Forum Post: Psychology

General 1.Psychology is the study of the human mind. Most specifically the psyche, most generally All of human behavior.

1. The human Brain is composed of between 40 and 70 different organs, depending upon how you define differences. These are called brodmanns brain areas. Each brain area is responsible for specific types of brain processes and mental functions.
2. The human mind has four main operational conditions, they are beta brainwave states, alpha brainwave states, delta brainwave states, and theta brainwave states. Each of these might be further subdivided into waking or sleeping states of consciousness.
3. Beta brainwave states are those in which the dominant area of the brain is the frontal lobes. Alpha brainwave states are those in which the dominant area of the brain is the Mammalian brain or Occipital lobes, and Delta brainwaves states are those where the brain is dominated by the Reptilian Brain or brain stem. Theta brain wave states are a second waking condition in which the body is healed, or, in which the normal flow of dominance from top of brain to bottom of brain is reversed, and the bottom of the brain loads information into the top, which is then experienced as dreams.
4. We have instincts which compel us to seek out gratification of our needs. All behavior is motivated by a conscious or unconscious belief that said behavior will get some need met.
5. Psychology involves first an instinct, which compels a thought process, and then a planning or strategizing session in which the individual uses their maps of reality and belief systems as well as learned knowledge and social conditioning to arrive at an end product of doing something to get what you want. Schema are maps of reality which we use as tools to meet our needs .Social Conditioning and personal experience and learning play vital roles in helping the mind to think up tactics to meet needs.
6. Criminal behavior is behavior which that person believes will get their needs met. Punishment was well demonstrated to have little or no effect on learning curve. What is required for a person to change their behavior is a functional tactic that does work to get their needs met.
7. Groupthink is a social phenomenon of psychology where a group uses false consensus process to end up behaving stupidly as a group. Groupthink occurs when people cave into social pressures, where propaganda replaces knowledge or facts, and where group identity is created out of participation in group delusions, lies, codependency, or criminality. Groupthink is how a mob drifts to the lowest common denominator, and why a mob is potentially vicious, evil, and sociopathic. Group authority ameliorates and dissolves personal conscience, and by having their emotions manipulated and their social identity threatened, people give up their own better judgment and accept the judgment of the most psychopathic member of the group.
8. Pack Psychology is the psychology exhibited primarily by mammals in small groups in which 3 primary roles are assumed by social participants. The roles are Alpha- the leader, Beta- the followers, and Delta- the orbiters. In human society that translates in a super-simplified way into bullies, cliques, and nerds.
9. Problem solving psychology must contend against groupthink and pack psychology in the arena of opinion. Problem solving psychology is emotionally neutral and uses the mind and logic to look at all aspects of a problem and try to come up with a viable problem solving process. Problem solving psychology is the worst enemy of both Rightist and Leftist Dogmatists. True problem solving psychology comes from the place of the radical middle. It takes in all sides and all viewpoints, and it gives each its fair dues And attention in creating a problem solving process that works from the big picture down through into the nano details.