Psychology is the study of the brain, stemming from the greek word ‘psyche’ meaning the mind, and is made up of man different theories and perspectives. Each of these look at the human mind and find different explanations for how it works and how people behave. Some of the key psychological perspectives are;…
This course overviews the foundations of psychology as the field applies to everyday life. The physical and mental aspects of psychology are traced through lifespan development with emphasis on psychological health and wellness. Further study focuses on personality; thinking, learning and memory; motivation and emotions; and gender and sexuality. Based in various historical traditions, the course is set in the context of contemporary psychological principles.…
Psychology is the process of understanding ones mental processes such as how and why one thinks, feels, and behaves the way they do. Psychology is the process by which the scientific method is used to better understand and test these processes (Allport, 1985). Psychology was established as a means to blends these two differing schools of thought into one. Psychology quickly separated into different schools of thought as a means to explain the human mind and its behaviors. In this paper we will discuss in more depth about a few of them such as structuralism, functionalism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and humanism (Allport, 1985).…
The VIA Strengths Survey is a 250 question survey to show you your top 5 character strengths based on your answers. My top 5 strengths were not particularly surprising and align pretty closely with who I am. I will discuss how these strengths can be a positive in my counseling career as well, as how they may possibly negatively affect my counseling career.…
Psychology is the focus on different subjects such as the human development, social behaviour and cognitive processes. There are different approaches that have been developed in order to explain the psychology. These perspective or approaches include the behaviourist, social learning, psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive and the biological perspectives. These perspectives focus on trying to explain human development by focusing on how people learn and develop. Also the perspectives explain how an individual’s behaviour can be influenced by ones childhood (notes).…
Honesty, authenticity, genuineness, bravery, and valor are my top strengths. I was shocked by these results not only because I feel they are extremely accurate, but these are the things I value most in life, especially honesty, I feel that you can hate a man to the core, but if that man is a truly honest man you can only respect him. I want to be an epitome of a truly honest man, and I believe my character strengths will help me achieve this goal. My bottom strengths were the love of learning, self-control, and regulation. I feel these strengths are just as important as my top strengths, and I need to maximize them all in order to become a great leader. Marilyn Vos Savant “Success is achieved by developing our strengths not by eliminating our…
Humanistic psychology emerged in the 1950’s. This perspective focuses on free will, human nature and self-actualization. Positive psychology is a root of this perspective and focuses on how people want to improve, grow and change themelves.…
Traditional psychology appeared to explain the development of mental disorders and provided a framework for the treatment of these disorders or emotional difficulties. This started in the earlier 1900’s with Sigmund Freud, but holes began to appear in this first global theory. The theory explained behavior in terms of conditioning and reinforcement. Psychoanalytic theory used to explain emotional problems and psychoanalysis was the treatment preferred, which often failed. There were so many experiences influencing their observations that we had a variety of different paradigms.…
This course overviews the foundations of psychology as the field applies to everyday life. The physical and mental aspects of psychology are traced through lifespan development with emphasis on psychological health and wellness. Further study focuses on personality; thinking, learning and memory; motivation and emotions; and gender and sexuality. Based in various historical traditions, the course is set in the context of contemporary psychological principles.…
The discipline of psychology is a broad field of study covering many topic areas. Some psychologists study complex interactions between neurons within the brain as humans’ process information or exhibit particular behaviors. Other psychologists focus on the ways that groups and larger social processes influence individual behavior. Still others design experiments to examine the mental processes of humans and various other species of animals. Despite this broad range, psychology can be unified as a discipline focused on the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course will be a broad overview of the many approaches and perspectives on understanding the mind and behavior that contribute to the discipline of psychology. Through this course you will develop a basic understanding of the different perspectives and content domains in psychology as well as key concepts, theories and organizing principles within the field. As your instructor, I hope that this course will build your interest and enthusiasm for further study of psychological topics throughout your university…
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. It studies people’s thoughts and emotions and why people act in certain ways and do certain things. It is supported by scientific research carried out in experiments; the results are the recorded, similar to a scientific experiment. There are many different perspectives within psychology however this essay will be looking at the three main perspectives; behaviourism, psychodynamics and humanism. It will then outline different research studies from each perspective.…
This course overviews the foundations of psychology as the field applies to everyday life. The physical and mental aspects of psychology are traced through lifespan development with emphasis on psychological health and wellness. Further study focuses on personality; thinking, learning and memory; motivation and emotions; and gender and sexuality. Based in various historical traditions, the course is set in the context of contemporary psychological principles.…
What the researchers mean by ‘subjective well-being’ is that it takes a broad view of happiness, beyond the pursuit of short-term of physical pleasures defining a narrow hedonism. It is also define as life satisfaction, the presence of positive affect, and a relative absence of negative affect. ‘Subjective well-being’ is measured by hedonic well-being where it’s proposed that an individual experiences happiness when positive affect and satisfaction with life are both high.…
When a person thinks about the human body and how it works, the study of psychology may not be the first thing to come to mind. Many have argued the importance William Wundt is often considered the founder of psychology because he opened the first Experimental Psychology lab in 1879. Since then there have been countless developments in truly understanding how the human mind works and how environmental factors behavior. Martin Seligman discusses great reasoning and facts in his lecture titled “The New Era of Positive Psychology” that make the broad topic much easier to understand. He reviews the basic science of psychology, discusses why psychology is good and describes how a person can truly live a happy life.…
Psychology is the scientific explanation into how the mind works and how and why we behave the way we do.…