Having taken AP Psychology has been satisfying in many ways. Psychology has something that not a lot of topics have. Psychology can be used in the real world. Social justice is certainly connected to the field of psychology. The meaning of social justice has a lot of ideas and topics that intertwine to make the ideal society. Psychology has an essential connection to society. Behavior is the crucial connection between both topics because social justice is obtained with certain behavior made by people. That same behavior that connects to the fundamentals of psychology and its views.
Having started my project I started to notice the lack of understanding of people. Or the way that many people contributed nothing to the solution .One way in which my topic connects to psychology is the bystander affect. Many people specially in Brazil have been atrociously kicked out of their own home to obtain new land for farming or to cut the trees for commercial uses. But the problem is that people see the poor people getting kicked out but nothing is being done about it. People choose to ignore the problem. With the lack of action the problem simply continues.
After talking to some of my friends I noticed that the key element that distinguish them is the their attitude. Attitude is a psychological concept that is closely connected to behavior. Attitude can go two ways in a concept like this. First the attitude can be positive and entertained. Wanting to do a change and being proactive with a resolution. Or it can be negative were the person ignores the problem and does absolutely nothing to make a change.
Self Serving Bias is another psychological theory that fits into my topic. Many people only pretend to be worried and fake making a change only to feel better about themselves. Making others see them as a good person but in reality they do absolutely nothing to change the problem. This connects to the root causes because a lot of people do exactly this.
Positive Reinforcement can be a theory that can be put to effect to stimulate a solution. Something people can do to help stop deforestation is being awarded when then recycle paper. The stimulus can very within each school, corporation, or any other place from money to extra credit. The stimulus can enhance the solution because now people are going to be motivated to make a change.
Another great example of psychology within deforestation is conformity. Conformity is seen in deforestation when people follow societies rules or perceptions. Many people conform to the idea that deforestation is not a problem to be worried about. The views are set by society and people that conform to the views are too afraid to stand out and be ridiculed. But something that is being done is the breaking of the mindset that society has put on us for a long time. Now people are no longer afraid of society and are making a change.
The last theory that relates to deforestation is emotion. Emotion is very tricky to reveal and to show. Emotion relates to deforestation because some people that are making a change are put down and are discouraged to keep making a change. Something that can be done to help deforestation is making peoples emotions feel good when they make a positive change towards deforestation.
The world of psychology has made a crucial impact in today’s world. From helping people with psychology disorders to understanding what people feel. With this knowledge the human specie has gotten far and are now capable to understand the most complex organ in our body. The brain has been the key of our civilizations success and having the knowledge of how it works is immense.
One of the mayor take aways in this years Ap psychology is the ability to understand how the mind works. This helps me to understand people making my social skills increase.
Having started my project I started to notice the lack of understanding of people. Or the way that many people contributed nothing to the solution .One way in which my topic connects to psychology is the bystander affect. Many people specially in Brazil have been atrociously kicked out of their own home to obtain new land for farming or to cut the trees for commercial uses. But the problem is that people see the poor people getting kicked out but nothing is being done about it. People choose to ignore the problem. With the lack of action the problem simply continues.
After talking to some of my friends I noticed that the key element that distinguish them is the their attitude. Attitude is a psychological concept that is closely connected to behavior. Attitude can go two ways in a concept like this. First the attitude can be positive and entertained. Wanting to do a change and being proactive with a resolution. Or it can be negative were the person ignores the problem and does absolutely nothing to make a change.
Self Serving Bias is another psychological theory that fits into my topic. Many people only pretend to be worried and fake making a change only to feel better about themselves. Making others see them as a good person but in reality they do absolutely nothing to change the problem. This connects to the root causes because a lot of people do exactly this.
Positive Reinforcement can be a theory that can be put to effect to stimulate a solution. Something people can do to help stop deforestation is being awarded when then recycle paper. The stimulus can very within each school, corporation, or any other place from money to extra credit. The stimulus can enhance the solution because now people are going to be motivated to make a change.
Another great example of psychology within deforestation is conformity. Conformity is seen in deforestation when people follow societies rules or perceptions. Many people conform to the idea that deforestation is not a problem to be worried about. The views are set by society and people that conform to the views are too afraid to stand out and be ridiculed. But something that is being done is the breaking of the mindset that society has put on us for a long time. Now people are no longer afraid of society and are making a change.
The last theory that relates to deforestation is emotion. Emotion is very tricky to reveal and to show. Emotion relates to deforestation because some people that are making a change are put down and are discouraged to keep making a change. Something that can be done to help deforestation is making peoples emotions feel good when they make a positive change towards deforestation.
The world of psychology has made a crucial impact in today’s world. From helping people with psychology disorders to understanding what people feel. With this knowledge the human specie has gotten far and are now capable to understand the most complex organ in our body. The brain has been the key of our civilizations success and having the knowledge of how it works is immense.
One of the mayor take aways in this years Ap psychology is the ability to understand how the mind works. This helps me to understand people making my social skills increase.