study done on five Israel schools to test the previous theories that certain values can be correlated with aggression. Benish wanted to examine the relationship between values and aggression on a large sample of Israeli adolescents for a period of a year. He used the four higher values…

Evolutionary psychology provides a theoretical basis to altruism in relation to evolution and adapting to in order to survive. The theories and arguments used in evolutionary psychology help understand the complex relationship among groups, but also within group. Furthermore, it provides a clear goal that is being achieved (survival of the fittest), which gives a straightforward objective towards the theoretical connections and how they are connected to altruism. Based on the evolutionary…

Initially I was in search for a job within the psychology field to develop the knowledge I learned and to help individuals in need. It became much more difficult than I expected to find a job opportunity I was actually interested in since most of them required licensure and further education. From that day forward I realized I will not be able to have my ideal career without going back to graduate school. The graduate program in social work will mold me into a professional…

Lombroso took body measurements of offenders in Italian prisons and concluded that there were some people who were born criminals. These born criminals had distinctive body measurements and skull sizes. The positivist school of thought argued that criminals are not in fact rational, normal human beings who choose to engage in criminal acts in order to maximize their pleasure and minimize their pain. Instead, they said, criminals are different and it is this difference…

GOD protects and guide me, my family and is the reason why I am continuing and education. That will be expanded upon in question two, regarding internalization. You may be wondering why I put myself before my family, well I live and come from the school of thought, that states. You have to first take care of yourself, before you can take care of others. I can take encourage and help my family,with the grace of God of course. Here is how they intertwined , God is the reason I am out of the…

Sherry Turkle is a professor at M.I.T. She is also a writer. In “Stop Googling. Let’s Talk.” She explains that over the past couple years our attention has been divided. She’s been studying the psychology of an online connection for more than 30 years. Her research lead her to an interesting discovery. She discovered that having a phone present in a conversation people tend to feel less invested in each other. She also believes people are gradually losing empathy over time. Turkle claims that…

Reflection is to revise, to rethink and to take a step back and make sure something is at your best preference. This term is one that I always knew existed, but didn’t apply it to my own work or to my own life. However, now that I know exactly where to apply it, I realize it doesn’t have to be only in education. It could be used in education, in one’s career and life says Sandra L. Giles. It’s interesting because I know exactly what it is, yet I never found the urge to actually apply it. Or if I…