PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Inferiority Complex, Confirmation Bias, Melanie Klein
27 Dec 2017
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Critical thinking is composed of 3 components: critical, skeptical, open-minded. Rationalization when you make sense of things no one else understands but you want to justify to yourself. Exam q: it takes a lot of energy to use defense mechanisms (to distort reality). Solution to not always feeling drained: face reality but manage it. Good therapy teaches you how to tolerate the difficulties in life. Number 1 cure for anxiety proper breathing 4 (seconds through nose)/7(seconds hold)/8 (seconds out through the mouth) breathing (diaphragmatic (cid:271)reathi(cid:374)g(cid:895). It is a (cid:449)a(cid:455) to grou(cid:374)d (cid:455)ourself so that the (cid:271)rai(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t spiral out of (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol. Exam q: e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) life (cid:271)oils do(cid:449)(cid:374) to perspective. How you interpret your feelings/thoughts will affect how you react to it. Carl jung calls the dark side of us shadow. Worked at a mental hospital saw real patients with tough cases.
