Kay Redfield Jamison’s, ‘An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness’ is a first person memoir about the author’s life and struggles with having manic-depressive illness, or bi-polar disorder. It is an eye-opening read, as well as one that is much easier to read rather than a textbook or essay on the subject. She discusses her experiences with bi-polar, as well as the issues of taking lithium, and being a psychologist with the disorder.…
The story of Bamboozled revolves around a Black studio executive and his attempt to create a successful show for the major network where he is employed. Instantly, Spike Lee’s film becomes a format for political discussion, as he highlights the state of the media industry and the difficulties minorities face within it. Pierre Delacroix, the Black studio executive, is tasked with creating the idea for a show that represents Black culture, however, his boss insists the storyline must be “as black as can be.” The end result arrives in “Mantan: The New Millenium Minstrel Show,” which instantly turns heads with its ability to push the bounds to an extent never seen before on television. Although Lee’s film is satirical, it shows the harsh reality…
Directions: Review Module 36 of Psychology and Your Life. Select three approaches to summarize. Include examples of the types of psychological disorders appropriate for each therapy.…
Karen Horney defines a basic anxiety as insidiously increasing, all pervading feeling of being lonely and helpless in a hostile world” (Horney, 1937, p.89). When a child experiences basic anxiety they can develop self defense mechanisms. These self defense mechanisms can become very common throughout the child’s life. So common in fact, that they become a permanent part of one’s personality and become a neurotic need. Horney developed a list of ten neurotic needs that could be categorized into three neurotic trends: moving towards other people (the complaint personality), moving against other people (the aggressive personality) and movement away from other people (the detached personality) (Shultz & Shultz, 2013, p.164). An apparent connection can be drawn between Horney’s neurotic trends and Timothy Keller’s chapter “The Seduction of Success” in his book Counterfeit Gods. According to Keller, “a sign you may…
Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung was born in 1875 to a reverend who had lost his faith and was the only surviving son; which lent him to a rather solitary childhood which was emotionally deprived. His mother had bouts of mental anguish and illness and spent long periods of time in hospital. He was a lazy scholar and pretended to faint regularly to avoid school work, but after hearing his father voicing concerns he would amount to nothing in life, he stopped this and engaged with his studies. This is relevant in that he used this experience of his own behaviour as an example of how neurotic behaviour can be overcome when subjected to the realities of life.…
While reading under the heading, The Systematic Person, in Chapter Ten, I am reminded of one of the things that I found the most difficult to understand at the beginning of this class. I was unsure how Noah and Joe’s physical disabilities could possibly have anything to do with emotional anxiety. It made more sense to me that Ryan’s diagnosis of Aspergers would be influenced by anxiety since it is more obviously affected by emotions. After reading the text and spending time processing the information, I can understand how even the manifestations of physical symptoms can be impacted by the presence of heightened emotional reactivity. I will take notice of deteriorations in Noah’s hearing loss and watch for how it relates to what has been…
This is being mindful of thoughts you may find difficult, and accepting them without judgement. It is our natural instinct to fight our anxious or negative thoughts and feeling out of our minds. I personally tend to quickly think about the negative before the positive or what can go wrong instead of what can go right. I almost always think about all of the terrible outcomes in situations. I have come to realize that suppressing my thoughts can backfire and even diminish my sense of contentment. After reading this book, I am motivated to teach myself how to acknowledge and accept how I am feeling without rushing to change my emotional state. Accepting situations as they are and changing negative thoughts is a process and takes some getting used…
In the movie ordinary people our main character is Conrad Jarrett played by actor Timothy Hutton it is displayed that he is ultimately suffering from a case of post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a lasting consequence of traumatic ordeals that cause intense fear, helplessness, or horror, such as a sexual or physical assault, the unexpected death of a loved one or accident. In Conrad’s case this diagnosis suits him very well multiple time throughout the movie Conrad display symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Conrad is struck with guilt throughout the movie he feels as though his brother’s death was…
"even our negative emotions help us survive. for example, aren't our suspicious often justified?" most likely someone with a ______ theoretical perspective made this statement "I knew right after we got home from the hospital that our kid had a problem," the parents said. unless the parent is using 20-20 hindsight, the child's diagnosis most likely is "i'm concerned about Ritalin use; its possible effects on children's growth, and its increasing heart-attack risk in hypertensive adults" an acquaintance worries. your best reply, based on the most recent research is "it is obvious that this case of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder arises from an early childhood fixation." which type of psychologist would most likely have made that statement? "let's try to figure out where clients fall on several key personality traits, rather than using a dichotomous classification system." someone saying this would most likely favor which approach to classifying personality disorders? "Litigaphobia" and "litigastress" "relational aggression" is a term used to describe a pattern of aggression most common among "someone's head resting on my knee,/ Warm and tender as he can be,/ Who takes good care of me,/ Oh wouldn't it be lovely?/ Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely..." -- are the approximate lyrics of a song from the musical "My fair Lady". these lyrics most closely reflect symptoms of which personality disorder "that kid is pleasant enough, but will lie about practically anything, even things that do not seem to matter much." this behavior most closely fits which pattern of conduct disorder…
Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy introduces the idea that people are not disturbed by things, but rather the view the person takes as well as what they tell themselves. He believed that emotions, thoughts, and behavior were all integrated; that it did not matter which came first because they were interactive. This theory can teach me about myself. I have started to pay attention to what I truly believe in addition to what I am telling myself about certain situations. I have found that I am pessimistic in my thoughts; therefore my emotions and behaviors are also negative. For example, this semester I have been stressed with my three classes while working full time hours. I continue to believe that I have too much on my plate…
There is one psychological characteristic that I have found that I would like to improve upon. I have a terrible habit of bottling up my thoughts and emotions. There are aspects of my day to day life that drive absolutely insane. People driving too slow or too fast, when students think it is acceptable to talk while others are, collegiate course loads, even Netflix buffering when I am in the middle of binge-watching Friends is enough to make my ears steam. Those are just little things though. What I tend to bottle up are more serious matters that would inevitably cause some form of conflict down the road. The issue is that I keep my thoughts to myself so much to the point where they just keep building up into I explode into a fit of rage where…
Alex Libby is a teen activist against bullying. He participated in a documentary called “Bully” with a few other kids and families. They were trying to spread the message that bullying is a bad thing that is going on across the country that needs to be stopped. They are also trying to show what is happening to some victims. The assistant principal recognized the wrongdoing of the bully. Unfortunately, she wouldn’t help. Kids are mainly trained/expected to tell an adult when anything is wrong, but in this case the adult didn’t help.…
The relationship between these four neurotic conditions is undeniable. Our bodies can undergo physical changes (muscles tensing, butterflies in our tummies, heartbeat rising, sweating, increased awareness, senses heightened) as well as psychological ones (becoming focused, fast thinking, emotionally stretched). These changes tend to kick in very fast but disappear once the ‘threat’ has diminished. However, in some instances, there can be a tendency to become caught in a downward spiral, where the physical and psychological modifications produce further upset and worry that can then increase out of control. Even worse, a compounded fear, that of the present fear, would make the symptoms even more difficult to regulate with potential dire consequences.…
The hardiness theory proposed by Funk described resilience as being able to have the general qualities that emerge from varied childhood experiences that manifest behaviors and feelings characterized as; commitment, control, and challenge (Funk, 1992). Other researchers describe hardiness as having a general sense the environment an individual lives in is satisfying, thus can lead a person to approach situations with curiosity, enthusiasm, or commitment (Tummala-Nara, 2007; Schaubroeck et al, 2001). Funk (1992) also mentions hardy individuals as viewing stressful situations as meaningful and interesting; stressors as changeable, and change as a normal part of life. Early studies on hardiness focused on relationships with illness, cynicism, and Type A personalities (i.e. overly impatient /or competitive) based on self-report measures. The self-report method revealed neurosis to be an underlying trait that despite attempts to control for, were present in studies that link hardiness and positive self-statements. That is to say, individuals that self-report resiliency may have various ways to cope, but do not fully know how they will deal with overwhelming emotions in stressful…
Using this strand, I was able to identify some dysfunctional automatic negative thoughts. These were around feelings of failure, being stupid, fat or unattractive. These thoughts are unhealthy and unbalanced. I need to accept who I am, instead of striving for other peoples’ approval, praise or…