Developing Psychology

The Developing Parent 

"little research has examined developmental changes in parents’ experience and behaviors over time." ---- (The Developmental Parent )

THIS RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE FUNDED LOL

This discussion hits home for me. Unlike many women I know and societies outlook on how women are to perceive motherhood, becoming a parent was and is the most challenging task for me. I was not optimistic about being a mother. My husband and I were fortunate to have had the time to get to know one another prior to becoming parents, 7 years, then my beautiful wild and crazy kid Brandon came along.

This article spoke about the real stages parents go through in being parents. It showcased how different each growing obstacle required a parent to change to adapt and formula new plans to handle the ever so demanding BUT rewarding role of being a parent.

As the article states:

"Children’s growth and development force parents to change their roles. They must develop new skills and abilities in response to children’s development."

DEVELOPING PARENT STAGES

The light gray is my personal take on the specific stage I have went through with my baby boy. 3 stages down 3 more to go, wish me good luck!

There are many influences that make their impact on how a parent is developed: 

1) Parent Characteristics, - age gender, beliefs, personality, history, knowledge of parenting, child development, health = mental and physical 
2) Child Characteristics - gender, birth order, temperament, health status, parenting behaviors and roles. 
3) Contextual and Sociocultural Characteristics - economic hardship, emotions, culture, parental goals. 

(Belsky, 1984; Demick, 1999) 

All three influences have made an impact on how I am parenting.When I was growing up in a single family household learning first hand what it took for my mother to have to provide for three children, so becoming a mother was never on my ToDoList. At the beginning my fear of parenthood was hit with the common typical phrases of "It'll be great, you natural mother instincts will kick in and will know exactly what to do," or the "Women are naturally more nurturing, you got this!" In many ways they were right BUT in just as many they were wrong.
The economic hardships and reality of what it costs deterred us from wanting to have another, not to mention the idea of being responsible for yet another mini me. ;-) This discussion is one of importance and could always use more and new information to assist us forever learning and changing parents.

http://nobaproject.com/modules/the-developing-parent

Sensation & Perception - 2

When I respond to an external stimulus I experience SENSATION, and how I process that information is PERCEPTION. My body, my senses the nose, ears, smell and taste, touch, etc. to gather, react, and explain the world around me. How fascinating is the ability of SENSORY ADAPTATION, I then wondered when did that spot on my plasma TV stop bothering me? I simply became less sensitive to that stimuli.

Created By Me - Kristina Jack

I found the YouTube videos quite stimulating.

My brain has a backup plan for troubling situations!?!

From Dr. Moss (YouTube video1) “A program built in to deal with life threatening circumstances within the deep temporal lobe and its associated structures.” A man explains his experience of an afterlife, awakening with a level of enlightenment he had never experienced before. In video 3 twins live a life so much alike as if they had telepathically walked each other through life. These videos beg to question is there more to develop and how?  In watching the remaining videos there were explanations of experiences that had me reflect on my own:

A Personal Reflection:

I had this dream that my aunt was sitting in her home on the couch, her kids (my cousins) where talking to her the youngest crying sitting through her. Through her = my aunt was transparent. I kept asking her if she was ok and she would not reply. The dream felt all too real. In the morning I phoned my mother to see if she had checked on her sister and I explained my dream to explain why I asked. Sure enough, I received a call later that day from my mom saying my aunt felt overlooked, tired, and kind of invisible, all of which she disclosed before my mother shared what I dreamt.

Therefore, it comes to no surprise to me that there might be more to our senses and abilities when it comes to the matter of brain and body. I do not believe I have some sort of ability, but it’s still makes one wonder what we are truly capable of. Or did my aunt send me a message?

Created By Me - Kristina Jack

Video 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bx_Kms8Kf8

Video 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQw4AE7rjjA

Sensation and Perception

David Eagleman " One of the things I study in my lab is called synesthesia, and it represents a blending of the senses,"

How interesting it was to listen to Neil Harbisson: I Listen to Color. Just reading the title of the video lures you in to see just how it is done.  Each color had a specific sound. Then as remarkable Neil story is I thought about Ben Underwood. Ben lost his eye sight from cancer and developed a way to see by using sound, the clicking of his tongue. Its truly remarkable how if one of the body senses is down, Ben's body and mind can create an alternative way to see him through life. Ben's clicking is the use of sonar emission, sounds making echos for echolocation.

Check out the video below.

Interesting Tip : Clicks tend to be 3- to 15-millisecond-long transients (i.e., a short, high-amplitude sound) with peak frequencies around 6 to 8 kilohertz. - PsychologicalScience.org 

https://youtu.be/TeFRkAYb1uk

Sonar Emission - http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/using-sound-to-get-around

M2-Task -Experiential Task

How Fast Your Brain Reacts to Stimuli? 

It is amazing how quickly our body process information in order to perform the act.  Even when thinking about how a person perceived motion... through STROBOSCOPIC MOTION –a visual phenomenon caused by aliasing that occurs when continuous motion is represented by a series of short or instantaneous samples.
As I did my experiment with my son, I could not help but to think: His brain is registering this ball coming towards in rapid quick shots of images. Yet he is able to react and eventually catch the ball. 

Any chance to include my PRINCE I am here for it. 
In the video Brandon:
1. Ball Approaches Brandon
2. Eyes register the ball coming (visual lobe)
3. Brandon Occipital Lobe send the info of ball
4. Brandon frontal Lobe registers the information and attempts to catch the ball

BUT BRANDON CLOSES HIS EYES! :-)

5. Motor Cortex still works on trying to catch the ball
6. The signal sent to his spinal cord gets Brandon  use his left and right hands
7. Brandon's hands move to lift the right then left hand to attempt catching the ball

Brain and Behavior

The lectured notes covered the bases of the brain and its functions, all of which I found quite interesting. The left and right side of the brain have their functions but work as a unit through a thick band of nerves, the corpus callosum. The physical attributes, brain cells, and anatomy is broken down into sections CNS, PNS, Forebrain, Midbrain, Hindbrain, and the four lobes.

The Forebrain interests me most, it includes, hypothalamus, epithalamus, and thalamus. As stated in my previous blogs I have always been interested in human behavior, so naturally I am drawn to know how and where the human behavior derives from or is stored. The forebrain is what makes us human.  

Thalamus – sensory and motor

Epithalamus – pineal gland – regulate through secretion or hormones

Hypothalamus – hormone production – food intake, sex drive, body temperature

Furthermore, I found what Anajan Chatterjee had to say about Beauty quite alarming. Our hormones and sight have a lot to do with how the ones that are most beautiful find themselves easily employed and less reprimanded with in a workplace. Why is our emotion of how we perceive someone so strong we impetuously make these decisions.

About My Interest in Psychology

For as long as I can remember I have always taken an interest in the mind and human behavior. In conversations, class room settings, workplace… well practically anywhere I observe people’s behavior and would constantly ask myself why? Why do people: act, react, live, treat, respond in that manner or what triggered this/that person to react in this/that way? How was this person’s character built, was it their upbringing or a certain experience? I am forever curious, so there are a few branches of study in Psychology that I find interesting: Counseling Psychology and Industrial Organizational Psychology.

I have been told many times over that I am a great listener and it is not uncommon for a stranger to relieve their personal stresses or concerns into my forever listening ear. I guess that begs the question of what in my life has led me to be so open? A question my husband and sister ask me all the time. Therefore, I know I’m comfortable with people and it doesn’t matter the circumstance or crisis I enjoy talking and working through problems, so I do take interest in Counseling Psychology.

However, once I began to work it was put to my attention that I had a natural skill in areas that would improve every workplace I have ever been in. The skill to delegate duties, recognize potential, realize troubling areas all helped me maximize time which then help me lead a very efficient work shift. I kept getting these reoccurring compliment before each promotion I would receive from supervisor to management positions. There were only two jobs I was not offered a management position, my first two jobs. Therefore once I recognized my potential I knew I wanted to get a degree in Business Management. When researching careers in Business Human Resources kept grabbing my attention, so the branch of Industrial Organizational Psychology seems to partner well with my Business degree. 

http://www.apa.org/careers/resources/guides/careers.aspx

http://www.psychology.org/careers/industrial-organizational-psychologist/#what-is

https://www.verywell.com/what-are-the-best-careers-in-psychology-2794941

https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Organizational_Development_Specialist/Salary

http://www.humanresourcesmba.net/30-most-influential-industrial-and-organizational-psychologists-alive-today/

About Me

Hi, I'm Kristina Jack. I’m from in Arlington Texas, a full-time student, stay at home mom, and a military spouse. My husband’s career is what brought my family here to Abilene Texas. I do have a few hobbies I love to organize almost anything from shelving units, documents, closets, etc. When I can find the time, I get into acrylic painting, scrapbooking, and invitation making. I do not work because childcare versus time and pay does not bring in enough income, so I focus on my toddler, husband, self, and school work. I am huge on family and I like to travel to see them so getting ahead in coursework frees up time to make those family trips and celebrations.

I am a Business Major planning to minor in Psychology and become HR Certified. I chose to take this class because I am very interested in Psychology. I hope to learn more about the relationship between the brain and human emotions and behavior. I also prefer to take online courses they allow me to have more control over my schedule.

In all honesty I don't really have anything I can truly compare myself too. I would say I'm a combination of a lot of things but in relation to an animal, flower, bird, thing, food, or celebrity nothing truly come to mind except that I've been told that I can act like Tiffany Haddish from the movie "Girls Trip" and I guess I can own that.