Psychology
IS PSYCHOLOGY RELATED TO ECONOMICS
Posted on May 12, 2012 |
A) PSYCHO- ECONOMICS.In fact individual (with psychological impetus), cumulatively form a society. The society functions and formulates certain needs, disciplines and way of life (motivating sociology). Many societies with diverse social motivations are enclosed by a nation with certain and regulations (welfare, law and order = Internal economics ). All the nations in the north, east, west and south (NEWS) on this earth is this World (international form attempting to be in peace or in war (International economicsHypothesis#1 – Psychology of the individuals are cumulating towards the Economic stability components of the world, upwards. Psychology is “micro” and Economics is a “macro”======================================B) PHYSO-ECOMONIC IMPACTS. If the psychology of individuals in a nation are disturbed, then the impact at the national and international level is unpredictable. A productive disturbance could leads to welfare and economic development. A destructive disturbance could result in destruction, Chaos and economic destruction. But the chances for these 2 disturbances exist in 50 : 50 probability.——————————————————————————1. POSITIVE PSYCHO IMPACTSa).If the individuals in a rural area, psychologically start feeling that a large family (with many children) is not suitable for their family income, they will sacrifice their natural motivations and reduce the number of children per house hold. Cumulatively, his will bring good for the national economy (less demand for the essential and other needs, due to controlled population).b) If the farmers in a village, psychologically start feeling that joint farming is profitable than cultivating pieces of lands, they will pool their lands, forgetting the family and group differences. There will be more production and quality of agricultural produce at lower costs. Ultimately the national economy develops with this type of motivation.c) If the urban people (in cities) psychologically start feeling (both at home and office) that we should switch off the lights and fans, when there is nobody in the room, then they will get an automatic urge to follow this habit. Ultimately it will lead to the conservation of power at the national level, seeding an essential component in economic development. d) These could be extended to an unending list of positive psychology in multi areas leading to the Socio-Economic development of every nation.e) EXAMPLES. ** Mahathma Gandhi (1869 – 1948), won the Indian freedom, by pooling the positive psychological feeling to have “Swaraj” (From 1915 to 1947) among the Indians that “We Indians should not be ruled by a foreigner – British”.. He was attempting a similar psychological feeling against “apartheid” for (Africans + Indians), in South Africa, from 1893 to 1914, where he was a practicing lawyer !! But failed because all the local + expatriates do not want to antagonize the Britishers. (See at http://www.drvsrs.com/sedjr.htm).** Indira Gandhi (1917 to 1984. Former PM of India.) implemented a 20 point economic program during the period 1974 to 1976, to satisfy the basic needs of the people (food, shelter and clothing) and tools to take faster economic decisions. This provided a psychological satisfaction to the public and helped the nation to be more disciplined and economically developed during that period (See at http://www.drvsrs.com/igandhi.htm) Hypothesis#2 – Psychological support of the people is a crucial factor to attain any economic, political and social targets. ————————————————————————————2. NEGATIVE PSYCHO IMPACTS.a) If all the people in a location psychologically start feeling that the banks are unsafe to keep their money, there will be a rush to with draw mass money. All the bank’s fiscal position will shatter. This will crate a direct impact in weakening the national economy.b) If all the people in a location psychologically start feeling that there are indication of famine in the year, they will start hoarding all the food grains and other needs, expected to be affected by the famine. This will offset the whole economic plans of the nation. In addition, it will offset the demand and supply position of agricultural and affiliated fields leading to an economic chaos !!! c) The list of economic failure due to deserting villages, discontinuing agriculture, closure of business houses and many more economic failure can happen, if the psychological attitude of the domestic people starts degrading.d) EXAMPLES. ** In early July 2008, IndyMac Bank, a California-based institution, failed. News images showing customers lined up outside the bank’s branches to make withdrawals evoked scenes from the Great Depression, the last time in American history when bank failures played a significant role in the country’s economic landscape. Unfortunately, the worry IndyMac’s failure caused may have left many people unclear about what it means for a bank to fail – and whether or not they should be worried about their own financial institutions. As more and more people make large withdrawals, the bank loses even more cash and becomes less likely to survive the crisis. In extreme cases, even a false rumor that a bank is struggling could lead to a bank run and ultimately a bank failure. ** Psychological impact of Foot ball loss deserted FORNEY on Saturday the December 11, 1966 at 3 p.m.. “Forney, Texas., USA, became a ghost town. The reason for it all, strangely enough, was a football game 200 miles away in Austin. That is where Forney’s beloved Jackrabbits played Sonora in the Class A state semifinals Saturday night – and that is where the mass exodus of Forney citizens converged.. But alas, Forney’s football faithfuls were souls of heart breaking disappointment before the day was through. Forney’s fine team lost to Sonora 39-28”. This had a high negative impact on the business, productive and economic sectors of Forney. It tilted the country planning of Texas in particular and U in general.** Mahathma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) removed the “Jewel in the crown” of the British empire by winning the freedom to India only by directing the psychological will power against the British rulers. He propagated the concept of “Swadeshi” to use domestically made items (cottage industry) and boycott british goods. This shattered the british supplies by drastically reducing the Indian demand for many essential commodities. Hypothesis#3 – Psychological eruption of the people can shatter any stable economic, political and social infrastructure. .====================================================C) PSYCHO-ECONOMICS – AN UNIFIED FORCECumulative Psychology (P) of the individuals and the Economic status (E) of a nation go together.
E is proportional to K X P. Where K is the constant of proportionality. K varies from country to country, changes with time (T) and attitudes (A) of persons for a selected location. Or for a nation K is proportional to (A, T). Or psychological status of the people in a nation is unified with the economic development status.
a) Developed nations (UK, USA) are surviving with the positive psychological support of their domestic population. But Americans have started loosing their psychological support to the Federal government, after the activities of past president George Bush, during his tenure . b) Developing and Under developed nation are never reaching a developed status, because the psychological force in the domestic population is weak It is due to inadequacy in the basic needs – Food, Clothing and Shelter. Also the promotion of “Apartheid” among the people by caste, community, se x, income etc.. and promotion of illiteracy, by the elected parliamentarians to keep them in power). c) After the end of second world war in 1949, the Germany was divided into East Germany following the principles of communism and East Germany on American Republic socialism (In May 1949 divided by the Berlin wall). The people in both partitions were psychologically subjected to the politico-economic impact in their respective shelters. On 9th November 1969, the East germans broke the Berlin wall and joined with their Eastern partners. (Survival for about 20 years). Similarly the communist forces in Europe built an empire called “Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)” in 1922. It was an equal and opposing force to USA in the West. But, it started dwindling and officially dissolved on 31st December 1991 (Survival for about 69 years). The amazing feature is the exclusive state oriented communists sacrificed their principles and adopting the diametrically opposite Capitalism with US assistance and collaborations. !!Both were due to the “state oriented rule of communism, without any care or incentive for the individuals and their psychological urges”. Hypothesis#4 – Psychology and Economics are unified, functioning and keeping the international balance as “Psycho-Economic Force” ===============================================D) FURTHER THOUGHTS & REFERENCES.Economics embraces all faculty and any subject (See at http://www.drvsrs.com/smart.htm)“SOMA BY DRVSRS” at http:/drvsrs.com/store/page1.html#10(SOMA = Social Management)“SED BY DRVSRS” at http:/drvsrs.com/store/page1.html#9(SED = Socio-economic Development=================================================
Looking At Pursuing A Career In Psychology?
Posted on April 29, 2012 |
Think of major subject of study that is only 125 years young and is taking the world by storm! This is how one can probably describe psychology. Psychology is a subject of study that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Psychology is a science that deals with human behavior as well as non humans – animals. Its study finds its roots in biology and touches on many areas in sociology, trying to seek a relationship between the brain functions and the behavior or the relationship between the environment and the behavior generators. There are many areas in which one can specialize since the subject is so vast and nowadays, more and more areas of life need the application of psychology.
The importance of the psychology and why one is secure by building a career in the subject can be seen from the fact that since 1960, there has been a big increase in the students who pursue psychology and have become a part of the competition on jobs that are psychology related. To be precise, the number of students opting for a masters in psychology has gone up 6 folds, a trend that was not observed earlier. It has also been observed that more than two thirds of the students graduating with masters in psychology get jobs in fields which are outside psychology and only about a third are employed in jobs which are directly related to psychology. A large number of those employed after graduating with masters in psychology work on data collection and analysis in various firms and institutions, both in the government circles and the private sector.
When we look at the trend of job projections and growth the area of psychology, there has been a great percentage increase in demand for people with psychology degrees. According to a survey conducted in 2001 by APA Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research (CPWAR), 73% of the people who graduated with degrees in psychology were able to be employed in the areas they first chose to work in, and 75% were able to get jobs within 3 months of graduation. The trend has gone up since then and there are many more areas where psychology gradates are much needed. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for psychology-based jobs will keep on increasing at a high rate in the next decade.
One can build a career in the subfields of psychology. For example, one can take on Evolutionary psychology where you can study how human thought, feeling, and behavior are affected by evolutionary aspects like mutation, selective fitness and adaptation. You can also study Clinical Psychology where to will get knowledge to be able to deal with emotional and behavioral disorders. You can also go for Cognitive and perceptual psychology, Developmental psychology, Educational psychology and many other subfields.
The Advantages of Getting an Online Psychology Degree
Posted on April 18, 2012 |
The Advantages of Getting an Online Psychology Degree
If you are a professional in human resources, counseling, social work, market research, advertising, sales or any job fields which need a lot of interaction with people and you need to enhance your psychology background in order to do a better job or enhance your job professionalism, a degree in psychology definitely can help you to achieve your goal.
But, you may not want to on hold your current job in order to go back to college or university to earn your psychology degree. Then, you need to look for online psychology degree. The advantages of acquiring an online psychology degree is that you can acquire a degree in psychology without attending a regular class, you need not leave your job to enhance your knowledge in the field of psychology. You can even specialize in any field in psychology. Advantages of Having a Degree in Psychology
Success in many jobs depends largely upon you, the worker, being successful in understanding, relating to, and working with, people. Thus, a psychology degree will enable you to start out with an above-average interest in people. After all, the understanding of human behavior has been one of the major goals of psychology for a long time. As a psychology degree holder you know something about people and you know how to interact with them. These are characteristics that employers value. Online Psychology Degree Programs
As the online degree programs increase in popularity, there are many prestigious colleges and universities offer online psychology programs taught by the same faculty who teach in their classrooms. And psychology degree offers through online range from Bachelor to MBAs and Ph.Ds. Like the transitional degree, earning a degree online also has pre-requirement and it varies from one online university to another. For example, you can acquire a master’s degree or doctorate online in psychology if you have a high school diploma or GED with age of 22 years or above and have worked in the field as a fulltime employee. In general, good in written communication skills are needed as online degree program need to do a lot of reading and writing. Earn Your Psychology Degree Online
Since the introduction of online degree programs, the working or busy people can earn their degree online without the need to stop the current job or work. Various online degrees in psychology will help you to enhance your socialization into the field of psychology through foundational courses and interaction with faculty who are expert professionals in their field. There are many majors in online psychology which you can choose from, you can specialize in fields like clinical psychology, counseling psychology, general psychology, health psychology, organizational psychology or school psychology. Summary
The online degree in psychology offers the flexibility to deepen your knowledge in psychology without the need to sacrifice you current work or life style.
Visit http://www.studykiosk.com/ for more information on the best listed Distance Learning Programs. Discover the ins and out of attending a “Virtual Classroom” to earn the online degree and how it can help you succeed in realizing our education goals.
What Is Forensic Psychology?
Posted on April 4, 2012 |
In recent years forensic psychology and related topics such as criminal profiling have been the subject of a whole host of books, films and television series. While this has undoubtedly raised the profile of forensic psychology, the subject has often been presented in a distorted, sensationalised and inaccurate way.
With this very much in mind, this article outlines what you need to be aware of in order to provide a satisfactory answer to the question, what is forensic psychology?
When my students arrived for their first lecture, I would always start by giving them 10 minutes to write down an answer to the question what is forensic psychology? Before reading on, why not quickly write down what you think forensic psychology is.
The reason I did this was because despite the fact that every single undergraduate psychology student (about 180 of them) chose to do the forensic psychology course, not one of them came to see me in advance to ask what the course was about. Now bear in mind students chose their optional courses well in advance of the start date, and in order to make an informed choice they were all strongly advised to speak to the lecturer running the courses they were interested in before making a final decision.So why the no show?
I suspect, actually I know because I discussed it with the students afterwards, that they didn’t feel they had to find out what forensic psychology is, because they already had a preconceived idea.
I mentioned that at the start of the first lecture I would give students 10 minutes to write down an answer to the question what is forensic psychology. What I didn’t mention, however, is that after about 2 minutes I would ask for their attention and apologise for forgetting to tell them that they weren’t allowed to use the words serial killers or silence of the lambs in their answer. It was usually as this point that most of the writing in the lecture theatre stopped.
If you’re thinking I would have stopped writing as well, please contain your disappointment and don’t rush off just yet. The answer to the question, what is forensic psychology may not quite be what you thought, but that doesn’t mean that the subject has to be any less engaging.
The first thing to appreciate when addressing the question is that even psychologists in the field are divided as to what the answer is. The division of criminological and legal psychology within the British Psychological Society argued for twenty years as to whether their members should be entitled to call themselves Chartered Forensic Psychologists. It was finally agreed that they should, however, there still remains a great deal of debate and controversy surrounding the issue.
The central problem is that its members are drawn from a wide range of disciplines, so it is always difficult to state what the boundaries are when you talk of Forensic Psychology.A fragmented discipline?
Psychologists in the prison/correctional services. Clinical psychologists in special hospitals & the psychiatric services. Educational psychologists. Occupational psychologists. Academics
Now while it is important to acknowledge that this fragmentation of role exists, it is just as important to realise that these different groups are linked to forensic psychology because their work, expert knowledge or research activity is somehow connected with the law.
This legal connection makes perfect sense when you consider that the word forensic comes from the Latin forensis, which literally means appertaining to the forum, specifically the imperial court of Rome. So in essence:The debate as to what is and what isn’t forensic psychology rests primarily on the nature of psychology’s relationship with the legal system.
Let me give you an example, imagine 2 clinical psychologists meet at a conference and they begin talking about the work they do. The first psychologist tells the second that she recently gave expert testimony in court arguing that the defendant in a murder case was criminally insane; the judge and jury agreed and having been found guilty on the grounds of diminished responsibility the defendant was going to be sent to a secure psychiatric unit. Now there’s a coincidence the second psychologist says I work in the unit where they’re sending him, so I’ll be dealing and treating this guy when he arrives.
So here you have a situation where two psychologists are linked to the legal system by way of a legal decision and you could argue, therefore, that both deserve to be seen as engaging in Forensic Psychology. However, there’s a crucial difference.
The first psychologist actually helped inform the legal decision based on her psychological knowledge and expertise. The second psychologists’ involvement on the other hand arose as a consequence of a legal decision that she had no direct influence over.
My preferred forensic psychology definition acknowledges this key distinction, namely:That branch of applied psychology which is concerned with the collection, examination and presentation of evidence for judicial purposes’ (Haward 1981).
If you adopt this definition you are stating categorically that Forensic Psychology relates to:The provision of psychological information for the purpose of facilitating a legal decision (Blackburn 1996).
So in the case of our two psychologists, strictly speaking only the first can be said to be engaged in Forensic Psychology.
Not everybody would agree with this, because there is a school of thought that would claim that any activity that links psychology to the law deserves to be described as Forensic. I’m not going to try and convince you which is right, although I do have a strong opinion on the mater; the main thing is that you know that this debate exists.Summary
In answering the question, what is forensic psychology we have discovered that:
In essence, forensic psychology refers to the application of psychology within a legal context.
The debate as to what is & what is not forensic psychology relates to the nature of this legal application & the level at which it is applied.
And this debate raises a number of questions that you need to think about. In particular:
The boundaries of forensic psychology?
The role of the forensic psychologist?
The credibility of forensic psychology.
To find out more about the fascinating world of forensic psychology visit www.all-about-forensic-psychology.com
What is Your Career Future With an Online Psychology Degree?
Posted on March 18, 2012 |
Career opportunities in psychology continue to grow rapidly to meet the demand of today’s stressful living environment. Specialties in psychology fields such as organizational psychology, forensic psychology and sports psychology will bring you greater future than ever. If you are interested to start a professional career that related to cognitive, emotional & developmental potential and pathologies of the human experience, than getting yourself a bachelor or graduate degree in psychology is required to help you enter this challenging and financially rewarding career.
The traditional campus-based psychology degree program is not the only option for you to earn a psychology degree; you can choose to pursue a psychology degree online. The advantages of online psychology degree in term of flexibility of study at any time and from any place can benefit you if you prefer to follow your own pace of study progress and have a learning environment at your preference location such as your comfort home. Many highly reputable universities have made their psychology degree program available for online students. You can choose one that best inline with your career goal. With the available of internet communication, getting the online degree information is easy, you could even request free but details information regarding the degree from the universities.
With a psychology degree, you have choices to enter many psychology professions. Among the popular psychology careers that aimed by most students are:
1. Clinical & Counseling Psychology
Clinical & Counseling psychology is one of the largest and most popular fields in psychology. A psychologist in this field deals with the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals with psychological problems. You could work on individual practices or be employed in schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, and other mental health facilities.
2. Forensic Psychology
A psychologist specialized in forensic uses the knowledge of psychology in various form such as consulting with attorneys, treating mentally ill offenders and analyzing a criminal’s intent mindset. A degree holder in forensic psychology can also choose to focus on his/her career in research of human mind and behavior, ranging anywhere from examination of eyewitness testimony to learning how to improve interrogation methods.
3. Sport Psychology
If you like to analyze how the psychological and mental factors influence the performance in sport, exercise and physical activity, choosing sport psychology career is a right choice for you. As a sport psychologist, you may also need to involve in assisting coaches to work with athletes to improve their motivation.
4. Careers That Out of Psychology Fields
However, with a psychology degree, your career is not limited to only psychology professions. In fact, many psychology graduates started their employment in related to health and social welfare such as health service management, human resource management, health education, teaching and public relations.
Summary
The career opportunities for a psychology degree holder are huge as the market demand for psychology expertise keeps increasing. With a psychology degree, you could find yourself a challenging and financial reward career in your area of interest. If you are interest in psychology field, don’t worry about your future career, you just need to focus on completing your degree program.