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What is the history of psychology?

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Aristotle, studied and wrote the nature of life
He collected plants and species to see how their organs sustained life. Learned the action of everyday life as they reasoned, remembered and learned.
He used the word psyche to refer essence of life.
He learned from Plato, his mentor, that if you thought about something in life, you could make it happen.
He also thought about observing the thing being studied (behavioural)

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What are the four main goals in psychology?m

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To Describe behaviours: describe the behaviour by making carful scientific observations
To Explain behaviour: to explain a behaviour through experiments to determine cause.
To Predict behaviours: the use of research information to predict when a behaviour will occur.
To Change behaviours: to apply research findings to change the behaviour.

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Why is Psychology a science?

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  • Careful, controlled observations
  • Critical thinking
  • Relies on scientific methods
  • behaviours relies on overt actions and others can directly observe.
  • mental processes ( private thoughts, feelings, emotions and motives)(non-direct observations)
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Why isn’t psychology just common sense?

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  • common sense has severe limitations
  • human behaviour makes little no sense
  • common sense doesn’t help. We can’t understand all memory, perception, and other processes work
  • common sense is used after the fact “I knew it all along”
  • after the fact explications are seductive because they make sense and are accurate.
  • contradictory remarks; “you can’t judge a book by its cover” “beauty is only skin deep”
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So what psychology exactly?

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A science that studies behaviour, physiological processes and mental processes.

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Psychology is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to everyday adjustments of practical problems:

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Behaviour is observable

Bodily processes like neutral impulses, hormonal secretions and genetic coding.

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What is a Stigma?

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Originally meant a physical mark of shame. Now it means and invisibly identifies individuals. The same idea of racism, homophobia, or sexism. It is a prejudice and discrimination

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What is Discrimination

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Discrimination is an act on the ideas or beliefs of a stigma; racism, homophobia, or sexism. A prejudice.

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What are major factors to discrimination?

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  • Fear –> media, violence, self awareness- mental behaviour,
  • Untrue beliefs; believing you cannot recover or participate in their communities due to the untrue believe he/she might have.
  • Blame and Self blame; Being blamed for the level of mental/ physical abilities. –> feeling the blame for the struggle of others (mental/physically changed child)
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How does discrimination affect our living?

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  • Proper health care
  • Feeling loved
  • Being accepted by family and friends
  • Going to school
  • Immigrating to a new country
  • Feeling positive about yourself
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How bad is discrimination?

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  • In Canada over 1/2 the population thought that a mental health disorder was an excuse for bad behaviour.
  • 1 in 3 people in Canada continue to be friends with a individual with an alcohol problem.
  • 1in 4 people in Canada would continue to be friends with an individual with a drug use problem.
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Why might teens not seek help for mental health issues?

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  • embarrassed/ashamed
  • unaware they have a mental illness
  • don’t feel like anyone will listen
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Mental illnesses

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i) mood disorders
ii) schizophrenia
iii) dementia
iv) ADD / ADHD
v) anxiety disorders
vi) eating disorders
vii) personality disorders
viii) substance use disorder

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Common myths about suicide

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  • A person talking about suicide won’t really go through with it.
  • If a person has made a decision to commit suicide, nothing will stop them.
  • Talking about suicide may lead someone to attempt suicide.
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What are some things that lead teens today to suicidal thoughts/actions?

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Social media, image, money, work, education, brands, friends/family

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What are some warning signs for depression?

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Mood swings, less interested, lazy, self harm, rebelling, physical illness, slowed speech, anger, unhappiness, no concentration, self esteem, sleep patterns, weight loss/ gain

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Warning signs of suicide?

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Depression, talk about death, change in appearance, change in attitude towards life, verbal cues, bullying, expectations, attempts, plans

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Showing you care: what to say, when trying to help a suicidal person. What are things you could say?

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  • I care about you, I’m always here if you need to talk.
  • I’m not going anywhere.
  • I can help.
  • I don’t want you hurt yourself
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Showing you care: what to say, when trying to help a suicidal person. What could you ask?

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  • Are you suicidal?
  • Do you plan on hurting yourself?
  • What is your plan?
  • How long have you been thinking about this?
  • What is causing your pain, I can help.
  • Do you want to die? Or just end this pain?
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Showing you care: what to say, when trying to help a suicidal person. Call for help?

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  • Death is not the answer, let’s go get help together.
  • WE can go seek help.
  • You’re not alone, let me help you.
  • I’m not going anywhere until we have a plan for you to get help.m
  • Together, we WILL figure this out.
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Showing you care: what to say, when trying to help a suicidal person. Tips on caring for a suicidal person: Do

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Contact, help,mustardy with them, listen, understand.

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Showing you care: what to say, when trying to help a suicidal person. Tips on caring for a suicidal person: Don’t

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Avoid, abuse, tell everyone, leave, underestimate.

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What does dead caat

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Ask questions
Define the problem 
Examine the evidence 
Analyze biases and assumptions 
Avoid emotional reasoning 
Don't over simplify 
Consider other interpretations 
Tolerate uncertainty
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What is a therapist

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Someone that works/treat patients, families and couples with short term emotional crises, behavioural and chronic conditions

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What is a Researcher

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Someone that studies and records human behaviour in all areas of life

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What is a social worker

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Someone that practices therapy on their own variety of settings- schools, clinics, even charities. Some even work in the justice system.

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What is a Psychiatric Nurse

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Are the mastered degree level registered nurse who may also be manager or consultants, usually in hospital or clinics

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What is a Counsellor

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Masters level in psychological or counselling. They often treat people in crisis or with problem like driver alcohol abuse.

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What is Life couch

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One of the fasted growing areas of psychology. They help individuals seek life coaches for guidance

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The difference between Psychodynamic therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy

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Psychodynamic therapy is looking back on your childhood to see why you behave in certain ways and cognitive behavioural therapy leans towards who you think and processes and you are a were of your actions

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What is the difference between a social psychologist and a developmental psychologist

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Social psy. Studies the behaviours in a society, and development psy. Is the development of out behaviours and abilities

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What is neourscience perspective

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Views behaviour from the perspective of the Brian, nervous system and other biological functions

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Psychodynamic perspective

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Views that behaviour is noticed by unconscious inner forces over which the individual had little to no control

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Behavioural perspective

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Believes and suggests that observable, measurable, behavioural should be a focus of study

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Cognitive perspective

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Focuses in how people think, understand, and reason with the world.

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Humanistic perspective

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Suggest that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behaviours

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Experiment

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Investigation

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Experimental manipulation

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Deliberate changes to situation

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Experimental group

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Group participation in experiment with treatment

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Control group

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No treatment

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Independent variable

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Controlled

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Dependant variable

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Depends on Independent

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Hypothesis

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prediction from theory, allows to be tested

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Significant outcome

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Meaningful acquiring knowledge/ understand behaviour

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Replicated

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Depiction if research, using other procedures, increase confidence

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