PART 1– How does the mind interact with other people?
What does it mean to be Normal?
Please use the following elements in your discussion.
Attitude formation
Group formation
Group Think
A leader – a follower
Counter-attitudinal Behavior
Cognitive Dissonance
Attribution Theory (situational vs Dispositional)
Fundamental Attribution errors using Cognitive Miser model.
Self Serving Bias and Hindsight bias
Fear of Failure and Need for Achievement
Imposter Syndrome – superiourity and inferiority complex
Ego – Freudian defense mechs.
Society as a mirror – effects of the world on your self.
Self Esteem – Self Efficacy – Ideal Self and Real Self Carl Rogers stuff
Personality Traits – becoming self aware
Being your true self to others – and being open to learning (and unlearning)
PART 2–
Stress, Conditioning and Health (D)
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If you live life in the future – you have anxiety – if you live in the past you have depression. If you live in the moment you are as your environment allows you to be.
BUT if you don’t think of the future, or remember the past you will never change or grow.
So where is the balance?
Hans SelyeLinks to an external site. explained stress as the reaction to the environment – your body wants to maintain balance – but life keeps us out of balance. Can you give examples of ways to find balance in your life?