The Naked Truth In Psychology

I have always been interested in the way people act and what affects their behaviour in social situations. From studying psychology at A-level this passion and fascination has grown so much so that I now want to complete a degree in psychology to further my knowledge into human behaviour and what motivates a person to show this behaviour. From studying Piliavin during my A-level course I learnt about the ‘diffusion of responsibility’ which helped me understand why people are lacking in motivation to help a person in need, this theory became particularly interesting to me when a customer at work who had special needs broke down crying because she had lost a key to her house, other customers in the shop fled and refused to help her if I had not learnt about Piliavin this behaviour would have shocked and confused me but I now understand why a person feels this behaviour is necessary and their only option. Therefore I think that psychology is vital in society and everyday life as human behaviour is always being analysed by others and so psychology is fundamental to be able to understand the human mind in a variety of situations and to fully understand why people think and act the way they do.

In 10 Myths About Psychology, Ben Ambridge discusses many of the myths that are used in psychology. The first common myth is about gender. Many believe that women are better with grammar and men are more intelligent when it comes to reading maps. While this is true the difference between the two genders in each of these subjects is very minimal. However, many believe that there is a dramatic difference. Another interesting myth involves being a right or left brained learner. In school many are led to believe that one side of the brain involves creativity and the other works with equations. Depending on which side of the brain is more active dictates which type of learner a person is. This leads to the assumption that left-handed people

Jaegwon Kim thinks that multiple realizability of mental properties would bring about the conclusion that psychology is most likely not a science. Several functionalists, specially, Fodor, take up the opposing stance to Kim, supporting that the multiple realizability of mental states is one of the reasons why psychology is an autonomous and justifiable science. Essentially, Kim think that in order for mental states to be multiply realizable then psychology must be fundamentally broken; with human psychology encompassing properties realized for humans and alien psychology encompassing those mental states realized in the alien way etc. I will demonstrate that even if one supports and allows the principles behind Kim’s argument they do not

There was a kingdom, named Sumer, it was a civilization in Mesopotamia, in the Fertile Crescent. There were two schools in the kingdom, one of them a school for kindergarten through sixth graders, the second school was for sixth graders through twelfth graders. Bili, a senior (12th grade) at his royal school was walking joyfully around school. He was going to see Mr. Hatcher, his all-time favorite teacher, for AP Psychology. Plus, he also had to work on a project and he got to do it with anybody he wanted to and he picked his best friend that’s a senior, Majkl. They were friends ever since they were both a freshman in high school. The reason that they were both friends because on the weekends he would help his mom and dad

The article, Women Entering Clinical Psychology: Q-Sort Narratives of Career Attraction of Female Clinical Psychology Trainees in the UK was published on September nineteenth, 2011 by Martyn Baker and Jen Nash. This article discusses about a vast amount of women in the UK are attracted to the clinical psychology workforce. This article is on a study that tests how the women are attracted to clinical psychology through the use of five narratives of attraction.

First love is beautiful and meaningful which is the indispensable part during our growth. Flipped, by director Rob Reiner, is a movie about the girl Juli and the boy Bryce experience the first love. Juli likes Bryce first and she thinks Bryce also likes her. However, Bryce avoids Juli all the time and dislikes her some strange behaviors. When they become more and more mature, both of them have new cognition for first love. This movie is worthy to watch, because of two factors. The first one is the director describes the girl’s and boy’s personal emotion at the same time. The second one is describing a mature and special character.

Pennington, D., McLoughlin, J. (2003) ' Debates in Psychology’ in (ed) Advanced Psychology. Child Development, Perspectives & Methods. United Kingdom: Hodder Education Group, pp.232.

Where the Wilds Things Are is a 2009 fantasy film directed by Spike Jonze, it is adapted from Maurice Sendak’s children book of the same name wrote in 1963. Max, the main character of 9 years old, retreats from the frustration of his life into fantasy, and so do we all. The movie works with the part of the human subconscious.

Jaegwon Kim thinks that multiple realizability of mental properties would bring about the conclusion that psychology is most likely not a science. Several functionalists, specially, Fodor, take up the opposing stance to Kim, supporting that the multiple realizability of mental states is one of the reasons why psychology is an autonomous and justifiable science. Essentially, Kim think that in order for mental states to be multiply realizable then psychology must be fundamentally broken; with human psychology encompassing properties realized for humans and alien psychology encompassing those mental states realized in the alien way etc. I will demonstrate that even if one supports and allows the principles behind Kim’s argument they do not result in his final conclusion of psychology failing to be a science. By attacking his principle of Casual Individuation of Kinds I will show that Kim has failed to find the correct conclusion. Furthermore, I will consider a possible objection that Kim might have to my stance and give a short rebuttle. I will conclude by explicating Jerry Fodor’s account of what is Kim’s essential problem is. By showing that Kim’s conclusion fails it will entail that Fodor’s conclusion is more viable in reality.

Authored by Keith E. Stanovich, How to Think Straight About Psychology is a known work of the psychology world which was published in 1986. Beginning courses in psychology use his text frequently. Stanovich primary purpose for writing the text is to bring attention to his observation that the public’s understanding of psychology is different from psychology as a modern science. Psychology as a modern science explains the underlying functions that shape human attitudes and behavior. To the people who misunderstand this, the field of psychology is not a real science, but a pseudo-science instead. How to Think Straight About Psychology describes people’s several false impressions of psychology and it gives its readers a factual understanding of the field as a modern and scientific psychology while explaining how this science works.

This past weekend, my husband and I went to Universals Halloween horror nights. There is where I decided to observe the strangers around me to complete this assignment. When we entered the park as we walked through the first scare zone, I noticed a couple holding hands, which shows a form of communication called tie signs. Tie signs are used to confirm the level of the individual’s relationship. Furthermore, the female used illustrated gestures by turning her head to the right as if she was warning her spouse that someone was about to scare him. As the scary actor approached the couple the man had an affect display of surprise. His eyes and mouth opened wide. Then, they both laughed as they continued to walk through the scare zone.

A long time ago, I heard about the myth that people only use 10% of the brain. At first I thought that only people who were not in the field of psychology or neurology would believe this misconception. Until I read that in one study one-third of psychology students answered that people only use one-tenth of their brain power (Higbee & Clay, 1998, p. 471). Then, when people kept asking me what I thought about humans only being capable of using ten percent of their brain and reading things like 59% of a sample of individuals who went to college in Brazil believe in this myth and that six percent of neuroscientists agreed (Herculano-Houzel, 2002), I understood that I was reading about one of the most prevalent myths in

The speaker did accomplish his purpose on debunking the 10 myths of psychology. The speaker is a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Liverpool, which makes him an expert on the topic. The presentation was structured in a PowerPoint way. Which did follow his argument quite well, and he managed to get his point across effectively. The speaker also did take the time to explain the topic to the audience, and used words that any person would understand. The speaker made sure to make the presentation interesting, and easy to follow. All throughout the presentation, the speaker did remain standing; with some pacing and hand motions. At the end of his presentation, he managed to conclude with a summarization of his

Have you ever thought about death? What it would be like? How it would happen? When it really comes down to it, are you afraid? If so, what is so captivating about watching death and/or other horror scenes in movies or reading it in books? For many years researches have been looking for ways to explain why the psyche is so attracted to the idea of horror. From books to television and everything in between, horror has been manufactured as a part of our lives, whether it be to trigger a mechanism in our bodies to protect ourselves, or as something to watch as an entertaining pastime. People may never know the real reason fear is so attractive to the human mind, but many theories include that of Evolution, Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytical

The minds of men have never been a terribly cogent or consistent place, rather one that primarily “oscillates between sense and nonsense” (Jung). This, of course, begs the question as to why are we, as human beings, are the way we are; what makes us tick? Most people have probably asked this question at one point or another, there are those of us today who have dedicated their entire lives to answering this question. Humanity’s answer to this conundrum is the scientific field of Psychology, the study of the human mind and its functions. Psychology can be traced back to as far as 428 B.C. stemming from the Ancient Greeks (Plato), but at this time it was more philosophic thought than a field of science; it did not become a legitimate scientific field until the early 1800s. Before the 1800s, even after its founding to an extent, it was not fully accepted to be science; other scholars thought the study of the human mind and its mechanisms to be too abstract a field to be considered anything but philosophy. As biology developed and neurology emerged psychology gained the support it needed to given credence by other scholars and fields of science. Moving farther ahead in the history of psychology, what we would today largely recognize as practices contemporary did not come about until even later point on the psychology timeline. Furthermore, contemporary psychology is dramatically different from modern day psychology, this is a science that has grown and evolved dramatically even