Introduction
Hello,
My name is Carl Kevin P. Ranara, a college student studying at De La Salle Araneta University (DLSAU) taking up Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. I am 17 years old. This blog was made because I want to express my own opinion and learnings that anything about Psychology, and maybe someone might stumble upon this blog in hopes that they also might learn here.
Okay so what have I learned so far in this subject? Well according to my notes General Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. I think Psychology for me is the study on how do people think then react to the environment, people, things and self which was explained by Ma'am Braga (My Psychology Professor) that in the Behaviorism by John B. Watson there's a corresponding response in every stimulus an example of that there is a bus heading towards you which is the stimulus your response would most likely be like is to evade that bus and between that stimulus and response is the freedom to choose which may include self-awareness, imagination, conscience and even independent which is shown in the figure. This type of conditioning is called the Classical conditioning and the other one would be the Operant conditioning, it is a way of learning that happens through reinforcements and punishment.
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| Iceberg Theory |
However Behaviorism by John B. Watson is only a part of the History of Psychology and some critics say that it''s a quite linear way of understanding how the human behavior works that's why there are still theories by psychologists that follows and one of those studies is the Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud which explains that the human behavior can be explained in sex aggression and pleasure,
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| Sigmund Freud |
He also formulated the theory of the unconscious or the iceberg theory He related an iceberg to our minds because only 1/7 of our mind is conscious while the rest is not and that unconscious mind are Vinformations that we don't know but it is stored which may provide a significant and disturbing influence in our mind which I actually find it creepy yet interesting on how the human behavior works.
Sigmund Freud also formulated The Stages of Development
"1.) Oral; 2.) Anal; 3.) Phallic; 4.) Latency; 5.) Genital
As for me Im pretty sure Im at the Genital stage because I do gain pleasure upon masturbating at least twice a day, so yeah I think you guys understand how these stages works, It is measured upon when and how you gain pleasure which corresponds to these stages like most babies gain pleasure upon putting most likely anything to their mouths. These theories for me are somewhat true and convincing and other people would react as these theories are insane but if you'll try to look more close and have a deeper understanding you might realize that He has a good point.
So far that's what I've learned in General Psychology even though I'm not BS Psychology myself I still do find this subject very interesting to be honest and I would be making more blogs about this subject with constant updates, researches,opinions and such. If you any more suggestions that will help me improve my first time blogging please do. Thank you and once again Welcome to my Blog! :)
