Everyday psychology

[Audio] EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY LECTURER'S BOOK. . . .

[Audio] CONTENT Why is nothing working for me? PAGE: 3 How to set a goal for RAS? Why do I have to set the deadline? Psychology problems ( example) PAGE: Ruminations Borderline Post-Traumatic Stress disorder Bipolar disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder Orgone accumulator Rush's chair Psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud Lobotomy Psychology of colour Anchoring effect 1. 2. 3. History of psychiatry 4. Interesting facts.

[Audio] 1 Chapter Why is nothing working for me? 3.

[Audio] 1 RAS ( Reticular Activating System) is a brain's GPS system. It's working to achieve the goal. If you have a goal (for example: learning a korean language) you must know how to comunicate it for RAS. How to set a goal for RAS? If you don't set a date, you'll keep repeating "tomorrow", "not today", "today I had a hard day at work", "I don't feel like it" and so on! Set a goal 2 Set a deadline (why I need to do this is described later) 3 Document it in a visible place 4.

[Audio] 2 Chapter Psychology problems ( example) 5.

[Audio] Ruminations Ruminations is intrusive negative thoughts. You think you can't prevent them. Borderline Mood episodes Impulsive Decision Difficulty making social contacts Borderline is a personality disorder. The symptoms are: Consequently, borderline can provide you a depression. Post Traumatic Stress Disorider ( PTSD) strong anxiety, depressed mood, depression, insomnia, nightmares, tiredness, recurring images of a traumatic event, aggression, irritability, trouble concentrating, eating disorders and the like. PTSD is most common in soldiers who have ever been in a war. Syndromes: 6.

[Audio] Bipolar disorder Bipolar disorders are unstable moods. The sick person has sudden and very quick mood swings. For example, John now is happy, but 5 minutes later he has depression. Next 10 minutes later he's scared. Obsessive-compulsive disorder ( OCD) Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. OCD can affect men, women and children. Some people start having symptoms early, often around puberty, but it usually starts during early adulthood. For example, Marry is obsessed with a closed door. She always checks the door. The relatives are helpless in the face of this situation. 7.

[Audio] 3 Chapter History of psychiatry 8. . . 3.

[Audio] Orgone accumulator The orgone accumulator was created by Wilhelm Reich. He believed that the mental state depends on the amount of orgone (he considered it a blue substance) in the body. The real story - abbey (The information comes from the book " The Black Sheep of Medicine - The Untold Story of Psychiatry" by Jeffrey A. Lieberman) Once, Abbey came to Reich so that he could diagnose her and heal her. After a short conversation, Reich made a diagnosis that the girl needed a natural flow of orgone through the body. He made her strip down to her underwear and sit down on a wooden chair. He began to touch her hands, shoulders, and then her knees and thighs. It was as if he was trying to feel for a lump. Then he said, "Yes, here and here .." He showed her "the orgone retention strands." The orgone accumulator was supposed to increase the orgone voltage in the body. 9.

[Audio] Rush's chair The roots of American psychiatry are usually sought in the figure of Benjamin Rush [...]. Rush is considered to be the Pinel of the New World because of his claims that mental illnesses are medical conditions, not moral flaws [...]. Jeffrey A. Lieberman Rush used a swivel chair which was his own idea. The patient was tied to a chair and was shaken. Psychotic symptoms gave way to dizziness and vomiting. Psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud You could say that Freud was a curious as well as a strange man. However, his psychoanalytic theory changed both psychology and psychiatry forever. It was based on a treatment by conversation. It consisted of the patient saying what he could think of, and wanting to change the subject meant " resistance" that had to be worked through. 10.

[Audio] Lobotomy The procedure called lobotomy, performed mainly in the 1940s and 1950s consisted in inserting a tool into the skull of a sick person with a tool resembling a skewer for crushing ice. The doctor punched through the patient's eye socket into the brain, breaking the nerve fibers between the frontal lobe of the brain and the diencephalon. This procedure was to prove helpful in the treatment of patients suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, manic depression, anxiety, psychoses, hallucinations, excessive excitability, and other mental disorders or behaviors considered abnormal. Homosexuals whose sexual orientation was considered a sexual disease were also directed to lobotomy. 11.

[Audio] 4 Chapter Interesting facts 12. . . 4. Chapter.

[Audio] Psychology of colour Red - Anger, danger, warmth, and passion. Yellow - Positive, optimistic, and energetic Blue - Trustworthy, calm, and peaceful. Pink - Can be sentimental Gray - Neutral, moody Orange - Bright, fun Green - Growth, rebirth, nature Purple - Nostalgic, sentimental Brown - Honesty and simplicity Black - Bold, powerful Anchoring effect ( experiment) 1. Enter a number from 0 to 9 and remember it 2. Give it to the tutor 3. Answer the question "How much are you able to spend on renovating your home?" and remember your answer 4. Give it to the tutor You have succumbed to a cognitive bias! 13.

[Audio] The anchoring effect is a cognitive bias whereby an individual's decisions are influenced by a particular reference point or ' anchor'. Both numeric and non-numeric anchoring have been reported in research In numeric anchoring, once the value of the anchor is set, subsequent arguments, estimates, etc. made by an individual may change from what they would have otherwise been without the anchor. For example, an individual may be more likely to purchase a car if it is placed alongside a more expensive model (the anchor). Prices discussed in negotiations that are lower than the anchor may seem reasonable, perhaps even cheap to the buyer, even if said prices are still relatively higher than the actual market value of the car. Another example may be when estimating the orbit of Mars, one might start with the Earth's orbit ( 365 days) and then adjust upward until they reach a value that seems reasonable (usually less than 687 days, the correct answer). Source: Wikipedia 14.