Woot I'm almost at the end I think I need to up the frequency of my blogging a little >Although there are several different perspectives involved in psychology... of these the dominant ones I guess are the behaviourist, cognitive and humanistic ( Read more... )

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

Winston Churchhill

Okay we're back to tryin to be Happy again!

You know I think I need more pictures to go with my blogs -.-" else I think I'll loose my concentration readin it >(that plus visuals would probably help improve my ( Read more... )

"The normal and the stigmatized are not persons, but perspectives."
Erving Goffman

I'd better do this before I procrastinate this week away >that plus I wasn't there for the seminar that week due to flu so I guess it's even more important to review and blog the notes down ( Read more... )

bleh sick again

This is what happens when u miss a week of blogging everything just bloody late *sigh* ie I've gotta blog twice this week? ><

Watching Olympics this now while I'm blogging and omg I love the gymnast it's a beautiful sport

Okay so here goes seminar 2!

Well it's back to the nuture vs nature again, as with most of psychology certain parts of everyone ( Read more... )

After studying psychology I discovered I'm abnormal, problem is the rest of the world thinks they are normal
Justin

I was pondering something on the way back and that sorta just came out, u know we'd solve a lotta problems around the world if people just accepted others for the way they are

Well, I kinda missed lessons last week and hence didn't ( Read more... )

Met 2 aquaintances and got to know them better... and I kinda disagree with Marion wahhaahahah I'm usually happy when I get puzzled about stuff... so if I get outta class happy it's usually cos I figured something new or reinforced ideas I already know :P

Piaget
Staged developement, though the problem with the concept of staged development is as ( Read more... )

Education psychology kinda encourages us to 'verbalise' what we learn so... here goes :D

Research shows that 40% - 50% of an individuals' happiness is determined by genetics...

That is almost everyone is born with a certain capicity for happiness, except perhaps the unfortunate few who are on the negative side of the scale... though psychology has ( Read more... )

Today's the first "seminar" Positive Psych, kinda reminded me of this quote

"...suffering is unavoidable.
If it is avoidable, the meaningful thing to do is to remove its cause, for unnecessary suffering is masochistic rather than heroic.
If, on the other hand, one cannot change a situation that causes his suffering, he can still choose his attitude ( Read more... )

It's really amazing how time flies. I took up the challenge in July this year and well it's almost at it's end. Looking back it's really been a privilege to work with a probationee. For one it is an honor to actually share someone's life for a period of time and to be privy to the individual's emotions, and experiences. It is also a learning ( Read more... )