Self Reflection

1. I think that I am at a P+, because so far I have been keeping up with all my interviews and research checks, and every week, about twice a week, I am working on my service learning and I have more opportunities to be working on my Independent Component as well, since many of the things we work on within my service learning can tie in with the Independent Component. Also, besides the meetings, whenever I see something that ties in with psychology or with the certain presentation we're working on I can take detailed notes and use them for service learning. I'm also doing continuous research in order to come up with lessons and presentations to do within service learning.

2. One thing that I think I have done well on is simply finding and following through with my service learning, because of the fact that a few others still don't even have a set place or person to do their service learning with, and we have weekly meetings to work on lessons that we will present to younger children.

3. I would like to improve on learning more methods of how to successfully communicate with some one who is having problems so that I can help them solve whatever the problem may be. For example, in Peer Mediation, I would like to become a great mediator so that what I learn now can help me in the future.

What I've Learned So Far

1. So far, what I've learned is different ways of approaching and talking to a person that might be having problems and are emotionally unstable, and being able to help them a bit more than I normally would've been able to. I also now know the forms of therapy a child may go through, whether through regular therapy, or if it's in a form of play or music. I have also learned how to differentiate between the different types of psychological Needs a person might need.

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3. The article that helped me know the different forms of therapy for a child is called: "What Does a Child Psychologist Do?" and the link is http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-a-child-psychologist-do.htm
the article stated that since younger children have more trouble analyzing problems, it is necessary to use different techniques to get through to them. Therefore, I now know more ways approaching children in order to talk to them, and not only does this apply to children, but a few of these techniques may also apply to people other than young children.

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.