Examination of Clinical Psychology At its base level, clinical psychology is the attempt of an educated individual applying their knowledge of human behavior (gathered through scientific research) to address the relational, physiological, or affective concerns or troubles of another’s life. Plante (2011) defines clinical psychology as an understanding, assessment, and treatment of psychological or behavioral disorders. As a scientific enterprise that employees the scientific method to study
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1. Nature and Scope of Social Psychology Today, the sciences of man are no less than the sciences of things. Government administrators, heads of labour and industry, cultural and religious leaders, military leaders etc. are ready to seek the help of the social psychologists in an attempt to deal with problems of human relations, group effectiveness, and conflicts among people. Still many of them are skeptical about the possibilities inherent in a social psychology or even about the need for a ‘science’
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The Leadership Quarterly 12 (2001) 133 ± 152 Leadership, values, and subordinate self-concepts Robert G. Lorda,*, Douglas J. Brownb a Department of Psychology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4301, USA b University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Abstract This article discusses two means by which leaders can impact on subordinate self-regulatory processes Ð making particular patterns of values salient and activating specific subordinate selfconcepts. Research indicating compatible
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Does rumination hinder forgiveness in the context of an interpersonal transgression? Forgiveness theory has been widely researched in the social psychology arena in recent years. The role of rumination in forgiveness has received much attention, with several important studies by prominent researchers attempting to measure its effect. A dominant theoretical perspective on the relationship between rumination and forgiveness in the literature suggests that rumination is detrimental to forgiveness
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CHAPTER 1: The generally accepted definition of play would include three large categories: (1) sensori-motor plays (large and small motor activity) (2) symbolic play, which involves representational abilities and includes the fantasy play of socio-dramatic play. (3) Construction play, which involves symbolic product formation. Play is a natural activity for children, helps understand social, community and cultural work, impacts child’s social, moral& emotional development: six societal issues
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main sections, the first being the definition of the problem. This section will discuss what the problem is and how it is defined in the scientific world. The second section will outline and present the effects and importance of depression on the individual, family, and society as a whole. The third section will discuss the causes of depression using theories such as the Hopelessness Theory of Depression, the Response Style Theory of Depression, and Beck’s Cognitive Theory of depression. And lastly
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viewed through the lens of the theories and concepts developed in the course in order to gain insight into group processes and human behaviour. The report starts with analysing and breaking down human cognitive processes and social interactions through the tripartite attitudes model, cognitive dissonance theory and human perception biases. This gives a better understanding as to how intergroup dynamics can be improved in the future. The exertion and possession of power within the group is then
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techniques of psychotherapy (Thorpe G. et al, 1990). They linked behavior therapy to experimental psychology, differentiating it from other preexisting approaches. During behavior therapy’s first phase, the applied developed from principles of classical and operant conditioning. There are varying views about the best way to define behavior therapy. However, most health professionals agree to Eysenck's definition: “Behavior therapy is the attempt to alter human behavior and emotions in a beneficial way
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Conceptual Foundations of Social Psychology Conceptual Foundations of Social Psychology Often one hears the question, what is wrong with the people in the world today? This question could be asked after watching a news story about a mother murdering her children, gangs terrorizing neighborhoods, terroristic acts committed against large community locations, and riots after a soccer game, or even hate crimes committed due to discrimination. Each of these subjects always brings up questions about
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Organizational Psychology is studying the behavior of employees in the workplace and of the ways in which people interact in the organization. The market of goods is a world of fast pacing, always in hurry, and meeting deadlines has become stressful to most employees (Hausknecht, 2004). Some employees have become so stressful that he or she ends up quitting his or her job. The organization hires an organizational psychologist to come in and be a part of the team. Organizational psychologist will
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