Unit 2 Psychology

Part I Preparation1).The first thing you will consider when

you want to buy clothes:1.price 2.style3.color 4.quality5.brand name 6.popularity7.your friends like it 8. other reasons

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2).How businessman make good use of customers’ psychology to do business?

Small favour/greedy/discount3).Pygmalion Effect Greek myth, king of Cyprus, statueSelf-fulfilling prophecyWhere there is a will, there is a way.

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4). How psychology influence people’s life, work, speech, behavior, customs and habits

Positive and negative psychologyIn education( teachers and students)In a person’s development(She will be a lady if you treat her as a

lady;she will be a vase if you treat her as a vase.)

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In daily life:Say encouraging/discouraging words to

yourself in front of the mirror.When you fail;In your study:Conclusion:Positive psychology can lift up

your spirit and you will be a cheerful person and is likely to be successful.

Is there a doctor in the body

If you have got a cold, will you go to see the doctor or will you just let it be? What medicine do you want to get from the doctor? Cheap or expensive one?

1.Sometimes all a sick person needs is some reassurance that all will be well.

Words such as “reassurance, fact, opinion, notion, suggestion, proposal, thought, news, truth, report’ can be followed by a appositive clause.

I have to accept the fact that I have no money.He came to me in the belief that I could help him.They marvel at the fact that China did it all on its

own.The problem that they can’t go to bed early is

hard to solve.We all know the truth that wherever there is

oppression there is struggle.

An order has come from Berlin that no language but German may be taught in the schools of Alsace and Loraine.

Word came that Li got the first place in the competition.

2. … the mind is fooled into thinking it got medicine,

persuade/fool/cheat/deceive/frighten/trick/trap/ coax/lure/shamesb. Into doing sth.

Don’t be fooled into believing their promises.The boss persuaded her into buying the dress.He cheated her into believing him a wealthy man.The baby was frightened into crying by the

machine noise.He tricked her into marrying himShe has shamed the man into apologizing.The travel brochure lured me into taking a

vacation.

3. The success… rest with the relationship rest with:be left in the hands or charge of It rests with you to decide whether you’d go or

not.The honors rest with the whole class.4. The first group showed no changes from the

way old people… I like the way she is dressed/smiles/speaks/walks

5. This would seem to …rather than…Rather than refuse to help you, I’ll borrow

money from the bank.This is for your father to decide rather than

for you.He would rather die than surrender.He would rather come today than

tomorrow.

SummaryIn this article, the author

introduces the term placebo. Some people say the placepo works because the human mind fools itself; other people say that the placebo makes the wish to get better become reality. The author

thinks that doctors play an important role in making the placebo function. Therefore, in a sense, the doctor is the most effective placebo of all. The author gives an example to show that the placebo produces an effect

On a lot of different cases, and

Helps old people keep healthy and live longer. Howver, some doctors still think that if the placebo can have bad effects it should be discarded. The author draws a conclusion that it should be discarded. Yet he also draws a conclusion that the strange power

of the placebo does seem to suggest that the human mind is stronger than we think it is.

Discussion: Do you believe there is a doctor in your body? Justify your answer.

After-class reading:The psychology of moneyEvery person has his own

spending habit, which in return, shows his beliefs and values as well as his past problems. For many people, money is an

important symbol of strength, influence, and even love. According to psychologists, many people are addicted to spending money on credit or by cash. Their pleasure in spending money is greater than that from the things they buy. There are also

Compulsive bargain hunters, who often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap. The psychology of such spending habits are widely understood and used by business people to increase their business. On the other hand, a method called

“behavior therapy” is now used to help people solve the problems of their compulsive buying.

How to jump queue fury Waiting in a long queue often

makes people angry. As to this subject, pro.Richard Harson has

Made a fruitful research. One of his findings is that the degree of annoyance is not directly related to the time, but has to do with “social justice”. Furthermore, he found that people grow annoyed if they are kept unknown to what is going on. As a result, people must

be convinced that everything is being done to minimize their delay so as to help them avoid annoyance while queuing, according to Prof. Larjon.

Comforting thoughts

This passage describes how the author used a few popular methods listed in the Meriden study to make comfort himself during his difficult time. At the beginning, he used onw method of talking to himself, but he didn’t find the conversation very

Comforting at all. So he tried combining this method with another one– sniffing the aromas of chocolate chip cookies. That is, he talked to himself about sniffing chocolate chip cookies. What’s more, hw also talked to himself about the smell of spiced apple.

He found this way a little effective. Later he tried to recall some pleasant memories. And there he felt much better.

More ways to comfort ourselves:1. to write diaries; 2. to go travelling;

3. to cry alone;4. to go swimming;5. to go for a walk (in the rain);6. to have a good dinner and eat a

lot;7. to go shopping and buy a lot of

things;

8. to go to bed and have a good rest;

9. to talk with or write one’s best friends who will give comfort;

10. to see a psychologist;11. to play sports, e.g.basketball,

football;

12. to listen to the radio late into the night;

13. to sing loudly;14. to have a haircut;15. to dress up (put on beautiful

clothes…)16. to go to dance in a dancing

hall

17. to play musical instrument;18. to take a hot bath;19. to play computer games;20. to smell the flowers;21. to do anything you like…

Part four Further development1. words Association :Emergency, first aid, injure,

injure, penicillin, shock, wound, sore, scrape, choking, bruise, shot, pulse, unconscious(ness), antibiotic, cough, rescue, fainting, thermometer, soothe, injection,

Headache, toothache, stomache, hospital, dentist, therapy, therapist, drug, medicine, heart attack, chronic, seasick(ness), airsick(ness), bleed, fracture, fever, flu/fluenza, cold, dislocation, temperature, disease, illness, cancer, infection, ulcer, placebo,

case, heal, treat, cure, capsule, pill, tablet, prescribe, prescription, cut, examine, X-ray, infection, etc.