Psychology of the Mind

Hi Again,

First week back at university all done and dusted (I say this now as I work the weekends so I kind of count them as my working week).

We got back into the swing of things with a new Unit 🙂

Business Psychology! Which looks like is going to be really good. We carried out some really neat Psychological activities that are meant to show a deeper understanding into your life! This one pictured below is just a simple drawing of a house (ignore the terrible art skills). But what it shows an in depth picture of my life.  

  

• The house is me; depending on how large or small the house is and where it is located on the page represents my personality. (So it seems that I take up most of the page and have a large personality?) The smoke coming out of the chimney may represent my need for letting off steam or an escape from being me? – I have to say I like my alone time 🙂
• The Tree is my father, the water (pond) is my mother; this doesn’t necessarily show how close you are to either parent or which one you prefer but it can represent what you think of your parents or which once influences me more. again I kind of believe this as I would say that my mothers work ethic has influenced me more than my fathers, this might be because my dad doesn’t like his job and only wants the best for me and my sister. And I think that my father has influenced me in other ways such as my sense of humour and the need to provide and protect my family.
• The Path; shows how easy it is to get to know you, so it looks pretty straightforward to me, however I like to think of myself as a complicated character so I’m unsure of this one.
• And finally you have to add to things that make the picture complete; the sun may represent my need to be happy in everything that I do; which may explain the long way around to my education and finding what I want to do. And the people; a man and a woman stick figure may represent my need for family as they are the most important thing to me. Next….Overall a really good week.

We had a great session from V. She’s our study skills coach and she went over some excellent ways of critical analysis, and assignment writing. The need for proofreading will be taken on and implemented in my work this year. One of the tasks we did in this session was matching up the descriptions to the main objectives of some of our assessment criteria. Something that really helped.

Overall I think most of this exercise does in some ways represent my life but others not so much.

Overall a good week.

J

Indian Head Massage… Again !!!

This week I undertook another Indian head massage tutorial (IHM); this time for a younger class of level 2 hairdressers. I provided the students without some information about my education in beauty therapy and then proceeded to go through a short presentation on IHM which included a short history, preparation instructions, contraindications, contractions, effects and benefits and aftercare   

 When I carried out the presentation I took any questions from the students to ensured they understood what I was explaining to them. 

Once I had taken questions again at the end of the presentation i then needed a volunteer for me to show the practical side of IHM. 

  
Once I had a volunteer I then told them students to find a partner and set up their  work area as I had done. 

I demonstrated warming up exercises for the hands and arms of the therapist and then carried out a ten minute IHM on my model; doing each step one by one and getting the students to practice this on their model. Questions were asked by myself and the students, and answers given throughout this process and I also helped students one to one if they were struggling with a movement.

Overall I would say that the IHM lesson went well as the students seemed enthusiastic and asked lots of questions throughout and at the end of the session. And seemed truly appreciative of the session. 

  

As part of unit 33 I have to carry out some development activities and this session was aimed at me practicing my communication skills with students this I feel that I carried out well; however for future improvement I would like to have extra materials that I can teach them and not just restrict their learning to IHM. 

J