Rxy in Psyc One of the biggest mistakes we make as individuals is to see that two things occur together and conclude that one causes the other. For instance, there is a great deal of information online and in other venues about depression and poor diet. For example, a self-help depression website offers this quote from a book on the subject "Food can affect your mood, and what you choose to put into your mouth can influence your state of mind" (http://www.depression-help-for-you.com/diet-for-depression.html). Now that may have some truth to it as one may feel better after a good meal and not so good after eating burned popcorn, but the site goes on to explain how studies have found relationships between higher rates of depression and consumption of junk food, soda, etc. Interestingly there is a huge market for books that promote diet for depression, the implication being that depression is caused by a poor diet and eating right will relieve depression. Amusingly I suppose none of these authors ever read the diagnostic criteria for depression that indicate that poor eating habits are a...
It appears that a lot of students that do not do well in school score poorer on measures of self-worth and so forth. The popular media has jumped on studies like this claiming make kids feel better about themselves and their grades will improve. Self-esteem has been popularized as a cure-all for everything-raise self-esteem and all is well! However, could it be that poor grades affect self-esteem? Lilienfeld, Lynn and Lohr (2003) discuss the whole self-esteem relationship including the grade issue, substance abuse, delinquency, etc. The findings indicate that the grade and self-esteem relationship is spurious and that having chronically poor grades is more likely to lead to issues with self-confidence than vice versa. In other…
PSYCHOLOGY as a SCIENCE Psychology is a relatively new field of science as opposed to the natural sciences because it was born out of the spirit of humanism after the Renaissance (Hergenhahn, 108). As a result, methods and norms in the field are still being developed. In addition, the subject matter of the field includes the mind, personality and other intangible entities that cannot be subjected to the same kind of
The subject promises to approach issues of theology, sociology, ethicality and behavior with necessary interdependency. Psychology: Professional Ethics and Legal Issues (523), though an elective, seems to be an absolutely indispensable channeling of study time. The examination of issues of ethical and legal centrality to the research or practice of psychology should arm future professionals with the underlying information and philosophical orientation needed to approach this complex field with sensitivity, objectivity and integrity. Teaching Introduction to Psychology (GIDS
As emotionally intelligent employees are reportedly more content, conscientious and committed in the workplace, businesses and organizations are repeatedly advised to recruit and retain these individuals. Abraham (2006), nevertheless, reports that the strongest findings emerging from her study was.".. The effect of job control on emotional intelligence." She contends that emotionally intelligent employees will not just naturally thrive in their workplace; that the work environment needs to provide independence in
The Descriptive Method: Because psychology is an observational science, it necessarily relies on the experimenter to observe, catalogue, quantify, and interpret variables suspected of a causative relationship. While observation is, therefore, essential to the study of psychology, it also presents a potential weakness in the results observed (Carlson 2006). For example, in the above experiment, the experimenter could, through a series of well designed experiments, determine that: (1) domestic violence
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Correlations Three correlations Correlations: From marijuana use to meat eating to fast food One of the most commonly-cited statistics in the popular media is the strong correlation between marijuana use and later 'hard' drug use, although it is uncertain if marijuana is causally related, or merely correlated with this phenomenon. Another surprising correlation in the use of marijuana also perplexes researchers. There also appears to be a strong correlation between schizophrenia and heavy
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