Understanding

Understanding child behavioral development is a complicated topic. Some children behaviors are consider as “easy” and other are consider as “difficult”. Why do some children grow up with behavioral issues while others do not? This conundrum can be applicable to the concepts of nature and nurture in the context of parenting in relation to child temperament. The issues of nature and nurture have been a controversial topic in the history of psychology. It is the argument of whether psychological…

The importance of understanding privilege and oppression cannot be emphasized enough for those of us in the helping profession. There are so many factors to consider, especially if one plans to work with diverse populations. Author Ryde (2009) describes how "we might, at least for a time, transcend cultural difference [but it is also] important to keep in mind the different worlds we enter when the session ends" (p. 44). The therapist and client of different backgrounds will separate and go…

ethics, Personal Ethical Understanding, represents the most basic ethical issues and boundaries of personal actions. It involves learning the difference between right and wrong, developing a sense of fair play, learning to care for and empathize with others, developing respect for others, and learning basic principles of integrity and reality, and having actions that are consistent with the values a person knows to be right. As an example of personal ethical understanding, Karl G. Maeser, first…

This part of the brain is instinctive survival that protects us from outside threats. This helps keep us alive. This part of the brain is an automatic response. You do not think before you act. Reptilian Coping Brain also helps us adjust to changes and challenges that we face. This is the number one job of our brain. This part of the brain triggers our emotions or how we are feeling. Two people can have the same situation, but have different feelings. The Emotional Coping works hard to…

unfortunately, racism is still an issue that many people across many races deal with. In America, it is mainly African-Americans, Hispanics, and Middle Eastern people that deal with the pain and hatred that takes shape in many different forms. In “Understanding White Privilege” by Frances Kendall, Ph.D., the author explores the concept of white privilege with an informative, yet critical tone in order to persuade readers to think differently. Kendall starts off by explaining the purpose of her…

Understanding Substance Abuse It is difficult to fully understand substance abuse. Discovering why one person develops a problem with drugs or alcohol and another person does not is something of a mystery. However, there are some similarities in the person's path that develops substance abuse. The difficult part with this is that every stage of a person's path who is suffering from substance abuse causes more consequences and chaos. One problem with substance abuse is that it doesn't solely…

The experiences, ideas, and observations I participated in while taking this course gave me a better understanding of the career path I am pursing. This course was such a learning experience into all the aspects of the education field that happen inside of the traditional classroom. In the duration of this course I’ve learned the importance of the teacher, the administration, and the parent in the classroom. This course gave me the opportunity to gain sixty hours of classroom experience. At…

Understanding Curriculum Experiences According to Blaise and Nuttal the curriculum is not just an outline of what must be taught or how, it is a more complex framework that incorporates five elements; the intended curriculum, the enacted curriculum, the hidden curriculum, the null curriculum and the lived curriculum. Each of these elements highlights a different way a student learns, understands and gains skills from the curriculum. (Blaise and Nuttal 2011) The intended curriculum refers to…

My original understanding of Atheism focused on several distinctions that I felt acted to characterize basic differences between an atheist and theist. Of these particularities, I honed in upon experiencing life without a God figure present, as well as the importance of being fully aware in the environments we inhabit for the sake of forgoing the jurisdiction of a supreme being. An attempt was made to emphasize this approach by asking the reader to understand that we as individuals exist in a…

Understanding Dreams: Every single human on the earth has experienced dreams, but not even the smartest people on earth can uncover what the true purpose of a dream is. The way that the human brain works is extraordinary and one of the many talents it has is making people see their own little movies every month, week, or day. Everyone dreams, but what do dreams actually mean? Are peoples dreams their deepest inner problems that bother them the most, and only at night, or are dreams just silly…