Senior Project Reflection

1. What I am most proud of about my senior project is that I now have much information and better idea of what I will be getting myself into once I start my career as a psychologist.

2a. I personally think I deserve a CR, because after looking at my presentation after I was done I saw that I could have had more sources throughout my presentation and talked more about the research that I have done. I also should have talked more for each of my answers.

2b. On my overall senior project I would give myself at least a P, because I completed and turned in all the interviews, blogs, research counts, etc. on time so I have nothing missing even though a lot of times I had to force more time into my day because I was so busy to be able to complete everything that was required.

3. What worked for me in my senior project were my independent components, which were Peer Mediation. This worked for me because it was almost directly related to how a psychologist has to be with their patients, and I really like that I was able to do this because it was during school so I  didn't have to cram more work outside of school into my already busy schedule.

4. I don't think the Towers really helped much, if at all, because we already had our articles/research in our WB so we could always refer back to that if we needed to, and honestly, I think it was a waste of paper/ink.

5. Like I said, I now have much more information about what type of work a psychologist does, and thanks to my 3rd and 4th interview, Mrs. Tocco, she gave me an insight to the type of work I'll be doing once I become a psychologist based on her experiences and from what she has told me.

Revised 2 Hr Presentation

Revised 2 hr Lesson Plan

2-Hr Presentation

2 Hr Lesson Plan

Room Creativity

Activity for Answer 2:
Ink Blot:
For this activity I plan to show pictures of ink blots like those used in psychology sessions, I'll show them on the projector and I'll have the groups come up with what they think the picture is, and based on that they'll come up with which part of the brain came up with that emotion. For example, if someone saw a picture of a monster, monsters are associated with fear, and fear is associated with the Amygdala part of the brain. We'll all talk as a group about what and why they think they saw what they did.

Room:
Because I'm going to talk about the brain, I'll have pictures of brains and the specific parts that I'll talk about around the room. Other than that I'm going to 'Try' to make the room as calm looking as possible because it's very important to have a calm environment while in therapy.

Answer 3

EQ: What is most important to become a successful licensed psychologist?

3rd Answer: Employing more psychologist in a private owned business. By having more colleagues in a business they can help each other whenever a problem appears.


1. If a psychologist hasn't dealt with a certain kind of case and is having trouble with a patient, they can ask another psychologist that has had a case like it for advice on how to proceed.

2. More psychologists means more patients can be treated, which means there's a greater chance of economic success.

3. If one psychologist has to leave for whatever reason, or takes a vacation, there will be others to continue working instead of putting everything on hold.


Source: Psychologytoday.com - Walking the teamwork tightrope

Answer 2

• EQ: What is most important to be a successful licensed psychologist?
• Answer 2: Another important factor that will help a person become a successful psychologist is understanding how the human brain works when referring to human emotions. By understanding more about how the brain processes information, a psychologist may be able to better help a patient by providing treatment that will work more effectively with each individual. Also, knowing information about the brain may benefit a psychologist by understanding how each portion of the brain deals with different forms of emotion; such as fear, or depression, etc. 
• Evidence:
• The article, The Brain, Feelings, and Health  from the Library of Congress states studies that have been looking into the brain and seeing which portions are involved with different forms of emotion, such as fear. "Joseph LeDoux of New York University described his studies that have elucidated the role of the amygdala in the fear response." 

• If a psychologist knows exactly what type of emotion the patient needs work with, fear for example, then the right treatment can be given. For example if a patient has a fear for snakes, a treatment called Systematic Desensitization can be given. With this treatment, the patient will start off by talking about snakes, then looking at pictures, playing with toy snakes, and finally handling a live snake.   - From the article "The Psychology of Fear: Understanding the Dynamics of Fear Response"

• Another function of the brain is to store and retrieve information, and because many patients subconsciously choose to 'forget' certain parts of information such as certain details from a traumatic event; a psychologist can attempt to figure out what was the reason that caused the patient to force information to their short-term memory, therefore forgetting it. By knowing that the short-term and long-term memory have different functions then the psychologist may attempt to bring the information from the short-term memory (STM), to the long-term memory (LTM) throughout many sessions so that the patient can remember more about the event.  - Article on STM and LTM- "Remember This: Memory and the Brain" 

Presentation 2 Rough Draft

Rough Draft

Answer 1

   One way to be successful licensed psychologist to have a lot of patience with your patients, because of the fact that a lot of people have trouble expressing what they are feeling especially when it's with someone they are not familiar with. Not only that, but because if a psychologist does not have patience or shows any sign that they are getting impatient, then the their patient will get uncomfortable, therefore causing them not to trust that particular psychologist and will most likely leave that psychologist and go to another psychologist, so this can also be a matter of economic success or failure.
According to Allaboutpsychology.net, "Patience and care are not optional. Those who desire to fully pursue psychology careers will need to call on patience on a daily basis."   With this, a psychologist can be able to help a person find a healthy balance between their emotions.

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.