Psychology, Cognitive, And Behavioral

The scientific endeavor helps us become more educated citizens so that we are able to approach data presented by political candidates with a healthy dose of skepticism by providing them with the tools needed. Critical thinking skills are important to have when viewing any new data in order to really understand the date presented, instead of just trusting the biased opinion of the one presenting the data. In chapter 1 of Psychology: Core Concepts, it provides a list of six critical thinking skills that are based on six specific questions.

Humanistic therapy emerged in the 1950's as an alternative to behavioural and psychoanalytic therapy. Rogers is it’s

Humanistic counselling is a process whereby the eventual goal is to facilitate the client in developing a personal understanding of self, and form a realisation of their own psychological needs and desires. It is, in essence, a route to empowerment for the client. Carl Rogers, father of client-centred therapy, described the client as an ‘organism’ whose natural tendency is a need to

Humanistic therapy aims to help client develop a stronger, and healthier sense of self. It

Within Humanistic therapy the potential is there for the re integration of self and organism, thus

Psychotherapy itself comes in many forms, and is based on many different psychological models. Adlerian therapy on the growth model, Gestalt therapy integrates the body and mind, psychoanalytic therapy focuses on the first six years of life, Reality therapy teaches people to control the world around them, and Rational and Cognitive therapy, deals with the cognitive and moral state of the patient. Any one of these could be chosen as a treatment option, but for the purpose of this paper, I will focus on a form of Humanistic Therapy.

According to (Bandura, 1986)Cognitive theories are based on how people perceive situation, think, speak, remember and problem solve, behaviorism is learning mannerisms from the environment around you. Social cognitive is what people learn by watching others. All three of these skills contribute to the human development cycle and help to shape how we interact with other people. With them all having so much in common there are also a few key pointer tell how they all have there own way of shaping the human life and mind set even though the behaviorism theory and social theory show that they have similar mannerisms but they are different because of the

* Predict: Offering predictions (or hypotheses) about how a given condition or set of conditions will affect

The assignment prompt gives the impression that the student has a considerable amount of freedom in choosing the subject of their paper and also how to organize as long as they satisfy the requirements laid out in the prompt. The requirement of a 10-15 page paper implies that good writing in the psychology field (or the other social sciences) cannot just be simple statements but rather more in depth and nuanced analysis. The prompt also asks for hypotheses to be laid out in the paper, which function as the thesis. It also calls for datasets to be used, which means that a good psychology writing will have quantitative data that will be analyzed throughout the paper. The prompt also specifically notes that the APA style of citation should be used, and good writing in any social science subject should follow the commonly used method of referencing in that field or what the class or professor require.

Differentiate between Freud and Erikson's approach to psychoanalytic theory in this lesson. You will examine and compare developmental stages side by side and have the opportunity to test your knowledge with a quiz at the end.

In a humanistic therapy approach or a person-centered psychoanalysis, the therapist’s center of attention is on the conscious of the client to show their awareness. In this environment, such as the therapist displays realism, acceptance and kindness, as an effort in helping the client to openly convey their feelings. These types of sessions allows for information to flow between the client and the therapist in a humanistic genuineness, realness, professional and no façade way. The idea is for the client to freely express their thought and feelings to the psychotherapists so that in return kindness and acceptance is

For people that don’t want to take medication for their mental health disorder they can use psychoanalysis. This is where the person sits on the couch and the psychoanalyst sits on the other side of you. The only bad thing about this option is that you are going to have to be patient to see results, you go to several sessions in a week, and they are very expensive. This information is found on page 571. Most people prefer the psychodynamic therapy over the psychoanalysis therapy. The psychodynamic therapy is where the patient sits a crossed from the therapist and they can actually meet them as to opposed the other therapy where the patient doesn’t get to meet them. The positive about the psychodynamic therapy is that you only have to go once or twice a week. This information is found on page 572. Humanistic therapy helps the client think positive plus think about their feelings, and to help teach them how to grow from them. The therapist uses client centered therapy which is where they listen to what the client has to say without judging them and tries to help them fix their problems. This is found on page 573. Another therapy someone can use is behavioral therapy. Behavioral therapy is where a therapist looks at how you act and helps you fix behaviors that are not good. The behavioral therapist use exposure therapy to help people. Exposure therapy is where a person that is afraid of something gets exposed to it a little at a time. An example of this in the book say that Mary Cover Jones (a behavioral psychologist) help a Peter a three-year-old boy with his fear of rabbits. When Peter was having a snack, Jones put the rabbit in a cage and had it on the other side of the room. Then each day she would move the rabbit closer and closer to him. Then when it became 2 months Peter had the rabbit in his lap and he was petting it. This is found on pages

Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes. The American Psychological Association defines cognitive psychology as "The study of higher mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, and thinking."[1] Much of the work derived from cognitive psychology has been integrated into various other modern disciplines of psychological study including social psychology, personality psychology, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, and educational psychology.

Rogers made sure to view everyone as a “potentially capable individual” who could take advantage greatly from his form of therapy. The aim of Roger’s humanistic therapy is to increase a person’s outlook of self-worth, decrease the level of incongruence or difference between the ideal and actual self, and help a person become more of a fully functionally capable person.

Humanistic psychotherapy is a therapeutic school of thought that was developed by Carl Rogers, the basis of this psychology was that it satisfies people’s thoughts of what being a human means as it values people’s wishes and self-fulfillment. Roger’s philosophy gave way to the concept that the person is a ‘living-experiencing organism whose basic tendencies are trustworthy’ (Brazier, 1993). He believed that in order for the client to get better the therapist in turn must always be genuine, understanding, and compassionate. This must be seen and felt by the client in order for them to be able to trust the therapist and improve. Rogers believed that our human potential or our actualizing tendency manifests itself under the right conditions. “The more the therapist is perceived by the client as being genuine, as having an empathic understanding, and an unconditional regard for him, the greater will be the degree of constructive personality change in the client” (Rogers, 1961b).