Best of the Century

1. What have been the major changes in psychotherapy this century?

• Many people are aware of their mental health and many have use psychotherapy, by talking individual or group therapy, taking workshops, seminars and intensive weekends led by therapists.

• Many different cultures are now joining the same therapy and classes.

• Psychotherapy have been using in many different field such as education, businesses, management and labor area.

• Behavior therapy and cognitive-behavior therapy are popular at present time while before are not.

• The biological and neurological improved medication for some disorder.

• Religious and spiritual issues were neglected in early 20^th century but now the research shown that it is important.

2. Twenty breakthroughs are identified. Which 5 do you think are the most important? Justify your answer. Identify what perspective is being taken by the psychologist.

• Women and Psychology: Sex, Sexism and Success by William Masters and Virginia Johnson, Interview by Mary Harrington Hall, July 1969. I chose this topic is because it is said that literature in 1954, everything said about female orgasm was written by male. I think that it could be better if the female orgasm is written by female themselves because they will know more of the feelings and the information may be more accurate. The perspective is being taken by the biological psychologist.

• Langer demonstrated that thinking--just thinking--may help you live a longer, healthier, more productive life by Ellen Langer, April 1982. She has shown us the power of mindfulness. This topic is about live and death. If we spend time and money researching the topic maybe it could be new information of how we could live longer. The perspective is being taken by the cognitive psychologist.

• Former president of Radcliffe College, Homer helped clarify sex roles in the modern era by Matina Homer, November 1969. From this article I think it is important because it is not fair for female if they are nervous in the same test room with the person that she is scared of. The perspective is being taken by the social-culture psychologist.

• A pioneer in memory research, Loftus showed how unreliable eyewitness testimony is, and how easily false memories can be implanted in both children and adults by Elizabeth F. Loftus, February 1984. This is one important breakthrough because if witnesses train to give false evidences this could lead bad people to be free and continue doing bad things. The perspective is being taken by the Personality psychologist.

• Selye was the first researcher to identify psychological "stress” by Hans Selye, Interview by Laurence Cherry, March 1978. It is one of the most important breakthroughs because many people these days are stress because of many things, and it could lead to health problems. This breakthrough taught us how to cope with stress and it could help many other people with stress problems. The perspective is being taken by the Neuroscience psychologist.

Focus: What comes to mind when you hear the word psychology. (List as many ideas as you can)

-Study of mind and brain

-Read mind

-Mentally ill

-Understanding

-Surveys

-Thinking