Presentation Reflection

1. My first interview helped me because before the interview I didn't know much of the history of psychology before Sigmund Freuds' time. During the interview we talked about the people who actually helped make psychology what it is today, and what each person did to make it possible. For example I learned about Wilhelm Wundt and the great impact he made on psychology.

2. I would say that one thing that stood out was that I actually used my visual as part of my presentation, I referred back to it throughout the presentation, whereas others just had their visual up there and it wasn't part of their presentation.

3. I would say that the most challenging thing to do was to actually figure out what specific information to present on about our topics. This was some what challenging because for those of us that have a general topic we have alot more information to choose from and it could be hard deciding on the more important facts.

Presentation 1

Objective:

Students will know the history of psychology and what psychology generally is.

Procedure:

1. Tell everyone what my topic is and that I will be talking about its history
2. Ask them, "Is there anything that you guys know about the history of Psychology?"
3. Then I'll start on the person who started Psychology and explain more about him, also tell everyone about other things that led up to what is now psychology
4. Show everyone a picture of that people that I've mentioned.
5. Ask if anyone has a question so far or they have any concerns.
6. Continue talking a bit more on the history and show the final pictures.
7. Ask if there's any final questions.

Check for Understanding:

I will be asking everyone in the beginning if there's anything they already know about the history of psychology. Also I'll be asking whether they have any questions during the presentation and afterwards as well.

Visual:

I will be using a board that will have pictures of the people that I'll be mentioning during my presentation.

Interview Check

I will be interviewing a psychologist because they will have all the answers I need since they already have experience and they've gone through everything a person needs to go through inorder to become a psychologist, also because there wouldn't be anyone else that will be as helpful as a psychologist.

A few other questions that I'll be asking the psychologist is:
a.) In order to become a psychologist, what classes are necessary, or helpful, to take when starting out?
b.) How much does your work affect your personal life?
c.) Are you available to your patients 24/7? Either by email or by phone calls?

Blog #1

What is your topic? Why?
My topic is psychology, I chose this topic because this is one area that I wish to study once I get in to college and see if this would be a possible career for me. I also chose psychology because I will gain more knowledge as to why people in general act the way they do and why certain events in their past change their behavior.

What do you hope to accomplish after studying this topic all year?
By gaining more knowledge and by doing the service learning I hope to be able to help many people if I do end up with this career, and also I'll have people I can go to if I ever have any questions about the career in the future.