Essay on Psychology Class Reflection

Good afternoon classmates have been excellent to share are experience and the insight of our weekly discussions this semester. I've increased my knowledge this semester on the explanatory material of understanding that everyone in the community is affected society and through open communication of understanding our social surroundings. When I first took this class, I didn't know the difference between psychology which is the study of behavior versus sociology which is the study of people. Next, I would say I learned the importance of critical thinking and following the steps to research because if you don't come up with the question first your research is doomed. Chapter 2 the Zimbardo’s Experiment: The Individual and the Social Role has stuck

Psychodynamic approach- what people think and feel. What mental events, such as dreams, anxieties, motives, fantasies and conflict. Different psychonalytic authors have combined ways that people defend against unacceptable impulses.

Most of the lessons have been applicable outside of the classroom, but the most useful for me has been the lecture about different psychology professions because I haven’t decided what exactly I want to do, so it was very helpful to learn about all the different options I have as a psychology major. I chose to write about rehabilitative psychology, and learning more about this topic made me a lot more interested in majoring in recreational therapy. I switched majors, and even as a recreational therapy major, we are required to take a few psychology classes. This assignment also taught me that there is a big job market open for people in the recreational therapy field. The goal-setting topic was the least interesting lesson because everything was pretty common sense, and I don’t feel like I learned anything. This topic did, however, require us to set goals for ourselves which has helped me stick to studying for my classes. This reflection has made me realize that I haven’t reached all my goals and knowing I set those goals and have failed to reach all of them has motivated me try

I am an intelligent person who does not back down from challenges but embraces them as they come. I am taking three more AP classes than are required for my school's graduation, and instead of taking electives that I knew would be easy for me my junior and senior years, I took AP Psychology last year and am currently taking Honors Anatomy and Physiology. My highschool has a senior thesis, and the topic is open ended, meaning that some people take the route of least resistance. I did mine on observing whether inhibiting the RMTg, a newly discovered brain region, eliminates anxiety-like behaviors in alcohol-dependent rats who are put into withdrawal. There was obviously a lot I had to learn and research in order to even understand my own topic,

Before taking this class, I was feeling a bit unsure about my future job possibilities post graduation. The book, The Psychology Major, has allowed me to look at things from a different perspective and get a sense of the wide range of opportunities that lie before me. The first chapter of this book talks a lot about the benefits of going to college and completing a bachelor’s degree. One major topic that was brought to my attention was that it is common for those who had more education to get paid more in the long run. I believe that the point that they made regarding the importance of finishing up something that you have started is somewhat related to one’s overall success. I strongly agree with this statement because once I start something, I am fully committed until it is finished. I have also learned that many benefits arise from receiving a higher education. College-educated adults are more likely to receive health insurance and become satisfied with their jobs. Also, college graduates commonly obtain healthier lifestyles and spend more time preparing their own children for their future learning. I was also surprised to learn that it has been discovered that college graduates have lower smoking rates and that better educated

This class is important because it will allow me to evaluate psychological research and give me a better understanding of human thoughts and behaviors. I feel it will open up my eyes and help me towards my goal of finding what I want to do in life. Sometimes I wonder why people or myself do the things we do and taking this class will help me understand a lot more. I'm one to over analyze everything so taking this course would be great. I'm excited but nervous to learn something new. I do enjoy talking to my friends and family about what's happening in their life and sometimes I try to understand why they are acting like that or doing what

Looking back at my second video assignment for this class, I am satisfied with how far I have come since the beginning of the school year with my counseling skills. In this video, I completed a 20-minute session, with the 7:45 minute mark indicating when we finished contracting and began issue exploration. After this, we explored my client’s struggles with anxiety and how it is impacting her daily living. In regards to physical preparations, I set the space up at my house differently from last time so that I could face the client squarely and have the camera at a proper angle. Additionally, during the video you can hear some background noises,

Previous research has found that the presence of irrelevant neuroscience information seems to pique the interest of the public when added to explanations of psychological phenomena. This effect of interfering with people’s ability to identify logical explanations from illogical ones does not seem to work when information from other sciences is added. We test this hypothesis by giving 340 undergraduate introductory psychology students some explanations of psychological phenomena that were from each of the 6 conditions, using a 2 (Quality: Good, Bad) by 3 (Neuroscience, Social Science, Hard Science) design. Participants on average rated good explanations better than bad ones and explanations containing neuroscience information as significantly higher than other sciences. The added neuroscience information had a significant effect on participants’ judgements of quality of explanations, while social science and hard science did not have the same effect.

Throughout my 5 years of college and high school in the U.S, this is the first psychology class that I have taken. This class has helped me understand concepts of the human mind, such as intelligence, problem solving, and differing personalities. These lectures are supported by various scientists and psychologists, and are relevant to real life circumstances. However, the most valuable lesson I have learned in this class is motivation.

One of my key takeaways from this class was that a rudimentary understanding of IT ethics is beneficial to everyone. In this class, I interacted with people

someone we have something in common with even if it is just the way we

At the beginning of the semester I knew very little about Psychology. I thought that Psychology only had to deal with the brain and how it works. Well I was totally wrong, by the end of the semester I learned about so much more than the brain. I was very interested and excited to learn about this subject because I knew that it was a very broad and exciting topic to cover. In this paper I’m going to write about a few of my favorite things we have learned about this year, and those are personality, memory, and psychological disorders.

During my final placement, one strength which was highlighted, by both my support teacher and tutor, was embracing the values of social justice. This strength was evident in various ways. Firstly, my support teacher commented that I was able to build trusting relationships easily, not only with the children but also with the staff. This is something I see as being an important strength, simply because many of the people I came across during my placement showed, in return, both openness and honesty towards myself. She also saw my effective questioning as a strength within my professional values and commitment. Specifically during weekly discussions, my high-quality questioning I made sure that each and every child was included in generating their own learning. Secondly, I felt it was important to know the background I was teaching in and therefore created a community lesson as well as participating in a community walk. Ultimately, these actions showed great strength in my inclusive teaching (according to my support teacher). Lastly, during my tutor visit, it was pointed out that I demonstrated a commitment to engaging the learners. My tutor emphasised that I showed that I understood the importance of developing positive relationships with my pupils and quickly praised and encouraged during the lesson. These experiences allowed me to progress further in the second part of my placement, I soon found myself open feedback, from both the children and the staff. This, in turn,

Over the semester, I have learned many new important concepts within psychology. Psychology is important because it is significant for one to know how individuals operate and the factors that lead to certain behaviors among our peers and within ourselves. Out of all of the topics I have learned, there are three topics that are prominent, which includes confidentiality as it pertains to research, substance dependence, and Mnemonics/study techniques.

Serving as a client during the role play for clinical interviewing allow me to view therapy in a different perspective. As a client, I felt as though I had to answer everything that the psychologist asked me. I found myself often drifting away in my own thoughts only to think about the traumatic past my character had witnessed. For example, the psychologist asked me how do I feel when I have flashbacks? At that moment, I had to think about the feelings that I had only to re-experience them in therapy with the exception of having a flashback. I continuously felt like I had to develop an answer that would constitute as a problem. Perhaps a better phase would be trying to seek out the shock and ah feeling from the therapist. Although the psychologist played her role well, I felt like a lot of the questions were redundant and if I was really a client with PTSD, I’m certain that I would have a low tolerance and quickly become agitated with the psychologist and feel as though she was not listening to me. There were also times when I found myself not answering the question and drifting off to an irrelevant subject.