2007 m. gruodžio 11 d., antradienis

Chimps beats human in memory test.Restatement summary

An incredible research was made by Kyoto University scientists.There were tested university students and three pairs of mother and baby chimpanzees. The task was to remember the location of numbers on a screen and correctly recall the succession.Researcher Tetsuro Matsuzavura claims that young chimps performed better than the adult humans in a memory task involving numbers. The mothers and young chimps had already been taught to ,,count" from one to nine.Chimps were better than university students in speed and accuracy when the numbers briefly appeared on screen.The researchers claim that young chimps have a photographic memory which allows them to memorise the sequence at a glance.

2007 m. lapkričio 22 d., ketvirtadienis

Human who influence me

Every person has their authorities by who they are being influenced for some period of life or all the time. It is very good thing to follow somebody‘s perfect example.My mother is the person who influence me mostly. She is my authority. My mother is my best friend. We do not feel the age difference between her and me. I can talk to her about everything. She is very sensitive, sympathetic, outgoing. My mother helps me to decide which way is the best. She always supports my decisions and dreams.
In my view, suggestiveness is the most influential my mother`s feature. She can convince somebody of the truth of the words. She speaks very persuading. But there are more influential qualities which my mother has. She is full of self confidence. She knows that she can handle anything life throws at her. Furthermore, she has an optimistic attitude which helps not to give away.
I cannot forget the fact that my mother helped me to choose my profession. It was very important for me because she supported my decision to study psychology. In my view, I would not reach so much things without my mother‘s helping. She is my supporter in every way. First of all, she influence me to reach the best things that I can get. Secondly, when I am at bad period of my life, my mother do not let me give way to panic. She fulfills me with positive minds. I know that my mother will be authority for me and influence me all the time.

Phobias

A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger.
Eremophobia – defined as a persistent, abnormal fear of being oneself or loneliness, each year this suprisingly common phobia causes countless people needles distress. Fear of lonelines often significantly impacts the quality of life. It can cause panic attacks and keep people apart from loved ones and business associates. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heart beat, sweating and overall feelings of dread.
Like all fears and phobias, being lonely phobia is created by the unconsc ious mind as protective mechanism. At some point in the past, there was likely an event linking being himself or loneliness and emotional trauma. But so long as the negative association is powerful enough. Just like that being lonely phobia is born. Attaching emotions to situations is one of the primary ways that humans learn.
There are a number of treatment approaches for phobias. These are just a few potential phobia treatments:
In exsposure treatments, the patient is exposed to fear object in order to help them overcome their fear. One tipe of exposure treatmen is flooding, in which the patient is confronted by the fear object for an extended length of time without the opportunity to escape. The goal of this method is to help the individual face their fear and realize that the fear object will not harm them.
Another method often used in phobia treatment is counter – conditioning . In this method, the patient is taught a new response to the fear object. Rather than panic in the face of the feared object or situacion, the patient learns relaxation techniques to replace anxiety and fear.

2007 m. spalio 1 d., pirmadienis

Favourite subfield of psychology

I would like to work in industrial/organizational psychology. Industrial/organizational psychology is concerned with the psychology of the workplace.
First of all,it is my favourite subfield. After finishing university I would like to work in this subfield because industrial branch is very perspective ad fast developing. So there is a lot of corporations and firms where need hudge amount of employees with such speciality. So I can be calm that I will get a job.
Secondly, business field is well-paid. Money nowadays is important thing due to this employees should be well-paid in this subfield.
Moreover,it is quiet dynamic subfield of Psychology.Synthesizing and evaluating information, thinking critically,these skills are necessary. So I will get these analytical skills after finishing university.

2007 m. rugsėjo 30 d., sekmadienis

Psychology of colors

Very interesting subfield of psychology is psychology of colors.The majority of information about the outdoor world people get due to senses. 90% knowledge people get from visible senses. About 8% men and almost 0,5% women do not separate colors. Colors are very important in our lifes. Colors efect our mood and other spheres. Color consultants believe that the colors used in the design of environment can have a significant impact on the emotions and performance of people with in that environment. One study found that weight lifters have more powerful performances in blue rooms, and other study found that babies cry more in yellow rooms. An influence of colors also are used in buisness field. Red is often used in restaurant decorating schemes because it is an appetite stimulant.

Why I have chosen psychology to study

Oh,well it is very hard to talk about my choice to study this profession.I have chosen psychology to study because it is very useful science,you can help other people to understand himself.I think it would be very useful to understand both other people and my behavior too.I like listening other people,watching their behavior and spelling what they are thinking about.In my opinion,psychology is a very perspective profession,nowadays a lot of people have problems with their minds because the speed of a life is very enormous and there were no time left to pay attention to their minds and their spiritual life.The outward for nowadays people is more important than spiritual.