English Homework in Psychology

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[...] If mental illness was only a physical problem, medications would be enough to treat patients; however, it is not the case as sometimes, it does not solve the problem, or at least not completely. Moreover, some therapies involving animals have shown good results to help with symptoms of mental illnesses, such as hallucinations. Besides, there are some phenomenon such as the placebo effect that proves the abilities of the human mind, showing that the physical empirical answer is not always the good one, and that there is something more that can be linked to psychoanalysis that is to be taken into account. [...]

[...] Why is social media like a slot machine? Social media is like a slot machine because every time one receives a notification and does not know what is behind it, he or she wonders what did he or she get. Reading: When Freud meets fMRI - Casey Schwartz (2015) Vocabulary A C B D A Comprehension Questions The future of psychoanalysis is uncertain because neuroscience is "the golden child", promoted everywhere, even in, for example, the field of economics. Moreover, there has been little empirical studies proving that psychoanalysis is efficiently working. [...]

[...] Magic works on everybody because it is not about what one knows, it is about how our mind works: human mind is persuadable in every moment. What the first psychological vulnerability mentioned? What example is used to illustrate this vulnerability? The first psychological vulnerability mentioned is being vulnerable to social approval. For example, when uploading a new picture of yourself on a social media like Facebook, you are vulnerable because you wonder what people think of your picture. What the second psychological vulnerability mentioned? What example is used to illustrate it? [...]

[...] The combination of neuroscience and psychoanalysis express together the human mind and should be considered and used together as complementary. Writing - Should we consider mental illness as a physical brain disorder? Or is there a better way to think of it? Mental illness can be considered as something more than only a brain disorder. As Solms points out, neuroscience and psychoanalysis are the two sides of the same coin and both should be considered when looking at mental illness. [...]