Tuesday, March 31, 2015

March Additional Blog

http://t.usnews.com/Z7eq3d


Lately I have been coming across issues that have to do with most of people's everyday lives and psychology. 

This article goes into depth on how smart phones (ironically I'm using one to do this post) can lower intelligence. 

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Blog 18: Fourth Interview Preperation


1.) Do you think medicine can help out a person with a mental illness?
2.) What are your opinions on people doing marijuana in order to "get away" from their problems?
3.) After a patient is done with with their treatment, how often do you see them to see their progress?
4.) Do you think that depending where a person is raised it affects they're way of thinking?
5.) Do you like the way psychology is evolving?
6.) What do you consider unusual behavior?
7.) Can a way parents raise their child prevent them to have mental issues?
8.) At what age is it the hardest to be treated?
9.) If a patient commits a crime, can you tell on them?
10.) How do you prevent judgement when listening to a patients "story"?
11.) Do you believe that once a teen turns 18 they should be left alone to make decisions?
12.) When is it correct to "let your child be"?
13.) If parents don't want to help their child face their mental problem who else do you seek for?
14.) Can your mood affect your patient drastically?
15.) Do you believe it is important parents should be well educated or have some type of knowledge about their child's mental problem?
16.) What is the best way to promote yourself as a self-employed psychologist?
17.) What is something you recommend to me as an incoming college student in this career field?
18.) Is their anyone in specific you go to when you need some type of advice with a patient?
19.) What is up to this day a resource that helps you throughout your job?
20.) Do you think it is better to collaborate in a treatment with the parents and patient or the patient alone?

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Blog 17: Third Answer

1. EQ

What is the best way for a psychologist and parents to collaborate about the treatment of a teenage patient?

2. Answer 3 

A psychologist should be able to offer collaborative, team-based programs for adolescents -- from initial evaluation to follow-up treatment. They should represent a broad range of specialties and bring an comprehensive approach to treatment planning and continuing care.

List 3 reasons why answer is true: 

1. A psychologist should be able to know how to recommend a type or treatment that fits with the patient according to the type of situation they are facing. 

2. They should be trying to use new types of treatments that are having to do with collaborative work. 

3. They should know how to guide a patient through the treatment & know how to explain throughly or else the treatment will fail. 

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February Additional Blog


    Press, Cell. "How does the human brain tackle problems it did not evolve to solve?." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 27 Feb. 2015. Web.
    5 Mar. 2015. <>



I found this article very interesting. It was a study that was recently finished. It explains the trial & error in tackle problems in the human brain. My mentor shared this link with me because she found it very interesting.