Brenda Pulido Psychology

Her role model is her mother because she has always guided her through the most difficult times. She does not currently play sports, but used to dance and compete. Her favorite song of the day is “Felices Los Cuatro” by Maluma. Her favorite song switches often. One of her biggest fears is when people act like animals.

Tia Maria Torres was born in June 11, 1960, she grew up in a broken home in Southern California. When she was little her parents divorced, soon after her dad remarried and she was raised by her step mother. She adopted her step mother’s love for animals, Tia began to take in stray dogs and cats however times were very difficult both financially and physically and her step mom was having a difficult time taking care of them. Even through hardships her step mom always told her that if you have the loyalty of an animal companion, you don’t need much else. As a teenager, she was a rebel, she was involved in gangs, however she managed to stay away from drugs and alcohol, she was involved and witness fights at parties and was shot at many times,

Rebekah Cortes-Rios, an eighteen year old student, was born in Watsonville CA. At the age of five her parents decided to move to Madera in search of a better life. She has three female siblings, two older ones and a younger sibling. She enjoys having animals and looking after them, she has three dogs, two doves and a kitten. In high school she was involved in various clubs and volunteer activities that helped the community of Madera. Some of her hobbies include reading, learning german, dancing bachata and editing home-made videos.

Alex Forrest is a young, single woman in her thirties who has an obsessive relationship with her one-night stand lover who is happily married. Alex is an editor for a publishing company. She leaves an impression of an independent, successful, emancipated and highly functional person. Alex’s psychological status can be best described through her relationship with Dan, her one night stand. Namely, after spending a weekend with Alex, Dan, otherwise a happily married man, distances himself from her.

Maria Garcia-Rada, now 20, was born May 13th, 1995 in Lima, Peru. Maria moved to the United States in 2001 because her father got a job offer in Maryland. It was a sacrifice that her father was willing to make because it was an opportunity for a better life for their family. Even though Maria moved to the United States she still follows many of the traditions and practices from her old culture and incorporates them into her everyday life while also following traditions of American culture. When she moved to America, Maria only knew how to speak Spanish. Throughout this interview the interviewer will discuss Maria’s traditions, customs, power distance within the Peruvian culture, and how the two cultures clashed at times.

* Predict: Offering predictions (or hypotheses) about how a given condition or set of conditions will affect

Intro A drug is defined as “any substance other than food that affects our bodies or minds” (Comer, pg. 294). The reasons why people use drugs are quite varied. Some people believe it’s a lack of character while others believe it’s a disease.

John Dupont grew up with an immeasurable amount of wealth. The story of his life justifies the fact that happiness doesn’t reside in fortune. After analyzing his behavior, the best way to explain it would be through the psychodynamic perspective. When John was very young his parents divorced and his father left, leaving him and his siblings to live with their mother. His father made it very known that he didn’t want to be apart of his son's life when he would require John to make appointments to see him. It is said that John never really had a childhood. He wasn’t good socially and ate his meals alone in his room until he was 13 years old, completely isolating himself from the world.

Your memory of your first day of high school would be an example of which of the following types of memory?

put your opinion in e.g. I believe this perspective can help an individual who has a fear or phobia by seeing why the individual is so scared. I also think that the behaviourist perspective can help measure changes of a behaviour. On the other hand I feel that the behaviourist perspective doesn’t take in the biological perspective.

Lawrence fiddled with a toy while listening to the radio. After the broadcast was over, he softly mumbled something, though he generally kept to himself. I listened closely since his autism typically prevented Lawrence from stringing even two words together. He had recited the entire radio program, virtually word for word, even mimicking the tone of the broadcaster's voice. My jaw dropped. At that moment I knew that I wanted to learn more about Lawrence’s autism condition so that I could help him grow, but I also hoped to dedicate myself to studying the brain both from a physiological and psychological standpoint.

Bill McClary, male, is twenty-five years old. He is unemployed, single, and has been living with his sister, Colleen, for eighteen months. She has noticed he had been acting peculiar as well as isolating himself from others. He spent most of his time daydreaming, talking to himself, and saying things that did not make any sense. His sister forced him into psychological treatment, because he had not been able to fit in with her family and was also worried about his affect on her three children. Growing up Bill was the youngest of four children. He grew up in New York City with his mother and father. Most of his family lived in Ireland. His father was a firefighter, and came across as harsh and distant to Bill. He was very close to his mother

It's fascinating that humankind has had an easier time entering outer space than trying to develop a complete understanding of the human brain; and this paucity of information is what drove me to pursue the field of psychology, the fact that resting in my head is one of the world's most ironic enigmas. How can we know so little about the thing that makes us who we are? On the first day of my AP psychology course, my teacher informed us that “In this class you may be left with more questions than answers, and if you can't handle that, this may not be the class for you.” And when he said that, it was clear to that I was in the right place. You see, a riddle is no fun if the solution is obvious.

Throughout the early days of psychology, opportunities for women where limited and it was an extremely difficult time for women to become apparent in the field of psychology. Women struggled for equality in the field of psychology and this began with our pioneers, Mary Whiton Calkins, who sat her PhD but was never awarded it, Margaret Washburn, being the first women to be awarded a PhD and Christine Ladd Franklin.

Differentiate between Freud and Erikson's approach to psychoanalytic theory in this lesson. You will examine and compare developmental stages side by side and have the opportunity to test your knowledge with a quiz at the end.