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The symbol for psychology represents the letter of the Greek alphabet, (Psi (uppercase , lowercase
; Greek: Psi) psi, which is also the first letter of the Greek word psuche, meaning mind or soul, from
which the term psyche arose; which in turn gave us the name of the discipline psychology which is most
commonly defined as study of the mind.
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1. Psychology - Introduction
2. Human Growth & Development
3. Learning, Memory & Forgetting
4. Intelligence & IQ-Intelligence Quotient
5. Personality, Personality Disorder, Personality Tests
6. Mental Deficiency, Mental Illness & Mental Health
7. Psychology of Motivation
8. Counseling
9. Psychological Testing
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10. Social Psychology
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Definition
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior.
The discipline embraces all aspects of the human
experience from the functions of the brain to
the actions of nations, from child development to
care for the aged. In every conceivable setting
from scientific research centers to mental
healthcare services, "the understanding of
behavior" is the enterprise of psychologists
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Schools /
Perspectives of Psychology
Structuralism
Wilhelm Wundt,
Edward Titchener
(1875-1930)
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Schools /
Perspectives of Psychology
Functionalism
Wiliam James,
G.Stanley Hall,
James Cattell
(1890 -1930's)
This perspective concerned with not only what the mind is made of
but also how and why it works as it does. It focused it interest to
understand the mental process of "Adaptation", the process that
helped the humans (and animals also) adapt to their environment
Formed as a reaction to the theories of the Structuralism school Instead of focusing on
the mental processes themselves, functionalist thinkers were instead interested in the role
that these processes play.
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Schools /
Perspectives of Psychology
Gestaltism
Kurt Koffka,
Max Wertheimer
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Schools /
Perspectives of Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
Alfred Adler
(1900 -present)
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Schools /
Perspectives of Psychology
Behaviorism
Ivan Pavlov
John B. Watson
B.F. Skinner
(1913 -present)
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Schools /
Perspectives of Psychology
Cognitivism
Jean Piaget
Noam Chomsky
Herbert Simon
(1950's -present)
Schools /
Perspectives of Psychology
Humanism
Carl Rogers
Abraham Maslow
(1950's- present)
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Schools /
Perspectives of Psychology
Developmentalism
Ainsworth Emotional development
Jean Piaget Intellectual development
L. Kohlberg Moral development
The study of age-related changes in behavior from birth to
death. Developmental psychologists attempt to determine the
causes of such changes. Most research has concentrated on the
development of children, but there is increasing interest in the
elderly, and to a lesser extent in other age groups
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Stages of Growth
Adulthood (20+yrs)
Young adulthood (2039 yrs) Middle adulthood (40
59 yrs) Advanced adulthood / Senior citizen (60+ yrs)
Death (occurs at various ages, depending on person)
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As individuals pass through the various stages of life, Four main types of
growth and development occur : Physical Mental Emotional & Social
Physical refers to body growth; includes height and weight changes,
muscle and nerve development, and changes in body organs.
Mental refers to development of the mind; includes learning how to solve
problems, make judgments and deal with situations.
Emotional refers to feelings; includes dealing with love, hate, joy, fear,
excitement, and other similar feelings.
Social refers to interactions and relationship with others.
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Grand Theories
Grand theories are those comprehensive ideas often proposed by major
thinkers such as Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson and Jean Piaget.
Mini theories
Mini theories describe a small, very specific aspect of development. A mini
theory might explain fairly narrow behaviors, such as how self-esteem is
formed or early childhood socialization. These theories are often rooted in the
ideas established by grand theories, but they do not seek to describe and
explain the whole of human behavior and growth.
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Sigmund Freud
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Eric Eriksons
Erik Erikson
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Eric Eriksons
Theory of Psychosocial Development
Jean Piagets
Stages of Cognitive Development
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Cognitive Theories
Cognitive theories are concerned with the development of a person's thought processes.
Jean Piagets
Stages of Cognitive Development
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Stages of
of Faith
JamesDevelopment
W. Fowler
Stages
Faith
James W. Fowler
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Stage 1
Intuitive-Projective
This is the stage of preschool children in which fantasy and reality often get mixed
together. However, during this stage, our most basic ideas about God are usually
picked up from our parents and/or society.
Stage 2
Mythic-Literal
When children become school-age, they start understanding the world in more
logical ways. They generally accept the stories told to them by their faith community
but tend to understand them in very literal ways. [A few people remain in this stage
through adulthood.]
Stage 3
Synthetic-Conventional
Most people move on to this stage as teenagers. At this point, their life has grown to
include several different social circles and there is a need to pull it all together.
When this happens, a person usually adopts some sort of all-encompassing belief
system. However, at this stage, people tend to have a hard time seeing outside their
box and don't recognize that they are "inside" a belief system. At this stage,
authority is usually placed in individuals or groups that represent one's beliefs. [This
is the stage in which many people remain.]
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** Transitional Period - This is the end of a person's stage and the beginning
of a new one. Life during these transitions can be either rocky or smooth
Age
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Behavioristic School
Humanistic School
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Definition
Learning is the act of acquiring new,
or modifying and reinforcing,
existing knowledge, behaviors,
skills, values, or preferences and
may involve synthesizing different
types of information.
Learning theories
Learning theories are conceptual
frameworks describing how information is
absorbed, processed, and retained during
learning. Cognitive, emotional, and
environmental influences, as well as prior
experience, all play a part in how
understanding, or a world view, is acquired
or changed, and knowledge and skills
retained.
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Conditioning
A process through which behavior is
learned. The two major types of
conditioning, respondent conditioning
(classical conditioning) and operant
conditioning Classical conditioning
involves learning a new behavior via the
process of association. In simple terms
two stimuli are linked together to
produce a new learned response in a
person or animal.
Operant conditioning (instrumental
conditioning) is a method of learning that
occurs through rewards and punishments
for behavior. Through operant
conditioning, an association is made
between a behavior and a consequence
for that behavior.
Cognitivism
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The Sensorimotor Stage: During this stage,
infants and toddlers acquire knowledge
through sensory experiences and
manipulating objects.
The Preoperational Stage: At this stage, kids
2 learn through pretend play but still struggle
with logic and taking the point of view of other
people.
The Concrete Operational Stage: Kids at this point of
development begin to think more logically, but their thinking
can also be very rigid. They tend to struggle with abstract and
hypothetical concepts.
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Emotional Intelligence
Learning is to prepare children's
and adults to develop
competencies to meet the
demands life. Learning includes
not only the subjects but also to
learn to identify, assess, and
control one's own emotions, the
emotions of others and that of
groups. Learning to discriminate
between different emotions and
label them appropriately, and to
use emotional information to
guide thinking and behavior.
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Hierarchy of Needs
Humanistic learning
theory emphasizes on the
individual needs in
learning. When all levels
of Maslow's Hierarchy of
Needs are met, students
are at their full potential
for learning. Students
with empty stomach,
students who are not
accepted and loved by
their teachers and peers
face serious problems in
learning
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Experiential Learning
Experiential learning is the process of
making meaning from direct
experience, i.e., "learning from
experience". Learning is the process
whereby knowledge is created
through the transformation of
experience. Learning takes place in
four stages 1.concrete experience or
doing 2. reflective observation or
observing 3. abstract
conceptualization or thinking 4.
active experimentation or planning
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Dysgraphia (writing-based)
Impairment of the ability to write,
usually caused by brain dysfunction
or disease.
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Aphasia, Dysphasia or
Global Aphasia
(language-based)
People who suffer from
language-based disorders
such as aphasia, dysphasia
or global aphasia have a
hard time expressing
themselves using words as
well as understanding
spoken or written language.
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Stages of memory
Encoding
Storage
Retrieval
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Iconic Memory
Echoic Memory
Haptic Memory
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Explicit
Declarative
Semantic
Episodic
Implicit
Non Declarative
Procedural
Conditional
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Emotional
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Habit Memory
Habit memory means memory of an
object or idea resulting in a mechanical
repetition of the activity. A habit is
formed by doing a particular activity
repeatedly over a period of time; for
example, playing a musical instrument.
Habit memory becomes more a physical
activity.
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Logical memory involves proper understanding of the material learnt. When the
content of a lesson is understood, then one can retain it in mind for a longer
period and can reproduce it, whenever required, in future. It does not depend on
the mechanical verbal repetition.
Retention Loss
Memory Loss
Meaning
Forgetting (retention loss) refers to 1.
apparent loss of information already
encoded (memory) has disappeared - it
is no longer available or 2. the memory
may be stored in the memory system
but, for some reason, it cannot be
retrieved. These two answers
summaries the main theories of
forgetting developed by
psychologists. The first answer is more
likely to be applied to forgetting in
short term memory (Trace Decay
Theory of Forgetting), the second
(interference and lack of consolidation)
to forgetting in long term memory.
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Bias
When retrieving a memory, one's mood and
other biases at that moment can influence
what information one actually recall.
Distortion
An imperfect image is recalled from
long term-memory(Still remember the
memory, but is no longer what it
originally stored
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Blocking
inaccessibility of stored information
(seeing an old classmate, we may feel
the name on the tip of our tongue,
but we experience retrieval failurewe can't get it out)
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Suggestibility
Suggestibility is the vulnerability of your
memory to the power of suggestion , the
lingering effects of misinformation
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Fading
When we can no longer recall information
from our memory because of disuse(once a
clear memory, now faded)
Decay Theory
Retrieval failure theory
Motivated forgetting
Interference theory
Decay Theory
The decay theory suggest, simply, that our
memories may biologically degenerate over
time. Forgetting occurs because as time
passes, the memory trace gradually fades
away.
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Interference theory
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Motivated forgetting
Motivated forgetting refers to the
process consciously or unconsciously
blocking out negative, painful or
threatening memories by using
repression (unconscious) and
suppression (conscious).
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Meaning
Capacity for learning, reasoning,
understanding, and similar forms of mental
activity; aptitude in grasping truths,
relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
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Musical - Discerning
sounds, their pitch, tone,
rhythm and timbre
Physical - Coordinating
one's mind with one's
body
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Existential - Tackling
the questions of
why we live and
why we die
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IQ-Intelligence Quotient
IQ-Intelligence Quotient
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Personality
Theories of Personality
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Type Theories
Hippocrates identified four types of
Personalities or temperaments, each
associated with a different bodily fluid,
or "humor."
The sanguine, or optimistic, type
was associated with blood;
The phlegmatic type (slow and
lethargic) with phlegm;
The melancholic type (sad,
depressed) with black bile; &
The choleric (angry) type with
yellow bile.
Individual personality was
determined by the amount
of each of the four humors.
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Personality
Theories of Personality
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Introvert
Energized by self
Inward & Quiet
Thinks, then act
Deep Experience
Extrovert
Energized by outer world,
Outgoing & Talkative,
Act Then think ,
breath experience
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INFP:
introversion (I),
intuition (N),
feeling (F),
perception (P)
ESTJ:
extraversion (E),
sensing (S),
thinking (T),
judgment (J)
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Personality
Theories of Personality
Type Theories
ESTJ
Extraversion (E),
Sensing (S),
Thinking (T),
Judgment (J)
INFP
Introversion (I),
Intuition (N),
Feeling (F),
Perception (P)
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ESTJ
Extraversion (E),
Sensing (S),
Thinking (T),
Judgment (J)
INFP
Introversion (I),
Intuition (N),
Feeling (F),
Perception (P)
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Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychoanalytic theory placed great
importance on the role of unconscious
psychological conflicts in shaping
behavior and personality. Psychoanalytic
theory of personality argued that human
behavior was the result of the interaction
of three component parts of the mind:
the id, ego, and superego. Dynamic
interactions among these basic parts of
the mind were thought to carry human
beings through five psychosexual stages
of development: oral, anal, phallic,
latency, and genital. Each stage required
mastery for a human to develop properly
and move on to the next stage
successfully.
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Behavioural Theories
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Humanistic Theories
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Bio-psychological Theories
Bio-psychological theory of personality explains that personality is influenced by
the biology of the brain. This theory emphasis on the biochemistry of the
behavioral systems of reward, motivation, and punishment. It hypothesized two
systems controlling behavioural activity and shaping personality, the behavioural
inhibition system (BIS) and the behavioural activation system (BAS).The BIS is
thought to be related to sensitivity to punishment as well as avoidance motivation,
while the BAS is thought to be related to sensitivity to reward as well as approach
motivation.
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(odd disorders)
Schizotypal
PD: a pattern
of extreme
discomfort
interacting
socially, and
distorted
cognitions and
perceptions
Cluster B
(dramatic, emotional or erratic disorders)
Histrionic PD:
pervasive pattern
of attentionseeking behavior
and excessive
emotions.
Narcissistic PD:
a pervasive
pattern of
grandiosity, need
for admiration,
and a lack of
empathy.
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Antisocial PD:
a pervasive pattern of
disregard for and
violation of the rights of
others, lack of empathy,
bloated self-image,
manipulative and
impulsive behavior.
Avoidant PD:
pervasive feelings
of social
inhibition and
inadequacy,
extreme
sensitivity to
negative
evaluation.
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Dependent PD:
pervasive psychological
need to be cared for by
other people.
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Definition
Mental Deficiency is no longer in
technical use. Now it is called as
mental retardation that means
something is wrong or lacking in
a person's brain, thought process
or ability to think and learn.
Mental retardation (MR), is a
neurodevelopmental disorder
characterized by impaired
intellectual and adaptive
functioning which is defined by
an IQ score below 70 as well as a
delay in general daily living skills.
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Down' Syndrome
Down syndrome (trisomy 21) is a genetic
disorder caused when abnormal cell division
results in extra genetic material from
chromosome 21.
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Cretinism
Cretinism is a condition of severely stunted
physical and mental growth due to
untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid
hormones (congenital hypothyroidism) due
to maternal nutritional deficiency of
iodine.
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Cranial Anamoly
Cranial Anamoly is an irregular
head because of a congenital
flaw.
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Hydrocephaly
Hydrocephaly is a medical
condition in which there is
an abnormal accumulation
of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
in the ventricles, or cavities,
of the brain.
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Mental Illness
Mental Illness is a medical condition characterized by
impairment of an individual's normal cognitive,
emotional, or behavioral functioning, and caused by
social, psychological, biochemical, genetic, or other
factors, such as infection or head trauma. Also called
emotional illness, mental disease, mental disorder.
e.g.Mood Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Psychotic
Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Dementia/Alzheimers
Disease
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Anxiety Disorders
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Mood Disorders
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Psychotic Disorders
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Mental Health
Meaning
A state of emotional and psychological well-being in
which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive
and emotional capabilities, function in society, and
meet the ordinary demands of everyday life.
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Need - A physiological
or psychological
imbalance leads to
creation of need
Individuals
believes in
certain
manner
Drive /Motive
Search
Behaviour
Physiological /
Psychological
Deficiency
Unsatisfied
Need
Tension
Motivation Process
Culture
Experience
Learning
Cognitive
process
Satisfied
Need
Achieves a
Particular
Goal
Reduction
of the
Tension
Incentives - anything
that can mitigate a need
and decrease the
intensity of a drive
An unsatisfied need creates tension that stimulates the drive within an individual to generate
search behavior to achieve particular goals, if attained, will satisfy the need and reduce the tension
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Maslow
Herzberg
McClelland
Expectancy theory
Equity theory
Goal setting theory
Edwin Locke
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Acquired-Needs Model
The basis of the model is that needs are acquired or learned from the life
experiences in the culture in which we live. The acquire needs model focuses on
three important needs in the work environment:
1. Need foe achievement (n-ach) 2. Need for power (n-pow) 3. Need for
affiliation (n-affil)
n-ach the drive to excel, to accomplish, and to achieve a standard of
excellence.
n-pow the need to influence and control ones environment; may involve
either personal power or institutional power.
n-affil the need for friendly and close interpersonal relationships
Implication Acquired-need model provides managers with the understanding of
the underlying needs that motivate people to behave in certain ways. This model
does not explain why people choose a particular way of behaviour.
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Goal Theory
Edwin Locke proposed Goal Theory in 1968,
which proposes that motivation and
performance will be high if individuals are
set specific goals which are challenging, but
accepted, and where feedback is given on
performance.
The two most important findings of this
theory are:
Setting specific goals (e.g. I want to earn a
million before I am 30) generates higher
levels of performance than setting general
goals (e.g. I want to earn a lot of money).
The goals that are hard to achieve are
linearly and positively connected to
performance. The harder the goal, the more
a person will work to reach it.
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Nature of Counselling
The branch of psychology that
focuses on personal problems not
classified as serious mental
disorders, such as academic, social,
or vocational difficulties of
students. This is similar to clinical
psychology, except that most of the
issues addressed by counseling
psychologists are less "serious". For
example, a clinical psychologist
would be more likely to deal with
schizophrenia and other "serious"
psychological disorders than a
counseling psychologist
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Counselling - Definition
Direct face-to-face conversation between two people. It is a
scientific process of assistance extended by an expert in an
individual situation to a needy person. Counselling involves
relationship between two persons in which one of them
(counselor) attempts to assists the other (counselee or client) in
so organizing himself as to attain a particular form of happiness,
adjusting to a life situation, or in short ,self actualization
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Counseling
Coaching
Discipline, Instructing
Asking, Guiding
PAST
NOW
FUTURE
Recovery
Growth
Seeking Healing
Correcting Belief System
Establishing Healthy
Thinking & Behaviours
Discovering What
We were created to BE
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Counseling is Not
Giving advice.
Judgmental.
Attempting to sort out the problems of the client.
Expecting or encouraging a client to behave in a
way in which the counsellor may have behaved
when confronted with a similar problem in their
own life.
Getting emotionally involved with the client.
Looking at a client's problems from counselors
perspective, based on counselors value system.
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Areas of Counselling
School and career/work adjustment concerns.
Making decisions about career and work, and dealing with
schoolworkretirement transitions.
Relationship difficultiesincluding marital and family difficulties.
Learning and skill deficits.
Stress management and coping with negative life events.
Organizational problems.
Dealing with and adjusting to physical disabilities, disease or injury.
Personal/social adjustment. The development of ones identity.
Persistent difficulties with relating to other people in general. Mental disorders.
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Directive Counseling
Non-directive Counselling
Carl. R.Roger is the chief exponent in this viewpoint This school of thought
is just reverse to that of directive counseling It is a client-centred process
In this, the counselee is the pivot of the whole counselling process The main
function of the counsellor is to create an atmosphere in which the client can
work out his problem.
Eclectic Counselling
The chief advocate of this type of counselling is Thorne Eclectic counselling
is a type of counselling which is neither counsellor-centred nor client centred;
but a combination of both Here the counsellor is neither too active as in
directive counselling nor too passive as in non-directive counselling, but
follows a middle course.
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Group Dynamics:
Interaction of
complex intra- and
inter-personal forces
operating in a group
which determine its
character,
development, and
long-term survival.
Social Control:
Social control is
the regulation of
individual and
group behavior in
an attempt to
gain conformity
and compliance
[disambiguation
needed] to the
rules of a given
society, state, or
social group.
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Leadership: The
action of leading a
group of people or
an organization, or
the ability to do
this
Consumer Psychology:
The study of
individuals, groups, or
organizations and the
processes they use to
select, secure, use,
and dispose of
products, services,
experiences, or ideas
to satisfy needs and
the impacts that these
processes have on the
consumer and
society."
Gender: Gender is a
person's sexual identity,
regardless of the person's
biological and outward sex.
Social Networking: The use of
dedicated websites and
applications to interact with
other users, or to find people
with similar interests to one's
own
Personal advertisement:
A private advertisement or
message placed in a
newspaper, especially one
from someone seeking a sexual
or romantic partner.
Sexuality: An organism's
preparedness for engaging in sexual
activity.
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Psychology of Gender
Gender" (masculinity/femininity) refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours,
activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and
women. In comparison, 'sex' (male/female) denotes biologically determined, thus
unchangeable, difference between them. Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay, Other Gender
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Community Psychology
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