misconseptions

Today, I learned about a couple of misconseptions about Psychology. For instance, one of the miscomceptions would be the sci-fi of crime dramas. They really dont help solve crimes as much as they make them out to be. Another misconception would be that it isnt real science. Sure, there are limitations but it goes on the same guidelines. Also people like to think that the practice is thhe doctor listening to someone on the couch ramble on about their problems while the doctor scribbles his symptoms. This is only one of their methods and it is horridly over exposed on television. People may think that it is just common sense but as I said before there is science involved. This leads to the next issue which is that people only need a bachelors to practice psychology. The reality is that in most states you need a doctorate which on average takes seven years.

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/a/myths-about-psychology.htm
http://listverse.com/2013/03/06/10-common-misconceptions-about-psychology/
http://listverse.com/2013/04/19/10-more-common-misconceptions-about-psychology/

Types of psychology

Today I learned about different types of psychology. I learned of jobs like clinical, cognitive, and comparative. There are also other types like Biopsychology. This type of psychology studies brain and behavior. The type called Community Conducts research on Community health issues. The most heard of type of psychology is counseling. They assist in in psychological disturbances .Cultural Looks at how people vary across cultures and how cultural affiliations influence behavior. Educational Studies how people learn and the educational process. There are many more types.

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologycareerfaq/a/types-of-psychologists.htm    

Today I learned about the dark side of psychology. 

One of the dark sides of  psychology is the "Shadow aspect".  It is basically the side of a persons personality that people ignore because they don't want to identify this as a part of themselves. Another name for it is the Jungian Shadow. Another one of the dark sides is the tyranny of positives which is too many positive aspect of psychology. Unlike the shadow aspect people know its there but they do not want to identify themselves with it and only want the good side.
Another dark side is essentially peer pressure. When people re in groups they will sometimes tend to do the same thing that the group does even if they know it isn't right. I they were by themselves they would act like themselves. Logic versus feelings or as the experiment was called logic versus religion, this experiment was a success in the way that only one of twenty left the people who they saw were in need of help.


 

https://www.bowdoin.edu/faculty/b/bheld/pdf/JHP-held-2004.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)
myscienceacademy.org/2013/02/13/5-psychological-experiments-that-show-our-dark-side/

Famous Psychologists

today I researched Famous Psychologists. The list is very confusing because they are not organized by time. I hope to research them more in my later posts. http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/tp/psychologists.htm

history of Psychology

Today I learned some history about psychology. I learned stuff like how the first laboratory was opened to study psychology by Wilhelm Wundt in 1879 ,and how the APA(American Psychological Association) was founded in 1892 by G. Stanley Hall. the thing that was most interesting to me was that the Nazis prosecuted psychologists once they came into Government in 1933. http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/history/history_nonflash.html

requirements to become a psychologist.

today I learned what it takes to become a Psychologist. To get your under Graduate degree, you will need four to 5 years in college. then you will want to get your doctorate degree. this will take you five to seven years. There are many other career options for this field of work in this area if you don't want it to take as long. For example, a licenced marrige conseller or a family therapest with a masters degree will take two to three years. http://psychology.about.com/od/careersinpsychology/ss/become-a-psychologist.htm

What is Psychology?

Psychology is a complex field with many branches of study. The Word Psychology comes from the Latin word Psyche (breath, sprit, soul)and the Greek word Logia(study). Psychology is a type of science. It is at the crossroads of biology, sociology, medicine, and a lot of other studies. I found this all on my big campus.