Thursday, November 26, 2009

Important challenges

Psychology is facing an increase of his members. There are several universities that give psychology and in a future that will be a problem. It´s true that with more people are more crazy and I don´t think the population in Chile shows signs of decreasing. But there will be so many psychologies that this carrier would be stop for a few years.
Another problem that I think is the poor communication we have with another universities in this field. I listening some comments like:” in this is university we impart a humanist psychology”, fortunately, Universidad de Chile show us many views, since psychoanalysis to conductism and let us decide on which area we want to study and isn´t impose for the general idea of the university.
Because psychology is a science, I don´t ear about studies or theories from chilean psychologist. We need to improve as a psychologist in general, and for that we need to make as much as possible. I´m glad that many or all of my teachers are making studies and working in other aspects of psychology and not only as teachers.

About social problems, Psychology is called to respond to this time and work to improve the level of life that chileans are experimented. I hope not sell me and work, as I said in other posts in public areas and also as a private psychologist. There are some people who don´t know the ugly face of Santiago. In this area there are people who have problems that need some help.

The education topic is the most important I think, I don´t know if I´m, going to be just a psychology, but what I´ve learn can help me to face the problems that would appear in the future. If I have some of the tools that psychology can give, many of school problems doesn´t need to be so much difficult. I think psychology improve you as a person and the kind of knowing that teach you can let you see clear and resolve some problems. In the school many kids doesn´t have that knowledge because they don´t have the support of parents or friends. They have lonely lives and psychology definitely would help them. We need to create a best world for us now and latter. Improving as much as possible and teaching to our kids, leanings that psychology can give.

Greetings.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Money

I think I´m bad with money because once I have it, I can´t organize myself to distribute it as well as possible.
Also, I usually spent it once I have it in my pocket. That´s because I don´t have it frequently.
Because I don´t have it, I can´t lend it, but if you have a lucky day, probably I will borrow you the few coins that I carry on.
I frequently borrow from other people and I don´t pay back quickly. But I try to do it.
I don´t care manage money because is not important for me. I think if you have money, save it or spend it in something you really need it or want it. For example, If I want to read a book, I try to find it on the internet, even if I don`t like read form the pc. So, I need to buy it, and unfortunately, culture is expensive.
I have two types of bills, the one that I have with the university and the others that I have with people. I pay my university bills with checks at the Sencillito service. But, with people I carry the exactly amount that I have to pay.
I think it´s a great idea that schools teach children how to use money because: 1) if they know the meaning of money, they will know the possibilities and how hard is to have it, 2) if you start to save in early levels, you could have a great party at the end of school. Travel to other countries, for example and 3) the most important thing, money is nothing if the person who have it doesn´t know how to use it, is not the money what define a persons. This is important because people doesn`t have the same amount of money, but that doesn´t mean that some people are better than other.
One way to pay for a job is depositing the amount of the job in a bank, and that´s the reason why I have my count.
The only problem is when you have to make a deposit or something else in the bank and is full of people. Usually one hour only for a deposit.
As I said, money doesn´t make people, is the people who gives the meaning of money. For my goodness I have to know how to save and organized it by a better way.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

My Practice

My first option was study in Spain, that´s because I want to go to Europe and what better place that one who speak in spanish.
But, when I talk to muy cousin she recomended learn as much as I can in difficult situation, like urgency.
So, I started to think about it.
By the way, I don´t have an specific position of what I should study in psycology, but what I want to do is help people. First, those persons who can´t help themselfs, cases like suicide or poor emotional situation, like living in a difficult enviroment. I think problems are problems, it doesn´t matter if you have or not money, what is matter if the help, so I wanna learn as much as in difficult situation, like the work I could do in a hospital and then make togheter teraphy in a hospital and also in a clinic, like a particular.
The other aspect that I wanna help is the environment of people. Probably for the influence of my teacher of basic process.
So, in a few words. My vision is learn as much as I can in difficult situations, puting me in cases that people doesn´t have the tools to have a nice live and try to help them, that can give me the perspective of what difficult could be the life. I think is important to have the vision, because how I could talk to someone who is depress if I only read about it, I need that experience and is not in a fancy room. But like I said before, problems are problems, so I want to do my professon, in a hospital with people who need help and also in a clinic, for those who can pay for it. Both, with or without the money need help.
And about the environment, it is extremly important; if you have a lovely one, the way you see life is very oposite to people who doesn´t have it. A nice environmente can help you to heal.
Europe can wait, right now I need the experience that my own country can give me.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Were should I go in Santiago?

If you came to Santiago, there are a few places that you really should know, like:

Fantasilandia: This is an incredible enterteinment park. Boomerang is an incredible roller coaster, with a few loops and great speed, also there is Kamikaze, it´s like pirate ship but with the full loop.
Julio Martínez Stadium, know as National Stadium: If you wanna vibrate and know the meaning of “hinchada” you must watch a match of national selection, know as “La Roja”. Also, there are some classic matches like Colo-Colo v/s Universidad de Chile, you can´t miss it.
La Moneda: it´s the president office. Next year will be the birthday of Chile and there´s gonna be a great party in there, near is Entel tower, on new years, there are fireworks fired from the tower.
San Cristobóbal hill: This is a quite place. Here is Santiago Metropolitan zoo. There are some zebras and giraffes. An another atraction in San Critóbal hill is the funicular and teleférico. There are an amazing view from this atractions, and you can watch the entire city.
Bellavista nighbour: This is an amazing place to drink some beers and have some fun. There are discos and pubs. This is a cool place. Full of energy and life. But you must be warning, the thiefs and drunks are everywere.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Favourite authors/books/music


Faith No More is my favourite music group.
Despite the fact that I enjoy many other kind of music, like reggae (Bob Marley), grunge (Nirvana, Peral Jam), punk (The Clash, The Sex Pistols) or some pop groups like INXS. I really enjoy listening Faith No More.
I started this summer to listening them. Suddently I recognize that I have to know more music that I knew already, so I satrted to download from the internet his albums.
They aren´t a particular kind of music, they have many influences, specially from rock.
I like it for many reasons but most important for his position about the music they make. They said "Right now, people wan to clasified you, they wanna put a marck on our music. We just make music, and we don´t care if they are agree with that"
Also, they have many grat songs and albums, I really recommen King For A Day. It´s essencially what they are.
My favourite songs are: 1) King for a Day, fool for lifetime, 2) Just a man, 3) Ashes To Ashes, 4) Midlife Crisis, 5) Evidence,... and if you want to 6) Easy and 7) Epic. They most popular songs.
I wan to listen them live, on October 30th will be his concert in stadium La Florida, here in Chile, and obviously I have my ticket.
They have many energy on stage and I´m just waitting for the date.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Task 2

I would like to go to Spain.
The best reason I have to go to Spain that´s I knew two amazing people in the north of Chile, a few years ago.
Both are Spanish. The first one, Abel, was a crazy dental technician who was travelling around South America. The other one was Patricia, she studies laws and she also was travelling around South America. We started a great friendship and we according that the next time we see it will be in Spain.
Also, Spain is the first stop crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Later than traveling 14 hours in a plane, it´s important arrive in a place that you could understand the language for practical reasons. At lease you know English. That helps you to communicate with other people.
About Spain I know that Salvador Dalí born in Cataluña, a province of Spain.
I really wan to see his paintings. I was one of the most important and amazing painters of the movement called surrealism.
Also I want to go to the Camp Now stadium, it´s the stadium of one of the most popular soccer team of the world, F.C. Barcelona.
I want to study in there, probably a P.H.D. in psychoanalysis. And according of the situation, live a few time in there.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Task 1, Level 4

Greetings:
In the first semester we have six signatures, which was anthropology, psychology, philosophy, methodology of social investigation, history and psychobiology.
I think are two kind of relevant things, the one about the signatures and the relevant about the discussion of the signatures with partners.

About the first one:
anthropology: the person is constantly interacting with his media and that interaction affect both.
psychology:

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Task 11

Greetings:

I think my blogging experience was a love-hate relation.
That’s because in the beginning I really hate make the task, It demands me a lot of time that I don’t want to spent on it. Also, the task was a little bit boring.
But, with the past of time they became more fun and I really enjoy it. For example, the task about the picture was really fun for me because I wanna find that particularly picture that I have to describe.
Or, the task about Ken Robinson, that one motivates me to write a lot of tots that I have about education system. That task really makes me think.
Also, the need to correct the mistakes let me improve my skills.
About improving my English, yes, I think blog was a really helpful tool. Because it’s a new and funny way to practice our writing english and is not the old and boring writing exam.
About the advantages and disadvantages. I believe that most important disadvantage is the time. We have to spend much time that could be used on different subjects. Also, because I didn’t finish many of the tasks, I have to spent time on it in my home.
The advantages: obviously the possibility to improve our skills, but most important the motivation to put something, to write something that could be interested for you can let you improve a lot.
I think the real progress was on the end of our grade. I don’t know if that’s because we are a little bit shame or we didn’t know enough English to speak, but in the last classes many other people start to speak, and that really make more fun our class. And, if the class was fun, you really appreciate the value of the inglish. It’s easier to learn it.

Thanks for all.

Paulo


P.D. I hope see you on next grade.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Task 10


I think my ideal job doesn’t exist, because it is a mix of different subjects.
In a beginning I thought became a gastronome, cause I love the kitchen and I’m very interested to know about it. But the problem is that you lose the contact with people.
After, I thought became a traveller, cause there is only you and the road, you create the road, but is difficult if you don’t have any extra skills, I mean, if I became a psychology at lease I can stop in a city and start a job, but if right now I decide to travel will be difficult cause I only can work in a bad paid jobs.
So, according to this, I decide to be a writer. Because I love let my imagination free. But, like gastronomy, you lose the contact with people. And the type of books I love to write will be those about people who really experiment what are talking about. One of the books who really let me thinking was “El Lobo Estepario”, this book really make me think about the type of person I want to be, if I want to be a person who live the day, or the type of person who really go out and try to discover the meaning of life. I really want to take a piece of the life, and enjoy it as my wish.
So, according to all this things, I think I would be a philosopher, but knowing how to cook and who travel to know what life is about. And I think I’m on it by slow steps but, the real travel does not need a road to walk in it. It’s in the simple and ordinary life, that the real road is it. It depends of you to go out and discover.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Task 8


"Do Schools Kill Creativity"
Ken Robinson, exhibit on this problematic.
Initially he demonstrates the uncertain future that our children will face. Under that living conditions will be exposed.
Nowadays, the requirements are high. It is not enough to obtain a title, it is necessary to continue with the studies to use in the current world. In addition, the sciences are prioritized. Many children must focus his studies in these areas more than for his real pleasure. This excludes certain areas of the intelligence that the child might develop. The intelligence, for Robinson it is diverse, dynamic and distinctive. It should not focus on the child to developing only a type of intelligence.
Robinson makes clear that the children possess a potential. The one that stimulates them to commit often mistakes, but that on having been stigmatized by these, the child loses his motivation. By this way, the education should be orientated to help the child to develop his potential, still when this one is not prioritized. In this aspect, he exemplified with the life of a ballerina who now has what is called a success in the life, simply because she was capable of following her motivation.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Task 9

My favorite matter is anthropology.
It is given by professor Dimas.
I like it because it treats of the interactions between individuals and in society.
From my point of view, it is important because includes important elements as the culture and the communication.
For example, in order that the communication could be effected, the individuals must understand what they communicate, even if his expectation are not fulfilled. The individual hopes that these are fulfilled, but since it is not possible to foresee the behavior of other one, the communication is determined by the contingency, that is to say, that happens does not imply that like that is kept in the time. It is for this that on having communicated, we try to foresee the behavior of other one and for ende, to reduce the double contingency, that is to say, that both foresee more less than other one he will say to continue with the communication.
Some of these topics are vital, since they show us the importance of being able to understand the individual as holder of his own expectations which with the due training, as psychologists we will be able to improve the interaction with the patient. This way we will provide a better help.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Task 6



In this imagen Jean Peaget works with a child. During his carrer he worked with many including his sons.

In my opinion Jean Piaget was the best on psychology field because he makes theories about the early intellectual development. I think he is the best in this area, because he was interested in showing the necesary process to learn. At the age of 10 years, his first article was published. And at his 14 he has the chance to work in a museum. His early development, motivated him to study the cognitive development.
In his theories he talks about certain schemes that let explain the world to persons.
These schames are combined in different patrons of behave.
He thinks that the cognitive develpoment can be divided in four stages. The correct cognitive development needs that the child overcomes these four stages.
These four stages are:
Sensory-motive (age 0-2) The child uses the basic schemes.
Operational (age 2-7) The child acquires the aptitude to represent in his mind objects that are not physically.
Pre-concrete (age 7-11) To realize mental operations with the presence of the object of the one that is reasoned.
Formal operations (age 11) The thought becomes abstract.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Task 5

I´m studyng this carrer because I would like to understand the human mind and especially the reason of why people behave of determined way.
The professionals of psychology help people. If the people are happy, the society it´s fine. A
psychologist can helps not only a few people, he works with children or adults.
A psychologist needs to develop his capacity to conect with the other, also the patience to listen to the other, to sum up he needs to develop his empathy.
My favourite subject of my carrer is antropology because it makes me think in the interaction between persons and their enviroment.
In the future I would like to work as many people as possible, and try to help them or be a help.
I think if someone is in trouble his greatful to have someone to talk, to share your problems and if you wan, to be helped.
Many of suicides are a product of people who aren´t listened or they can not find their own sence of life. With a psychologist's helps I think that many of those persons could be save and improve their lifes.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Task 4


Who took it: Victoria Spofforth.
When she took it: I don´t know, but it was for a university task.
In this potograph we can see a broken red seat, a window with a metal mesh, over the table of the back are seasonings, to make your meal more tasty, like ketchup and mustard. Also, in the wall thera are some kind of picture and provably a calendar.
I choose this picture because remaind me a cludy day, with many rain and I imagine me looking for the window. Or when you are traveling and stop for a snack and then continue with the travel. It remainds me a place to make a stop, a little old fashion, a little rusty but with the escense of a good and confortably place.
It´s important remaind that this old escense is one of the caracteristic of why the photographer took the picture in the first place. She think there are many places like that, like traped in the time, in the monotony of the regular life.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Task 3

The link of my favourite site of psicology is http://www.psicologia.cl/apuntes.html
I found it using google.
I don´t visit it very often, cause I discovered for the inglish task.
Bute wen I study the site it was very rewaring to know a web site that help the students withe articles, notes, and pappers that we can use for our carrier.
Also, have many links to different pages related withe the psycologic topics.
A prety strange tool was the chat. In there you can speak withe different people.
One of the most important tings for the psicologic students is the excelent fount of information and I think this web site can give us that posibility. Also bring us new pages that can complement the information that give us psicologia.cl
I recomended this page to all the psycologic students and I think this would be a great tool for my future researchs and also, homework or even for study.

Greetings

Hello:My name is Paulo, I´m from Santiago of Chile.I´m living with my mother and brother.My father lives in Chiloé in the south of our beautiful conutry.I love drawing, reading, playing soccer and speack with other people.Also, I like many types of music, but the reggeton is just for dance, not for listenning.A movies thet I like:Shark 3, that´s my favourite from chiledhood.The clockworck orange... the crazyest one I ever seen.And also Face Off.About what I espect using a blog... wellI hope improve my english skills such pronuntiation and writting.I enjoy creating a blog cause it´s a new way to learn.See you in class.