Facing Psychology
Chelsea Clark
Dr. Frazelle
State Fair Community College General Psychology MWF @ 9 a.m.
December 9th, 2015
Academic ability comes from being a well-rounded student. Knowing how we learn and why we do certain things based off how we think and feel can help us to be a better student as well as a better citizen in the world. Knowledge is power and after taking general psychology and learning the basics on consciousness from the science of our mindset and why the brain works in the way that it does. Learning about thinking, memory and even disorders that some encounter. This class has taught me a well-rounded amount of information and has allowed me to learn more about myself as a student and how I can better both my
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It helped me learn what kind of student I am and how I can better myself to reach my full potential. According to King (2013a), “personality is a pattern of our distinctive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that characterize the way an individual adapts to the world. Psychologists have approached these enduring characteristics in a variety of ways, focus on different aspects of the person” (pg. 362). Learning about how I think, feel and behave based off of my emotions and the way I process information has helped me to cut back on my anxiety meds and has even help me cut back on panic attacks when I feel stressed. I have been able to take knowledge learned from personality assessments and use the results of these test become a well-rounded student. According to King (2013a), structures of our personality are made up of our Id, Ego and super Ego, Our Ego and part of our Super Ego is shown in our consciousness and the majority of our Ego, super ego and all of our Id is hidden in our …show more content…
According to King (2013b) reasoning is “the mental activity of transforming information to reach conclusions (pg. 249). Understanding the way someone transfers information through there brain to reach a conclusion is important because if we can understand that everyone thinks differently and that not everyone reaches conclusions the same way, then we can learn to have an open mind ourselves and become a better co-worker, lab partner and