Psychological Perspectives
The seminar I would create would be called “Analysis of Psychological Perspectives.” It would cover how the seven perspectives— biological, learning, sociocultural, humanistic, cognitive, psychodynamic, and evolutionary— affect human psychology, and inversely explore how human psychology affects the perspectives. This could extend to analyzing how historical figures such as Hitler might have become what they were, or studying the different mental processes between genders.
Though I have taken nearly two years’ worth of biology and a year of chemistry, I never had the opportunity to take psychology. Only through an after school club did I realize that by learning psychology, we can understand the people around us, therefore improving our future
social interactions. We can see the positive and negative qualities we possess and, from that, better ourselves. We can more effectively grasp problems and create solutions, and maintain a stable mind and healthy body.
In most of my classes, there was never a true “collaboration” between different subjects. I think it would be interesting to link psychology to topics like anatomy or culture. The seminar promotes discussion because when analyzing human behaviors, there are many factors that influence how people think and act. One could attribute the overproduction of stress hormones to depression, while another may look at the individual’s recent life experiences. Depending on what each student has been through, their reasoning for a given scenario will differ, and the perspective they believe is the leading cause of that behavior will vary. The seminar would be academic while still intellectually stimulating and philosophical.
Though I have taken nearly two years’ worth of biology and a year of chemistry, I never had the opportunity to take psychology. Only through an after school club did I realize that by learning psychology, we can understand the people around us, therefore improving our future
social interactions. We can see the positive and negative qualities we possess and, from that, better ourselves. We can more effectively grasp problems and create solutions, and maintain a stable mind and healthy body.
In most of my classes, there was never a true “collaboration” between different subjects. I think it would be interesting to link psychology to topics like anatomy or culture. The seminar promotes discussion because when analyzing human behaviors, there are many factors that influence how people think and act. One could attribute the overproduction of stress hormones to depression, while another may look at the individual’s recent life experiences. Depending on what each student has been through, their reasoning for a given scenario will differ, and the perspective they believe is the leading cause of that behavior will vary. The seminar would be academic while still intellectually stimulating and philosophical.