Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Mature defense mechanisms

Vaillant's defense mechanisms classified as mature:
Altruism
Anticipation
Humor
Identification
Introjection
Sublimation
Thought suppression

Allergic athletic horses identify impossibly stupid tigers
Arbitrary airborne houses improve icy swirly thoughts

Monday, May 2, 2011

Seven sins of memory

From the book The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers by Daniel L. Schacter

Fading, absent-mindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, persistence.

Fast abstract batteries manipulate shadowy boring potatoes.
Filthy amusing bulldogs move square boring peanuts.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Symptoms of psychosis

Hallucinations, Delusions, (Disorganized) Speech, (Disorganized) Catatonic Behavior

huge daughters snort chocolates

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Effective Listening Skills

These are commonly discussed components of effective listening & communication skills:

  • Mindfulness
  • Physically receiving messages
  • Selecting and organizing information
  • Interpreting communication
  • Responding
  • Remembering

Mnemonic: Marked paranoid secretaries improve required reports
Many puny singers ignore remedial rolls