Week 11

This is a busy week again and last week of the class as well. I have read two chapters 13 and 14 which is the last chapter of this book. I have learned a lot this week too which is very useful for my future profession. Different types theory of explain by different way about abnormal behavior. I learned a lot of disorder including anxiety, mood, personality schizophrenic, and somatoform disorder. In chapter 14, I read the therapy and main types of psychotherapy. I got ideas about the group therapy and biomedical therapies. I am done this class.

Week 10

I have learned about the personality and different kind of way to measure personality. Personality is a characteristics or traits of individual including emotion, attitudes, thoughts, habits, impulses, behaviors that defines how person behave with the world. The two main tools reliable and valid assess the personality. We can measure personality by different way: personality inventories, projective tests, rating scales and clinical interview. The most common use of personality test way is Minnesota multiphase personality inventory (MMPI-2) which is designed to identify the problem and set mainly with yes and no questions.

Week 9

This is also a busy week for me. We have to read two chapters 10 and 11. I have learned a lot this week. How we understand and interact with others is a social psychology. Social cognition is referred to the ways in which we think about ourselves and others. I am learning the health psychologies which study how people’s behavior influences their health and how to be good and worse and learned react stress, coping skill. These all are a very necessary skill for all profession and every day life.