are focused and intend to find out. In the meantime, we search for explanation through the exploration of fictitious minds. With the more humane considerations applying to the punishment of murderers, a deeper understanding of their behavioural psychology is of increasing importance.
Everyone at one point or another in their life has needed a shoulder to lean on. Whether we need the support of a friend or help from a professional, having someone to turn to can really make a difference in the way we handle our problems. Social support is essential for maintaining physical and psychological health. The article “How do Different Types of Social Support Work?” discusses the four different types of social support and how they work. Those four different types of social support are
reveals how the human brain functions and controls our day to day activities. The brainstem is the oldest part of the human brain evolutionarily; it is also the most vital part of the human brain for survival. David Meyers describes in his textbook Psychology: Tenth Edition in Modules (2013) that the brainstem as a
fear of looking bad when we do not know something that causes us to pretend to know. This statement is both persuasive and true, because it no one likes to not know something. Especially if it seems that everyone else knows. This can be tied to psychology because we want to know more about the behavior and how the mind works. This can also be used to when we want to find ways to help others with mental illnesses or any other illness. The “I don’t know” helps motivate people to find ways to solve
Darwin once said that ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. David Dunning, author of “We Are All Confident Idiots,” would certainly agree with that sentiment. In his aforementioned article, Dunning makes the argument that ignorance too often disguises itself as expertise. He observes that in our society people too frequently mistake confidence for true knowledge. In the article, the writer, David Dunning, made proper use of colloquial diction, installed invective language
with their BBC Prison Study (2001). They’ve all helped to shape our understanding of how being placed in different situations impact our behaviour more than our individual attributes. Zimbardo’s study is one of the key pieces of research in social psychology. His study demonstrates the sheer capability of an individual's cruelness when placed in an authoritative role. Similarly, Reicher and Haslam’s study demonstrates the impact that social identity has on our behaviour. Both studies interest me as
The beginning of the measure of individual differences in "mental capacities" can be situated at the end of XIX century, and its development was based on two factors: the improvement of scientific psychology, and the universal and compulsory school attendance. Some of the advances in psychology refered to the study and measurment of mental capacities were developed by German psychologists as Gustav Fechner and Hermann Ebbinghaus. Ebbinghaus did some investigations about memory and oblivion, while
There are many tests that asses how I am as a person overall, but what is my psychological underpinning or in other words my foundation? I have chosen to identify myself with functionalism. Functionalism can be defined as the methodology of the mental process, highlighting the functions and the purpose of the mind while also looking into the behavior in the individual’s adaptation to an environment. This kind of foundation allows the mind to be very elastic and adjust to a variety of environments
them. This shows unstable interpersonal relationships. She states in the interview that she does not have stable coping methods. She is angry, experiences self-doubt and practices self-mutilation (Gregoire & Kohn, 2007). According to Abnormal Psychology, people with borderline personality disorder often cling to new acquaintances and worry often about being abandoned (Nolen-Hoeksema, 2011). She admitted after being in any kind of relationship for more than two years it becomes routine and she
In C. Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination, the author’s main goal is to attempt to reconcile two concepts of social reality: the individual and society. By doing so, Mills challenged the dominant sociological norms and continued by critiquing the basic definitions and terms. The sociological imagination is a concept of being able to “think” for oneself and with that to move away from the familiar routines in our daily lives in order to be able to view them in a new light. He defined the social