Situational Violence

The world health organization describe violence as the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation. Violence is a common reaction of people or animals living in a community. In fact through history many scientists and psychologists, such as Charles Darwin, support the idea that only the strongest ones will survive. For surviving and being able to reproduce animals have to adapt to their environment and fight for food and territory. But sometimes even humans act instinctually when the social conditions of their environment require it.
The socialization factors of violence include poverty, exposure to violence through media, and peer influence. Often a fear of violence is created which can result in being more likely to use violence in a given situation. As well, people who live in countries which are at war are more likely to be violent towards each other. When there is not enough money for buying food, o for buying a medicine for your sick son, or also when your country is in war or since childhood you were raised with violent principles, it would be normal that you act in a violent way.
Socialization causes of violence are important for understanding the behavior of many people that desperately have to act in that way for surviving. Also, the media and war situations indirectly enter to your brain and make you act in that certain way. Studying the socialization causes of violence help to understand why sometimes people act that way, and that the solution for this could be in our hands.
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/en/

http://law.jrank.org/pages/2292/Violence-causes-violence.html

Depression

Environmental causes of depression

Abuse. Past physical, sexual, or emotional abuse can cause depression later in life.
Certain medications. For example, some drugs used to treat high blood pressure, such as beta-blockers or reserpine, can increase your risk of depression.
Conflict. Depression may result from personal conflicts or disputes with family members or friends.
Death or a loss. Sadness or grief from the death or loss of a loved one, though natural, can also increase the risk of depression.
Genetics. A family history of depression may increase the risk. It's thought that depression is passed genetically from one generation to the next. The exact way this happens, though, is not known.
Major events. Even good events such as starting a new job, graduating, or getting married can lead to depression. So can moving, losing a job or income, getting divorced, or retiring.
Other personal problems. Problems such as social isolation due to other mental illnesses or being cast out of a family or social group can lead to depression.
Serious illnesses. Sometimes depression co-exists with a major illness or is a reaction to the illness.
Substance abuse. Nearly 30% of people with substance abuse problems also have major or clinical depression.
http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/causes-depression

Biological Causes of Depression

when the changes on the brain occur biological causes happens such as important levels on the hormones. what you inherit from your parents are the genetic causes. if one of the parents, either the mom or the dad has depression then that kid may have the possibility to have it to.

Cognitive Causes of depression

Aaron T. Beck, who developed the theory behind Cognitive theory of depression, proposes that depression results of the tendency to view oneself, ones world and ones future in a negative manner. This view is formally called the ‘negative triad’. It is theorized that images and thoughts influence emotions and behaviors and that ones behavior is influenced by the ‘negative triad’. This negative view is usually a distortion of reality. The person develops a system of viewing the self, the world and the future which is global, rigid and negative. These schemes or system errors develop and are learned through relationships, unfavorable life situations often in childhood and the formative years. When the adult re-experiences similar events, these learned silent assumptions resurface.

http://www.md-phc.com/puntil/ccausesof.htm

Cognitive Triad

Beck's cognitive triad is a triad of types of negative thought present in depression proposed by Aaron Beck in 1976. The triad forms part of his Cognitive Theory Of Depression.
The triad involves negative thoughts about:
The self The world/environment and
The future

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck's_cognitive_triad

Articles on depression #3

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091117094933.htm

Conducted by Science daily on november 18 2009. it was a study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway and the institute of Psychiatry(Iop) at King´s College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking. The study shows how patients with depression face an increased risk of mortality, while a copmbination of depression and anxiety in patients lowers mortality compared to those with depression alone. A survey of sixty thousand people and a comprehensive mortality database, the researchers found that over the four years of folowwing the surve the mortality risk was increased to a similiar extent in people who were depressed as in people who were smokers. The findings, Dr.Atewart makes suggestions on the focus of future develoments in the treatment of depression and anxiety.

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Mister i have a problem on uploading a picture on article #2 and article #3 thats why i didnt post them.

Articles on Depression #2

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100802165402.htm

Conducted by Science Daily on August 3, 2010.( Lawrence T. Lam, Ph.D., of the School of Medicine, Sydney, and the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Australia, and Zi-Wen Peng, M.Sc., of the Ministry of Education and SunYat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.)
They used and studied pathological internet use and later on the mental health problems of about 1041 teens in china.
Participants were assessed for depression and anxiety using previously validated scales. They also completed a questionnaire to identify pathological Internet use, including questions that reflect typical behaviors of addiction. When the study began 62 participants were classified as having moderately pathological use of the internet and that two participants were severely at risk. The conclusion that can be proved about this article is that young people who are initially free of mental health problems but use the internet pathologically could develop depression as a consequence.

Articles on Depression #1

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100609083221.htm



It was conducted by Science Daily on June 11, 2010. The high school seniors were 3 times more likely to have very strong depression symptoms iy they slept a lot during the day. they said that 52% had excessive daytime sleepiness then that 30% had very strong depression symptoms and that 32%had some symtopms of depression. the study involved 262 high school students that were in senior class and that they were averaged 17.7 years who were attending the public school in Mercer County, N.J. participants reported socio-demographic characteristics using a cross-sectional survey. The findings that were made were that they founded that sleep deprivation was commin among high school seniors. The mean of the total sleep time on school during ther nights was of only 6.1 hours and an increased sleep time of 8.2 hours on weekend nights.

The basics of Schizophrenia

1. Explain the general symptoms of paranoid-type schizophrenia
Delusions of persecution, reference exalted birth, special mission, bodily change or jealousy.
Hallucinatory voices that threaten the patient or give commands or auditorty hallucinations without verbal form such as whistling
hallucinations of smell or taste

2. Explain the general symptoms of disorganized type schyzophrenia
Active but in aimless and not constructive way
bizarre and innapropiate emotional response
innability to feel pleasure
lack of emotion and motivation

3. Explain the general symptoms of catatonic type schyzophrenia
Physical innmobility
excesive mobility
extreme resistance
peculiar movements
mimichking speech or movement

4. 3 positive symptoms of schizophrenia
delusions
hallucinations
disorganzied speech thinking

5. 3 negative symptoms of schyzophrenia
affective flattening
alogia
avolition

6. difference between hallucination and delusion
Delusions are firmly held erroneous beliefs due to exagerations of reasoning or misinterpretations of perceptions or experiences while on the other way hallucinations are distortions or exaggerations of perception in any of the senses.

7. 3 cognitive symptoms of schyzophrenia
disorganized thinking
slow thinking
difficult understanding

8. Symptom of avolition
is the reduction, difficulty or innability to initiate and persist in goal directed behavior.

9. Symptom of catatonia
mental condition causing total rigidity.

10. delution of grandeur
a delution in which one believes oneself possesed of great importance, power, wealth or ability
example. thinking you are a famous soccer player or rock star.

11. Delution of reference
when things in the environment seem to be directly related to you even though they are not.
example. it may seem as if peoplea re talking about you or special personal messages are being communicated to you through the TV or radio.

12. Somatic delution
are false beliefs about your body
example. that a physical illness exist

Personality Disorders

Borderline : is one of the most controversial diagnoses in psychology today.is a personality disorder described as a prolonged disturbance of personality function in a person characterized by depth and variability of moods.












Schizotypal : is a personality disorder that is characterized by a need for social isolation, odd behavior and thinking, and often unconventional beliefs.












Paranoid: is a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.















Narcissistic: is a personality disorder defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the diagnostic classification system used in the United States, as "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.
The narcissist is described as being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, and prestige.Narcissistic personality disorder is closely linked to self-centeredness.











Histrionic: a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, usually beginning in early adulthood. These individuals are lively, dramatic, enthusiastic, and flirtatious.

Antisocial: Antisocial Personality Disorder is a condition characterized by persistent disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood











Obssesive-Compulsive: is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce anxiety, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing anxiety, or by a combination of such thoughts and behaviors








Avoidant: is a personality disorder recognized in the DSM-IV TR handbook in a person over the age of eighteen years as characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation, and avoidance of social interaction.

Journal Assignment

The blue eyed experiment vs the brown eyed experiment was that they were dividing people by their color of eyes because they were telling them how people were discriminated by their color of eye.. So they were telling the blue eyed people bad things about the brown eyed and viceversa. They separated them in class divided them so that they would learn how they were discriminated and when they told them something about them they would get angry about the others that hadnt their eye color. They were telling them comparing how the african americans were discriminated in the past years and still how they are dsicriminated today, so they told them not to be racist against them because now they see that they dont like to be discriminated so they wont be racist against others. Prejudice is a an assumption made about someone or something before having adequate knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy. Discrimination is a sociological term referring to the treatment taken toward or agaisnt a person of a certain group in consideration based on their category. What i found most interesting in the video was that i realized people hated being discriminated by others but that tehy loved to critizice others without figuring out the damage they made to others.

MY PERSONALITY

Your Keirsey Temperament Sorter Results indicates that your personality type is that of the

Guardians are the cornerstone of society, for they are the temperament given to serving and preserving our most important social institutions. Guardians have natural talent in managing goods and services--from supervision to maintenance and supply -- and they use all their skills to keep things running smoothly in their families, communities, schools, churches, hospitals, and businesses.

Guardians can have a lot of fun with their friends, but they are quite serious about their duties and responsibilities. Guardians take pride in being dependable and trustworthy; if there's a job to be done, they can be counted on to put their shoulder to the wheel. Guardians also believe in law and order, and sometimes worry that respect for authority, even a fundamental sense of right and wrong, is being lost. Perhaps this is why Guardians honor customs and traditions so strongly -- they are familiar patterns that help bring stability to our modern, fast-paced world.

Practical and down-to-earth, Guardians believe in following the rules and cooperating with others. They are not very comfortable winging it or blazing new trails; working steadily within the system is the Guardian way, for in the long run loyalty, discipline, and teamwork get the job done right. Guardians are meticulous about schedules and have a sharp eye for proper procedures. They are cautious about change, even though they know that change can be healthy for an institution. Better to go slowly, they say, and look before you leap.

Guardians make up as much as 40 to 45 percent of the population, and a good thing, because they usually end up doing all the indispensable but thankless jobs everyone else takes for granted.

Guardians at Work
As a Guardian, you enjoy working as a valued member of a team, whether you are leading it or following a credible leader. You like to work with people who carry their weight. You appreciate having clear-cut responsibilities and being recognized for your dedication and achievements. Your natural traits are those that employers have traditionally valued - and that successful companies still respect. You are responsible and loyal to an organization once you've signed on.

In any environment, including your work place, you are usually focused on making people happy and facilitating harmonious relationships. You often lend "aid and comfort" by drawing on a combination of tradition, past experience, and the direction of established authority. In your ideal job, people would give of themselves and work toward the good of the group.

why are people racist?

MAny people in the world are racist because people humans are like animals if we treart them bad we will recevie the same. People are racist just because others arent like the way they are so they think only them are important and only the kind of them should live so racism begins. Also they are afraid becuase they are scared of things they dont understand and are afraid to confront the way thhey feel. People being racist hurt others feelings and when they hurt them they dont like it. Also people are racist becauase they are taught to be that way to hate others that are not their race. So this makes people hate others and it becomes an issue. Also they are racist because they judge others just because of their way of appereance and since they are taught to be that way theres nothing they can do becauase they are already told to hate others that arent like them, other race. So the most common fact that people are racist is jsut because they are taught to be and thats a sad thing becauase we all are the same, we should be treated equally but sadly the world isnt that way.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_some_people_racist

What causes Racism

Well to begin with racism is something your not born with is something you learned through in your life. Racism is cause by strerotypes because people begin to critize others by many different things, in movies you realize how there is racism in the radio also and specially in tv where you can see many channels in which there are many examples of racism. The most common one is peoples skin color that people cant tolerate so they begin being racist so thats what causes racism. Everybody in the world are human beings that sh0uld be treated equally but people dont care and they begin being racist so it all starts by poeple not tolerating others. Another cause of racism is unfamiliarity because many persons dont know others people culture and how they are and for example if they go to that country they see people and they since they are not like they are they begin being racist to them. Another example of how people begin being racist is selfishness. For example people dont think in other only in themselves and they cant stand being with people that are not like them so thats a cause because people are really selfish and they even not know what they are doing to others hurting them. I think people should undersand others race or being able to stand being with other even if they are not their same race or even if they are totally different. for me racism should end.

The four causes of racism.http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/211605/the_4_causes_of_racism.html?cat=70

Why is Psychology Important?

Psychology is very important becuase it makes you undersand how people react about the feelings they have. People learn alot of themeselves by studying psychology, like the way they are who they are and why they do what they do so thats very important because you realize the kind of person you are and why.