PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID Lecture of: Thelma Singson - Barrera What is Psychological First Aid? [1] Psychological First Aid is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events‚ and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping. • Psychological First Aid – is simply a “first-aid” response aimed to *stabilize‚ *reduce symptoms and *return the survivor to functional capacity in the aftermath of a critical incident. Psychological first aid (PFA) is an evidence
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PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES FOR DEPRESSION To read up on psychological therapies for depression‚ refer to pages 459–468 of Eysenck’s A2 Level Psychology. Ask yourself How can the behavioural approach be applied to the treatment of depression? How can the cognitive approach be applied to the treatment of depression? Which psychological therapy do you think will be most effective for depression? What you need to know PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY BEHAVIOUR THERAPY COGNITIVE AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL
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Introduction Everyone faces conflict in their lives on a daily basis. It is an accepted and expected part of life. Conflict is not a problem in itself - it is what we do with it that counts. You can’t avoid conflict in your life‚ at home‚ at work‚ and even at play. Wherever people interact‚ there is a potential for conflict. That is not bad news because good things can arise‚ and relationships can improve through conflict‚ provided conflict is managed with thought and attention. The bad news
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Introduction to Psychological Testing Psy 475 October 22‚ 2012 Introduction to Psychological Testing The history of personality and intelligence testing‚ dates to the beginning World War II. In psychology‚ clinicians use psychological tests as a tool to help aid in identifying important information in regard to the behaviors of an individual or a group. There is a major difference between regular testing and testing used for psychological purposes. There are various tests
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Marketing and environmental stimuli enter the customer’s consciousness‚ and a set of psychological processes combine with certain customer characteristics to result in decision processes and purchase decisions. The marketer’s task is to understand what happens in the customers’s conciousness between the arrival of the our-side marketing stimuli and the ultimate purchase decisions. Four key psychological processes : • Motivation • Perception • Learning • Memory Fundamentally influence customer
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1 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE MOVIE HOLES: Francesca Alvarez Course: Developmental Psychology Instructor: Morgan Hopson 2 Crime is amongst us in the world‚ but the question is why do people commit crimes we know that we should not? Imagine being falsely accused of a time you did not even commit. The next question is are we at the wrong place at the wrong time or around the wrong people? As a psychologist I know that there are proven facts that can explain
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INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING JEMABEL GONZAGA-SIDAYEN‚ RP‚ RPm‚ M.A. Psychological testing • a field characterized by the use of samples of behavior in order to infer generalizations about a given individual. • Sample behaviors are gathered through the responses to the psychological test and these responses are often compiled into statistical tables that allow the evaluator to compare the behavior of the individual being tested to the responses of a norm group. TYPES OF TESTS • • • •
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By referring to the movie‚ there are some scenes or plot that may relate to psychological concepts. These elements are took out and matched with psychological theories in order to analyze this film. In the film‚ Billy was instructed by his father to be a boxing learner. However‚ he is not as strong as his classmate. Also‚ his technique on boxing is just a normal level. Therefore‚ he cannot win any games and always be fought by others. At the same time‚ he tried dancing after his boxing class.
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In the given debate topic of ’Is ethnic conflict inevitable?’ both authors have explained their perspectives with an example of historical events in particular society. I would like to explain the summary of both the sides and then I would express my point of view as under. Sudhir Kakar – a social researcher in India has taken the psychological perspective to explain the inevitable causes of ethnic conflicts. Taking Indian community as a whole‚ he differentiates the understanding of everybody
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Although conflict in life may seem unpleasant‚ literature readers find it to be quite exciting. The characters involved within a conflict clearly stand out as to what they truly believe in and who they are as a person. In Mario Puzo’s‚ "The Godfather"‚ a number of conflicts are revealed through the Mafia underworld. The first‚ and most important conflict that is demonstrated in "The Godfather"‚ is revealed right away through "The Assassination Attempt on Don Corleone". The Don shows the conflict of man
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