Take the mind for example. Most people agree that they have a mind and that others (well, most others) have one too. But where does this mind exist? Psychologists accept that the mind exists in, or is synonymous with, the brain. The biological metatheory is integrated into the biopsychosocial model because of this component. You may say that, just as digestion is what the stomach does, mind is what the brain does. Thinking about the role of the mind

The basic idea behind this model is that human behavior and mental processes are the products of biological, psychological, and social influences. Biopsychosocialists try to find out how these influences interact to produce behavior. They believe that any explanation of behavior and mental processes that doesn’t consider all three primary factors (body, mind, and environment) is incomplete. Feeling out the role of the body Qualitative research is useful for studies at the individual level, and to find out, in-depth, the ways in which people think or feel (e.g. case studies). To apply that knowledge for the benefit of society, and to improve lives of people by using scientific methodsOne of my favorite professors, Dr. Jay Brand, sums it up very eloquently: Science represents a protracted attempt to contribute to a public edifice of knowledge founded on probabilistic evidence that the piecemeal construction achieves some important similarities with reality. No one sincerely believes that his or her single experiment will answer any useful question once and for all… . … theory development (knowledge) integrated across many single investigators (and experiments and data analyses) represents the true value of science to society. Now I’m going to enter into the fray with my own metaphor for better or worse. I don’t think this metaphor is particularly unique, however, and there’s likely chance that I borrowed it from someone else. But I think it’s a good one, so here it is: But hey, if I can write an entire book on psychology, I think you can read an entire book on this stuff. Besides, I think you’ll like it. Psychology is a great subject. Enjoy! Part 1 Getting Started with Psychology IN THIS PART … The sociocultural approach focuses on the social and cultural factors that affect behavior. This is all about the enormous power of groups and culture on the why, how, and what of behavior and mental processes.

According to Rogers (1959), we want to feel, experience and behave in ways which are consistent with our self-image and which reflect what we would like to be like, our ideal-self. The closer our self-image and ideal-self are to each other, the more consistent or congruent we are and the higher our sense of self-worth. Rogers, C. R. (1946). Significant aspects of client-centered therapy. American Psychologist 1, 415-422. A first principle of my mad-scientist vision of psychology is that building a human requires you to know what the person’s function is. After all, engineers don’t build things without knowing what they’re supposed to do. Only with a purpose in mind can you know what to build and what features and materials need to be considered.Therefore, it is possible that the approach would not travel well and is a product of the cultural context within which it was developed, and an emic approach is more appropriate. Take the mind for example. Most people agree that they have a mind and that others (well, most others) have one too. But where does this mind exist? Psychologists accept that the mind exists in, or is synonymous with, the brain. The biological metatheory is integrated into the biopsychosocial model because of this component. You may say that, just as digestion is what the stomach does, min

Like all other carbon-based living organisms on planet Earth, human beings are staying alive machines. I’m not saying there is no meaning to life. Quite the contrary; I’m saying that the function of life is to be alive, to stay alive, and to perpetuate life. But there’s got to be more than that, right? Wrong book. Try Philosophy For Dummies or Religion For Dummies. What? All these parts, developed and assembled, go about their tasks within the world, right? But the world acts upon them, influences them, impacts them. Whether that context is dealing with other people, interacting with technology, or being chased by something dangerous, the mad scientist’s job would be incomplete without looking at the world around the assembled parts. These psychologists spend the majority of their time conducting research, and they often work in academic settings. Experimental psychology covers a wide range of topics, but individual researchers typically have a specialty such as social psychology or developmental psychology.Summerhill School in UK, founded by A.S. Neill is one of the schools that have applied humanistic ideas fully with some success to enhance motivation in students. Yes, this is the kind of blueprint or overlay I like to use to understand what psychology is: Why do the parts and processes do it? What are the parts or ingredients of a person? How do we go about performing functions using those parts and ingredients to achieve the why? Client-centered therapy aims to increase clients’ self-worth and decrease the incongruence between the self-concept and the ideal self. The self is the humanistic term for who we really are as a person. The self is our inner personality, and can be likened to the soul, or Freud’s psyche. The self is influenced by the experiences a person has in their life, and out interpretations of those experiences. Two primary sources that influence our self-concept are childhood experiences and evaluation by others.