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