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Generaly Psychology
January 26th,2006
My views and opinions on psychology seems to be a mixture of several different schools of thoughts. I agree with the
view of Behaviorism in that I believe that positive and negative influences affect human behavior. For example, most humans
would not touch an object that had shocked them twice. I agree with the viewpoint of Humanistic Psychology in that I believe
humans are innately good and have free will. For example, as a human being, I could make the free will choice to again
touch the object that had already shocked me, knowing that it will shock me again. The school of psychology that I am most
interested in is Psychoanalysis, championed by Sigmund Freud. I agree with Mr. Freud that every human has a
subconciousness that houses their unconcious impulses, wishes and desires that affect our behavior, thoughts, and actions. I
disagree with Mr. Freud in that I feel that that humans can conciously control their thoughts,feelings and behaviors, and I feel
their our subconcious has a partial say in how we as humans control these things. I feel that Psychoanalysis a very indepth form
of psychology, taking into account the effects of environment and events in explaining why we behave the way we do. I don't
think that any school of psychology is correct, but a combination of many of the schools give a accurate description of the
human subconcious and behavior.
I use psychology every day in my life. I try to smile at every one that I interact with, when I first meet them. I've noticed
that people tend to react to me better if I flash them a smile when we first meet. I noticed that smiling at someone,especially if
they are in a bad mood or having a bad day, can be very disarming and make them feel better. If I feel that someone I know
has something on their mind, I try to give them an outlet to talk about it.