Functional assessments, to the greatest degree possible, occur in the settings where desired behaviors are needed orproblematic behaviorsare occurring. While focused on either increasing or establishing desired behaviors or academic outcomes, and/or decreasing or eliminating undesired behaviors or academic ...
Humanistic psychologists usually approach clients differently than other types of psychologists. Like other psychologists, humanistic psychologists typically study psychology and earn a doctoral degree. However, they also normally specialize in humanistic theory during their psychotherapy studies, internships, an...
While normal and even necessary for the balanced development of identity, quest and search are often connected to a certain degree of insecurity (James et al., 2020). Therefore, the connection between these kinds of personal resources and academic success can be ambivalent. It is important to ...
Or—prepare yourself for a 180 degree about-face—it could all be the other way around. Perhaps you’re having fun when time flies. In other words, we assume we’ve been enjoying ourselves when we notice that time has passed quickly. There’s evidence for this in a recent experiment by...
Well, dropping out was not an option. So I was just going to find a way to help people with my I-O degree. This was over 20 years ago. And I can report that I, and many others, have found ways to use I-O psychology to help people. At scale. ...
Nonclinical decision makers should be cautioned that a diagnosis does not carry any necessary implications regarding the etiology or causes of the individual's mental disorder or the individual's degree of control over behaviors . . . . (DSM-5 p.25) (Note that the above is excerpted from ...
Humans are social creatures, and working in a socially supportive setting is important for work satisfaction. Ideally you like the people with whom you work, share some degree of affinity or fellowship, and the group functions well as a cohesive team with a sharedidentityand mission. The an...
I suspect that what happened in Tuscon could be described as the deliberate political act of a disordered mind, but I am at a loss to discern to what degree politics determined his decisions. In his essay, Hoffstadter tries to make it clear that he does not equate “paranoid” politics ...
Nonclinical decision makers should be cautioned that a diagnosis does not carry any necessary implications regarding the etiology or causes of the individual's mental disorder or the individual's degree of control over behaviors . . . . (DSM-5 p.25) (Note that the above is excerpted from ...
There, she earned a Master’s and Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, with a concentration in Multicultural Psychology. We discussed gifted children who go unidentified and how parents can advocate for their academically gifted children. Source: Image courtesy of Dr. Kahina Beasley, Strengths ...