psychology
Studying the complexities of the human mind and its many functions and behaviors.
Positive Psychology
Human beings are capable of a wide range of emotions and behaviors. Neuroscience has showed us many specific brain regions within complex interconnections that operate emotionality, decision making, compassion, aggression and thus motivation. These biological ties to genetic determinations are strong, but so is the environment one reacts with as well as acquired skills to negotiate through ones environment. The idea that disgust and aggression are largely biologically explainable is a very logical assertion. Community evolved for survival and a large part of a successful community is sharing and aiding others in one’s community. If a member violates this, it threatens their group cohesion thus a punishment will ensue. Thus, the community feels disgust or anger and this must be revenged. Many animals do this, especially humans. Punishment remains a changing and enforced discussion, as evident by the innumerable prisoners housed away for a similar almost unending list of can and cannot’s that adorn all modernized cultures, which can be traced back throughout the history of cultural development. If it can be quantified, I’m confident that humans would take the prize in most frequent use of punishment (the innumerable amounts of death through war, religion, property, power, enslavement, genocide, etc.) If examined these can all be traced back to the Homo-Sapiens unchallenged revenge characteristics.
By Katelind Sky6 years ago in Longevity
Positive Psychology
As I was reading through the notes and reviewing the readings, I came to the conclusion that I couldn’t pick just one thing to focus on. So, instead I am going to try and translate real world application to the research findings that have been discussed. Though positive psychology is the focus on reaching your optimal self I’m particularly interested in applying these concepts to individuals suffering from mental illness. Not to say these things are entire solutions, but more like helpful routines to incorporate into the lives of future clients and friends that are seeking to escape depression, PTSD, and in some cases, anxiety.
By Katelind Sky6 years ago in Longevity
OSU Students, Their Technology and Their Personalities
Technology is used in a wide variety of ways. Whether for entertainment, cultivating information, sharing social information or completing online homework, technology has become a necessity in modern education and in many ways, social communication. The Ohio State University is no exception. I was curious to see not only what kinds of devices that students at OSU use most frequently but also why and how. My initial assumption was that, for the most part, students use technology to communicate, assist in organizing and planning and at times, to substitute for the ‘here and now’. After taking time to observe students around campus and interviewing a student in regards to these questions, I was not surprised to find that all of these assumptions seem to be true, at least generally. When cultivating this information I was able to make only one sold conclusion that would not constrain our understanding of technology use. How a student uses his or her technology, as well as the types of technology used, vary as widely as their individual personalities. This reflects their trait based behavior patterns which is largely affected by the situation, the task at hand and their state of mind. In order to support this conclusion, I will delve into some personality perspectives as well as continuously refer back to them in order to explain the wide range of technological functions. I will also reference my interviews and observations. The striking inconsistencies in technology use as well as the whys and how’s require that these suppositions allow for all aspects of this issue to be accounted for. By asserting that these differences range as widely as personality we are able to encompass all technological variety.
By Katelind Sky6 years ago in Longevity
Vivid Dreaming
I was in third grade, age 8, when I started having intense dreams. Dreams: I was standing on my dresser. I leapt off the dresser and the world moved in slow motion as I came crashing to the ground. Slowly, slowly, slowly, I saw the ground approach closer and closer to my face. The pit of my stomach moving from the excited and terrifying feeling of falling to the sheer horror of about to smash into the blue carpeted floor. Just before I pounded my face into the ground I was shocked as a strong, pulling, upward motion grabbed hold of my body from the belly and swept me towards the ceiling. In my relief the motion took over me and I began flying through the room. In circles and figure eights I went flying gleefully and happily with an incredible joyous feeling for this new talent I had found. For hours I swooped through the room, laughing to myself at the extraordinary experience. It was vivid and more real than anything I had experienced in life. Weeks later, I could not tell if I had dreamt it or truly experienced it.
By Victoria Kert6 years ago in Longevity
The Six Socratic Questions
One of the most enduring and influential methods of critical thinking and analysis, even today, was developed nearly 2500 years ago, by someone who made no writing of his own and was sentenced to death for his relentless questioning. Socrates, a Greek philosopher who lived in Athens from 470-399 BC, is arguably the most famour thinker of all time.
By Charles Leon6 years ago in Longevity
Scarcity
NO. 6 SCARCITY Extracted from: Robert Cialdini – Influence. 6 Weapons of Influence. Why is it that when something we want or need is difficult to obtain our desire to possess it increases? This is the strange phenomenon of scarcity, a powerful weapon of influence, often used by advertisers, salespeople, and compliance professionals in order to focus our attention and our behavior. We have a natural bias for valuing things more simply because they are less available or represent a potentially lost opportunity.
By Charles Leon6 years ago in Longevity
Authority.
NO. 5 AUTHORITY Extracted from: Robert Cialdini – Influence. 6 Weapons of Influence. In July 1961 Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University, began conducting an experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience.
By Charles Leon6 years ago in Longevity
False Memories
Eye Witness Testimony and False Memories By encoding information through sensory input, memories are then created. The information that has been encoded are then stored. People use retrieval to get the memory back (this would be the general memory process theory), but sometimes there can be problems such as false memories (Grison, S., Heatherton, T., & Gazzaniga, M. 2016). False memories can be difficult especially when it comes to any eye witnessing testimonies.
By Doors to Life6 years ago in Longevity
Hacks for Emotional Stability
“When your emotions are in motion, take a break and ponder!“ - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Welcoming the monsters When we are looking at a leader, we want them to be empathetic and passionate. We also want them to be our rock in times of doubts and troubles. This is a core attribute leaders must take on, and it implies a heightened need to develop an ability to process and use our emotions in ways that will serve us and the people around us.
By Anthony Fargeot6 years ago in Longevity
