Colors
Colors, yes colors, are more than just something to see. They are quite powerful in a psychological manner. There truly is more than meets the eyes. By using color psychology you can create a positive or negative feel. The psychology of color can change by each shade and who’s view you’re going from. Well I’m going by “http://www.precisionintermedia.com/color.html” view on the psychology of colors on what they think is the basis for it in the western hemisphere.
♥ Black: Quite the serious color with a range of psychological beliefs. To us, the western hemisphere, we use it as a color of grief, you’ll see many in black at a funeral. It’s a powerful and authoritive, stable and strong color. Also, it’s associated with intelligence and sometimes evil.
♥White: Purity, cleanlieness, and safety (less likely to bump into something in the brightness of this color)! As well as to show absence of color or neutrality.
♥Gray: Solid things in life, a helping hand, strong character, everything the offset gray (silver) seems to show. Grey in plain can also represent old age, death, depression, or a loss in direction.
♥Red: Energy, movement, exciting, an eye catcher. Don’t use it too much because it seems to raise heart beats, but is a good way to get excitement flowing if used in just the right manner. Sometimes linked to love, but that’s mainly pink.
♥Blue: Seeing the color blue causes the body to produce chemicals that are calming; but that isn't true of all shades of blue, sometimes it can become overwhelming. However it also shows dependability, wisdom and loyalty, perhaps why most uniforms consist of blue.
♥Green: The color of peace, harmony, comfortable nurturing, support, growth, money and well paced energy.
♥Yellow: “Cheerful yellow the color of the sun, associated with laughter, happiness and good times. A person surrounded by yellow feels optimistic because the brain actually releases more seratonin (feel good chemical in the brain) when around this color. It is the color associated with optimism but be careful with yellow, when intense, it is the color of flames and studies show babies cry more in (bright) yellow rooms and tempers flare more around that color too.” So, don’t overuse this color!
♥Orange: Happy and energet, fun times, and warmth, as well as ambition, is what this color is and it’s certainly not calm! A new attitude is what this is all about.
♥Purple: A royal color, indeed. Carefully used to lend an air of mystery, wisdom, and respect. Girls are most likely to select nearly all shades of purple as their favorite color, I know I have(:
♥Brown: Reliable, stable, and friendship, it's the color of the earth itself "terra firma" and what could show stability better than the planet that‘s kept us alive as a species (and many others) for so long. Also, associated with things being natural or organic.
So choose your colors wisely. It is no accident on why colors of labels tend to not change. Think of your favorite product, did the label come to mind? Mine would be Dr. Pepper and every time I envision it I can see it’s perfect red with white lettering. See it too? I bet. So, when color scheming think of what message your trying to convey when putting colors together. (:
Resources: http://www.precisionintermedia.com/color.html
Friday, November 18, 2011
NPD
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Everyone loves, whether it’s themselves or if it is another. It is good to have confidence and faith in yourself, to love yourself, but taken to far it can become self-centeredness to take over your life. Some people, however, can’t even control it. They are diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Narcissistic Personality Disorder described to a tee would be: a personality disorder in which the individual is described as being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity. According to Groopman and Cooper the cause of NPD is unknown but based off of various researchers there is a possibility that it is related to:
♥An oversensitive temperament at birth is the main symptomatic chronic form
♥Being praised for perceived exceptional looks or abilities by adults
♥Excessive admiration that is never balanced with realistic feedback
♥Excessive praise for good behaviors or excessive criticism for poor behaviors in childhood
♥Overindulgence and overvaluation by parents
♥Severe emotional abuse in childhood
♥Unpredictable or unreliable caregiving from parents
♥Valued by parents as a means to regulate their own self-esteem
Some of these traits are a normal part of development, only becoming a part of NPD when it continues into adulthood and becomes basically their only priority and they don’t partake in interpersonal environments. Perhaps a defense against shame, that is what some research studies have shown NPD to be a part of. There are many subtypes of NPD but there is a common treatment, psychotherapy. It’s hard to get fond of another when you only care about yourself. Grow your range of caring and do such by having psychotherapy.
Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
Everyone loves, whether it’s themselves or if it is another. It is good to have confidence and faith in yourself, to love yourself, but taken to far it can become self-centeredness to take over your life. Some people, however, can’t even control it. They are diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Narcissistic Personality Disorder described to a tee would be: a personality disorder in which the individual is described as being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity. According to Groopman and Cooper the cause of NPD is unknown but based off of various researchers there is a possibility that it is related to:
♥An oversensitive temperament at birth is the main symptomatic chronic form
♥Being praised for perceived exceptional looks or abilities by adults
♥Excessive admiration that is never balanced with realistic feedback
♥Excessive praise for good behaviors or excessive criticism for poor behaviors in childhood
♥Overindulgence and overvaluation by parents
♥Severe emotional abuse in childhood
♥Unpredictable or unreliable caregiving from parents
♥Valued by parents as a means to regulate their own self-esteem
Some of these traits are a normal part of development, only becoming a part of NPD when it continues into adulthood and becomes basically their only priority and they don’t partake in interpersonal environments. Perhaps a defense against shame, that is what some research studies have shown NPD to be a part of. There are many subtypes of NPD but there is a common treatment, psychotherapy. It’s hard to get fond of another when you only care about yourself. Grow your range of caring and do such by having psychotherapy.
Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
OCD
OCD
A disorder with no prevention, a disorder we face known as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The anxiety disorder of compulsions. A more detailed note on what OCD is would be: an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (the compulsion)- a well put definition by the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia. Most times the people who have those obsessions and compulsions, the commit them. They commit them just for the temporary relief of committing what they were driven to do. Only, if the ritual of the compulsion is not performed, it can lead to intense anxiety. It is more common than it was originally thought and more people are showing symptoms as well as developing it by the age of thirty. There is an unclear link that this disorder may be linked to the Tourette syndrome due to that about 20% of people with OCD have tics. Several theories have risen on what is the cause of OCD, but much more studies would to be taken to make it clear on which is true. The first is thought to be from head injury and infections, whereas the other is thought to be related to brain abnormalities. Obsessions and compulsions that aren’t from medical illness or drugs and that cause major distress or interfere with everyday life are symptoms for OCD. Obsessions and compulsions that the person usually recognizes as excessive or unreasonable. Ie: an excessive fear of germs and the compulsion to repeatedly wash your hands to rid the germs. Usually OCD does not progress into another disease or disorder but still if you show signs, go get them tested and checked out. So you can be treated and perhaps feel less obligated to do the unreasonable things that could possibly even ‘backfire’ on you. Some treatments consist of different types of medication or just psychotherapy to help get you more along the lines of what we call ‘normal’.
Resources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001926/
A disorder with no prevention, a disorder we face known as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The anxiety disorder of compulsions. A more detailed note on what OCD is would be: an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (the compulsion)- a well put definition by the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia. Most times the people who have those obsessions and compulsions, the commit them. They commit them just for the temporary relief of committing what they were driven to do. Only, if the ritual of the compulsion is not performed, it can lead to intense anxiety. It is more common than it was originally thought and more people are showing symptoms as well as developing it by the age of thirty. There is an unclear link that this disorder may be linked to the Tourette syndrome due to that about 20% of people with OCD have tics. Several theories have risen on what is the cause of OCD, but much more studies would to be taken to make it clear on which is true. The first is thought to be from head injury and infections, whereas the other is thought to be related to brain abnormalities. Obsessions and compulsions that aren’t from medical illness or drugs and that cause major distress or interfere with everyday life are symptoms for OCD. Obsessions and compulsions that the person usually recognizes as excessive or unreasonable. Ie: an excessive fear of germs and the compulsion to repeatedly wash your hands to rid the germs. Usually OCD does not progress into another disease or disorder but still if you show signs, go get them tested and checked out. So you can be treated and perhaps feel less obligated to do the unreasonable things that could possibly even ‘backfire’ on you. Some treatments consist of different types of medication or just psychotherapy to help get you more along the lines of what we call ‘normal’.
Resources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001926/
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
A chronic and severe disease that disables the brain, Schizophrenia. This isn’t something that you can run away from because it is global. Schizophrenia has different severities and levels but one thing people should be clear of is: It is not “Split Personality”. We all see the world differently in some way than the persons around us, but those with schizophrenia they see it with a striking amount of difference. They act in a more strange sense or even bizarre at times than those who do not have this disease. Schizophrenia can lead you to need a managing assistance to do the most basic functions of independent living. Voices are heard, conversations take place with oneself and responses occur to imaginary fears, all of which can sometimes happen to those with Schizophrenia. We all have that moment when we seem abnormal and just can’t collect our thoughts, perhaps while presenting in front of group; that doesn’t mean you have Schizophrenia. Then there is the exact opposite where someone can seem well put together and responsible but be facing hallucinations and delusions, those who have subsided and are working to overcome their Schizophrenia, perhaps with medications and therapy. The conditions affects between one-half and one percent of the world’s population. The exact cause of Schizophrenia is unknown, however it is thought to be caused by a combination of psychological and environmental factors. Studies have also shown that there is clearly a hereditary component relating to the disorder. The years around WWII, scientist thought this disorder was an outcome of just flat-out bad parenting; today’s studies show that this isn’t true and in Schizophrenics there is a common psychological basis. That consists of smaller volume, reduced blood flow to certain areas, and enlargement of the ventricles. Over the past decade we have put much attention on Schizophrenia being linked to neurotransmitters.
Resources: http://www.psychologyinfo.com/schizophrenia/
and http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0006/ai_2699000609/
A chronic and severe disease that disables the brain, Schizophrenia. This isn’t something that you can run away from because it is global. Schizophrenia has different severities and levels but one thing people should be clear of is: It is not “Split Personality”. We all see the world differently in some way than the persons around us, but those with schizophrenia they see it with a striking amount of difference. They act in a more strange sense or even bizarre at times than those who do not have this disease. Schizophrenia can lead you to need a managing assistance to do the most basic functions of independent living. Voices are heard, conversations take place with oneself and responses occur to imaginary fears, all of which can sometimes happen to those with Schizophrenia. We all have that moment when we seem abnormal and just can’t collect our thoughts, perhaps while presenting in front of group; that doesn’t mean you have Schizophrenia. Then there is the exact opposite where someone can seem well put together and responsible but be facing hallucinations and delusions, those who have subsided and are working to overcome their Schizophrenia, perhaps with medications and therapy. The conditions affects between one-half and one percent of the world’s population. The exact cause of Schizophrenia is unknown, however it is thought to be caused by a combination of psychological and environmental factors. Studies have also shown that there is clearly a hereditary component relating to the disorder. The years around WWII, scientist thought this disorder was an outcome of just flat-out bad parenting; today’s studies show that this isn’t true and in Schizophrenics there is a common psychological basis. That consists of smaller volume, reduced blood flow to certain areas, and enlargement of the ventricles. Over the past decade we have put much attention on Schizophrenia being linked to neurotransmitters.
Resources: http://www.psychologyinfo.com/schizophrenia/
and http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0006/ai_2699000609/
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Personality Disorders: Histrionic
Resource: http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-pe06.html
There a number of personality disorders that people can get. One of these is Histrionic personality disorder or HPD. This condition is characterized by excessive emotinality and attention seeking. This is only diagnosed when these behaviors are persistent and very disabling. It is difficult for a person with this condition to be on the right path on a real relationship. They become manipulative to get attention especially in relationships or with lovers. It becomes almost unusual for a relationship with a same sex friend because they require much attention. They also require excitement and may get bored with a normal routine. They also might enter a job with enthusiasm, but they may soon lag interest in time at a fast rate. The suicide rate is not known for this, but it is a risk that they may commit suicidal gestures to get others attention.
I think this article was capable of getting me interested in the subject. This is not enough to give me enough information but enough for interest to burst. It was an alright article. Also, I think this may be able to help with psychological help in the world if used right.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Motivating Hospital Hand Hygiene by Focusing on Patients
It is important for everyone to wash their hands. But it is far more important for doctors to wash
their hands. It is not just themselves they are hurting or might infect by not washing their hands,
they are endangering the patients as well. When tested the doctors who were told to consider their
patients washed their hands more, proven by the increased use of soap and hand sanitizer in the
hospitals.
This can affect everyone ho goes to see a doctor because if the doctor has a disease on their hands
they can get you sick as well as the other patients, possibly causing an outbreak.
In my opinion it is disgusting that doctors don't wash their hands.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Music Psychology??!!
Resource: http://cornellsun.com/node/47183
Can you live without T.V. or music? I can put T.V. aside and listen to music all the time. Music Psychology truly is pretty fascinating. The music cognition is one of coolest parts too. Songs have been shown to be known what they are after hearing the first 400 milliseconds in the beginning. Also, music is something children can understand more than normal talking could perform. It can be taken as a way to remember easier than traditional studying. Also, another part is why do people go see live shows when recordings could be better? The live shows actually enhance the music, emotions that come with it, and overall better seeing of the performance.
I think this was an appetizer to interest people in music psychology. I think the article gave a few important or interesting facts that would help people relate to what this may be. This is not meant to teach someone about music psychology, but it used to get someone interested or an update. I think people knowing music psychology can put people to a job that they may like and it can help people understand why we may do things.
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