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Reflection on Sociology
Favourite part of/thing we did in sociology
Least favourite part/thing we did in sociology
What I am looking forward to in psychology
Intro to Psychology
What is psychology
Psychology is the study of the human mind and its mental states
Psychologists aim to describe, predict, and control behaviour and mental processes
Subfields of Psychology
Biological – the role of biological process and heredity in explaining behaviour
Psychoanalytic - the role of unconscious motivation and early childhood experiences in determining behaviour and thought
Subfields of Psychology
Behavioural – the role of the environment in shaping and controlling behaviour
Cognitive – the importance of the mental processes that underlie behaviour
Humanistic – the importance of the individual’s subjective experience as a key to understanding behaviour
Pyschology careers
Psychologist Therapist Animal care worker Teacher Human rights worker Police officer Mental health worker Social worker Marketing specialist Forensic psychologist Etc.
Pyschodynamic theory
An approach to therapy that focuses on resolving a patients conflicted conscious and unconscious feelings
Unconscious: information processing in our mind that we are not aware of
Conscious: information that we are always aware of
Sigmund Freud
One of the world’s most famous psychologists
Believed human consciousness has three distinct parts: id, ego and superego
idsuperego
Freud
The ego is the rational part of the mind The id is the instinctual aspect of the mind The superego is the minds conscious
Freud believed human personality results from the ego's efforts to resolve the conflicts between the impulsive id and the moral superego
Freud's Iceberg Theory
The id is totally unconscious
The ego and superego are both conscious and unconscious
Freud continued
Because Freud believed that most of the mind was unconscious, he stated that the ego uses defence mechanisms: distorting reality to deal with anxiety
Ex. to deal with the loss of a loved one the ego may use denial as a defense mechanism