They enable us to gain professional development and provide a way to identify good practices. 1.4. Describe how own values, belief systems and experiences may affect working practice? Values, belief systems and experiences may affect my working practise because if I treat people differently or force my views and opinions on to people it can cause conflict. By listening and understanding other people’s values and beliefs I can understand them and their beliefs better and improve communication with them.
The number of digits they had to recall was increased until the participant was unable to recall them accurately. His results found that the average digit span was five to nine items suggesting that the short term memory is limited. One limitation of Baddeley’s study into the capacity for the short term memory is that the study lack ecological validity. This is because the way in which the short term memory was used in the study did not correspond to how it is used in everyday life. This being said, the study does provide results in which can be analysed and as a result help to aid memory.
How can the use of mental images, concepts and schemas to organise our thinking help us to improve our memory? Task 1 Part A – Essay Plan • Introduction • Main body: Define mental image, concepts and schemas How do these help to improve memory What evidence is there to support this? • Conclusion Part B In order to make sense of our world we are constantly gathering information and storing it away for recall at another time when we may need it. This is usually an unconscious process however by understanding the processes and ways in which we form memories we can use this to our advantage and therefore improve our memory. This essay will address three different ways that we form memories, mental images, concepts and schemas.
Campaigns are competing for mental space of an audience that is bombarded with many other ideas and messages. This means programmes need to get creative and learn a little from commercial marketing strategies. Relying on fear or guilt to elicit long-term behaviour change is less effective. Thought-provoking, benefits-based messages are more meaningful. Awareness raising is only the first step in a campaign to change behaviour in our care setting.
Concept of helping clients during the case management process The concept of helping clients during the case management process will reduce recidivism, enhance public safety, and promote success. The case management concept is complex because different components may happen at different times during the treatment process. Each individual is unique and different, so therefore, the treatment has to be different. Freeman (2001) stated, “The traditional case management plan calls for reduction of problematic symptoms by a certain percentage” (p. 77). Case managers are professionals who provide treatment and services to clients so they can live productive in society.
Understanding my personal competencies will also help me improve my critical thinking skills. This is accomplished by understanding the personal competencies I already have that are strong and the ones that are weak. Then I will have to identify personal competencies that I will need to improve my critical thinking skills and come up with a plan to develop them. I would also establish a effective way to improve the weaker competencies that I have. Understanding my personal competencies and how to identify new ones needed will help me improve my critical thinking skills.
My manager has recently told me that my strengths also fall in the logical range. I tend to lean towards policies, I am great at using logic to solve problems, and I make to do lists and following them logically. I believe that sometimes my logical thinking keeps me from doing impulsive things that would be fun, but I see those situations as out of control. I do desire to be more creative and artistic, but know that I will need to spend time learning those talents because they do
When solving the crisis of time mismanagement several questions necessitate being asked, then investigated: What strategies are used for organizating time successfully? What are the rewards of managing time sensibly? How can anxiety be reduced? Some necessary strategies for managing time sensibly are having self-knowledge and goals. Possessing an alertness of my goals will help in prioritizing tasks.
Researchers today have found more detailed information about the brain and its activity. Memories are important to shape individuals life. There are instances in life where individuals can reshape their memories, which in fact can ultimately change their perspective or belief of what actually occurred. In the article, Loftus mainly discusses and focuses on how memories are not always completely accurate. Loftus reveals several examples where people have been through incidents where their memory has failed to tell the truth.
What for, can we use hypnosis? Hypnosis is very useful because it can help us program the mind, put new beliefs in it or to strengthen the old ones. Since the subconscious controls our behaviour, we can install completely new behaviour patterns. Imagine the things we could do having the ability to modify the old unwanted beliefs and thoughts. What our life would be like, if we were able to remove the negative beliefs about our self, our self-image, about our inferiority feelings or about being unable to succeed?