Psychology jokes for depressed psychology geeks who have had more than enough of A levels and silly people.

These just have to be blogged!

Thinking of doing psychology at uni?..............
Go to The University of Sheffield and you get these cool items ;)

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Positive psychologists seek to 'find and nurture  genius and talent' and to make 'normal life more fulfilling', rather than merely treating mental illness.

Examples

Dyslexia definition-

Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, processing speed, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, language skills/verbal comprehension, and/or rapid naming.

This definition contains the elements of the condition that are the individual's weaknesses. This can have a long term, dramatic effect on a child and they can carry feelings of inadequacy around with them for the rest of their lives.  Rather than concentrating on the negatives, positive psychologists believe that you should always focus on the individual's strengths. Instead of dwelling on the negatives, encouragement of the person's strengths is required for their self esteem. For example, Dyslexics often have many of these qualities:

• Perception: the ability to alter and create perceptions;
• Highly aware of the environment;
• Highly curious;
• Great intuition and insightful;
• Thinking and perceiving multi-dimensionally (using all the senses);
• A lively imagination;
• Can experience thought as reality;
• Creativity;
• Easy adoption of change;
• Holistic, see the big picture, don’t get lost in details, get to the important aspects;
• See patterns, connections, and similarities very easy;
• Concentration;
• Can be very driven, ambitious and persistent;
• Superior reasoning;
• Capable of seeing things differently than others;
• Love for complexity;
• Simultaneous multiple thought processing;
• Not following the crowd;
• The ability of visual, spatial and lateral thinking.

and go on to work in areas such as:

• Science/research
• Psychology
• Teaching
• Manager in people-relate occupations
• Businesspeople in general
• Marketing and sales
• Interior/Garden/mode design
• Culinary arts
• Woodworking
• Carpentry
• Artiste
• Painter/sculptor
• Actor
• Graphic art
• Architecture
• Designer
• Mechanics
• Engineering
• Photography
• Music
• Athletics
• Computing
• Software design
• Electronics

Another short example is to not make people suffering from depression less depressed in treatment, but to help them find something to make them happy.

Freud's defense mechanisms

Self harm awareness day FRIDAY 1ST MARCH

Psychology Review- A level magazine

http://magazines.philipallan.co.uk/Magazines/Psychology-Review.aspx

ALL RODILLIAN TEACHERS MUST READ THIS!

CLASSROOM PHOBIA/ANXIETY

SYMPTOMS TEACHERS SHOULD EXPECT PUPILS TO DISPLAY AND THE MAIN WARNING SIGNS: 

• Extreme quietness
• Unable to initiate conversations
• Lack of eye contact
• Often refuses to do things
• Doesn't join in
• Won't speak at all
• Fear of public speaking
• Fear of the unknown
• Fear of being judged (happens loads)
• Won't be able to think on the spot e.g. will say they don't know the answer due to not being able to think of it quick enough/ they will be too worried to think about it at all- often occurs in problem solving (maths) or offering their own opinion or interpretation (English lang and lit) 
• Stutters
• Sighs
• Disinterested in lessons
• Irritability and fidgeting 
• Dread of events in the future
• Looks worried/anxious
• Looks exhausted
• Drinks lots
• Leaves to go to the toilet (anxiety causes frequent urination/ maybe just escaping the situation)
• Will talk about anything other than work- suggests lack of confidence in work- some won't actually know the answers due to not listening as they are preoccupied with other thoughts and feelings. The more they try to listen the more they won't be able to.
• Frequently absent
• Abrupt with teachers
• Uses physical illness as an excuse for the real problem 
• May even cause panic attacks- read The Panic Cycle Post. 

May often coincide with other disorders such as Social Anxiety, Generalised Anxiety Disorder and depression. Often the cause of selective Mutism.

The problem is slowly becoming more recognised by teachers.....

Teachers have the power to create a safe and comfortable classroom environment where pupils accept the teachers control as a result of being able to trust the way they conduct lessons. 

http://www.itv.com/thismorning/life/school-phobia/