Understanding Learning: Processes and Concepts
Item 1
Learning: Experience is the key to learning.
Learning by association: Connect naturally occurring events in sequence.
External expertise: The coming of sensation and perception.
Inner experience: The one that comes from the mind and has to do with the way we feel the world.
Projection: defense mechanism that is free from internal and painful emotions put into a person from the outside world.
Additional Series: Genetic predisposition and appropriate experience.
Item 2
Freud: I think there
Read MoreKey Child Development Terms: Definitions and Stages
Key Child Development Terms
Kangaroo Care: Method of skin-to-skin contact in which a newborn is laid face down between the mother’s breasts for an hour or so at a time after birth.
Parturition: The act or process of giving birth.
Temperament: Characteristic disposition or style of approaching and reacting to situations.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Disorganized-Disoriented Attachment: Pattern in which an infant, after separation from the primary caregiver, shows contradictory, repetitious, or misdirected
Read MoreAvoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders
F60.6 Avoidant Personality Disorder (301.82)
A pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inferiority, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:
- 1. Avoids work or activities that involve significant interpersonal contact because of fear of criticism, disapproval, or rejection.
- 2. Is reluctant to get involved with people unless certain of being liked.
- 3. Shows restraint within
Personality Theories and Human Nature Insights
Personality Theories: A Comprehensive Look
1.6 Strategy
Definition of personality: The pattern of characteristic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that distinguishes one person from another.
Major Personality Theories
- Psychoanalytic Theory: We are motivated by psychosexual forces.
- Id: The dominant force in personality; the deep, inaccessible part of personality that is devoid of values, ethics, and logic.
- Superego: The values of society presented to the child through punishments and rewards.
- Ego: The
Mind-Body Problem: Philosophy and Neuroscience
The Mind-Body Problem: Philosophy and Neuroscience
1.1 Mind, Brain, and Consciousness
Studies in philosophy, biology, and medicine consider humans as a material part of nature. As living organisms, we develop functions that allow us to survive independently: to live, feel, and know through the body. The body is an indispensable tool for us to live.
The Mind: The mind encompasses the set of intelligence activities and human capacity, processing information from the outside world and conducting vital
Read MoreUnderstanding Human Sexuality: A Holistic Approach
Human Sexuality: A Holistic Perspective
Introduction
We are not only biologically sexed, but our psyche, social organization, and culture are also deeply influenced by sex. From birth, we are assigned sex-specific names, clothes, toys, and activities. Even our hobbies, thoughts, and desires are often categorized by sex. Before a child is aware of their own sexual identity, society assigns a gendered role that impacts nearly every aspect of their life.
Different societies and cultures assign specific
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