Effect of Job Stress

The effects of job stress can be different from one job to another, depending on the job the stress can be very high or even very low. I believe this can effect a persons life outside the work place and defently have an effect on how a person can act at and outside of work. Like for me i work at a place where customers yell at me and argue with me when they can't get their way. This puts alot of stress on me and sometimes makes me want to do things that I origanlly wouldn't do; however, I do things that keep me calm and keep the stress from getting to me after work.

Video on 08-10-07

The movie we had watch on the Friday, was all mainly about the studies on ADD and other mental deseases; it was also about how we treat them in society and what is done to help cure them. In the movie is showed that some people pretended to be sick when they really weren't, and they did this to see what kind of mental help is done on a person. The movie really shows that we treat people with mental disabilities alot different than other people and not only do we treat them differently but also isolate them from society.

Video on Conformity and Leadership

The video on conformity and leadership was interesting to think about, how one person can make a bunch of people do things that they normally wouldn't do. The video also showed how a group working together can accomplish a whole lot and actually keep the group alive and well. Its interesting how we can be persuaded by someone with more power and how they act is how we will act.

Power of persuasion

Persuasion is something that all of us do everyday of our lives, and even though we don't even know it we are constantly persuading people to do things. If we aren't persuading than others are persuading us to do things; persuasion can be a very power full thing, in a good and bad way. The way persuasion is a good thing is because we could persuade a business deal that could earn you thousands of dollars; however, the down side of things is that people can use persuasion to get people to do bad things. Which could get that person in to a lot of trouble; persuasion is powerful and can be used in a good or bad way.

Prejudice

Prejudice can be a very dangerous thing to do because it can indeed effect a relationship with someone in the future, in this type of thinking there is always stereotypes involved which is bad because that person can be the opposite of what you think they are. For an example adults think that teenagers don't know any better which can be a misinterpreting only because a teenager could be very smart but because on stereotyping that teen may never be given a chance to do anything. Prejudice and influences is a bad thing in society because they can effect people physically and emotionally. The way a person stereotype can hurt in the long run, like you can be very negative to a person because of a prejudice but some time down the line that person can show up again. Everyone is different and yes some people are the same as others but that doesn't mean we should think or treat them the same way. If you only think of a person because of their outward appearance, you'll never know what they really are about on the inside.

Comparing Self-esteem and Self-efficacy

First of all the definitions of self-esteem is the emotional state of which a person is in; and, self-efficacy is how people are able to achieve certain goals that they set. The comparison of these two is that they both work hand in hand, because if you are emotionally down than a person trying to achieve a goal will struggle because of there thoughts of failing. If a person has high self-esteem or their emotions are high than there wants and goals also called self-efficacy will be achieved.

Movie on 07/27/07(Perception)

The movie on perception was about how people can see things in different ways. On the movie it showed how one point of view and be totally different from someone Else's point of view. Also people can see different things like a certain drawing may look like one thing to some people but can look totally opposite by others. This is how perception is, some people might see things one way because of past experiences or expectations; however, other people might see it in a opposite way.

Social Thinking and Social Influence

Social thinking can be a very dangerous thing to do because it can indeed effect a relationship with someone in the future, in this type of thinking there is always stereotypes involved which is bad because that person can be the opposite of what you think they are. For an example adults think that teenagers don't know any better which can be a misinterpreting only because a teenager could be very smart but because on stereotyping that teen may never be given a chance to do anything. Social thinking and influences is a bad thing in society because they can effect people physically and emotionally. The way a person stereotype can hurt in the long run, like you can be very negative to a person because of a social thinking but some time down the line that person can show up again. Everyone is different and yes some people are the same as others but that doesn't mean we should think or treat them the same way. If you only think of a person because of their outward appearance, you'll never know what they really are about on the inside.

Coping

Having strategies for coping can be very hard to master, only because it can take awhile to learn how to cope after something has happened where it can affect your life. Coping is like a defence against stress and hard times a person is having; however knowing how to cope is the first step to help a person overcome the hard times in life. Like using humor as a stress reliever can make you forget about whats going on and pull you up from what ever is making you down. Things like finding others to make you happy or to talk to about things can also keep the hard things in life away; some examples are like loved ones, close friends, or maybe even people who are going through the same things.

Finding coping skills can be a difficult task because not everyone coping abilities are the same, it maybe hard to laugh sometimes because that brings up bad memories; or finding someone close maybe hard because a person could be alone. Finding what works good for you can be difficult only because that person doesn't know exactly what makes them feel better. Of course there are always the stereotype ways people thing of how to cope, like eating a lot, or doing things that are dangerous. These things maybe common for some but not always affective for all.

Coping is hard not just because its the way of counteractive way to get rid of the stress but its also something that a person doesn't know how to do unless they know for sure what coping abilities make them happy or able to relieve their stress.

The Stress Chart

The concept of stress are things that happen in peoples lives that affect them emotionally, most of the time we don't think of these things mainly because we think its all part of life. The concept of stress is a theory of what stress is and how it comes in different ways. A chart in the psychology book has different events in it that can affect a person positively and negitively. The things that stress us out can be different form one another, same to as what can make us happy. Stress normally doesn't all come at once, for most people its all the little things that can lead up to a big drop and a stressful life.

The book tell us that stress comes in different froms and from different people, because not all froms of stress is cause by an individual. This can also be caused by someone close to you or even from someone you barly know, and this is why stress is hard to deal with; you don't know when things will happen but when they do it may affect a person more emotionally than others. The chart in the book list things that can be very stressful and very non stressful, in a persons life. Like for an example, getting a new job can be exciting for some because they think of it as a new beginning of things; however starting a new job can also be stressful because of the good impression your trying to make.

Stress can be a number of things but the affects of it can be different for everyone, and each situation can be different for all. Some may think failing a test is stressful but some may just blow it off as nothing, and this is because they don't care or they know they can do better next time. The concept a stress can't really be determand only because stress affects everyone differently and different things affect people in different ways.

Stress and Its effect

Stress can be different for everyone, some events can seem more stressful to some people than to others. In chapter 3 about stress, it has lists of things that can cause stress for people, which some are more extreme than others. Stress might just start as a small problem and a person might not think about it until a major type of stress occurs than the small stuff may become bigger. Something else about stress is that small types of stress may not cause problems in the beginning but after some time all the small stuff can lead to bigger things that will cause problems. Stress is only as big as the person whos is thinking and dealing with it, stress can come and go on a regular bases and can be regular as monthly, weekly or daily.

The causes of stress can be anything and everything in life, can be caused by the person who is being affected or can be influenced by events that are happening around a person. Stress can be brought on by positive and negitive things which can level themselves out or make things worse. Stress levels are only as big or small to the people who respond to them.

Self-Concept

How you see yourself is very important because that seems to regulate your self-esteem. I just got done reading about self-concept and how things that happen around you can affect your mood. The way you see your self can play a big tole on who you are, for an example if you think your not good looking than you'll do what you can so that you are. Start going to the gym more, buying expensive products, or getting surgery; however these things in them self can be very bad in your life because you;ll start spending all this money and that might effect your living style for you or your family.
Its very hard to determane how people will be affected by things in there life and its even more hard to help them if they think about them self that way. All of this and more can affect yours or their self-esteem and the results can being very bad.

Personality

Its funny how our personalitys can be formed when we are younger and how the way we are treated can affect who we are when we become adults. In the text book of my Psychology class i'm reading about personality and how it can be created depending on how we are rasied. Also can be determaned on how we are treated in life by our family and friends.
This is very interesting cause i always thought who we are is already determand before we are born and the fact that other people can from who we are kind of makes it scary cause we should have the right to be who we wanna be. I guess that not how it is.

First Week Of Psychology

My phychology teacher asked me what areas of phychology i am interested in and i really don't have anything i'm interested but i would like to know how the mind works and right now i'm not getting a whole lot of sleep so how does that effect my brain??? I'm sure its not too good but i kind of want to know more in details of what it does.