Basic learning processes

I'm going to talk about the Basic learning processes class. The teacher is Mr. Wilson and in class, he talks about different  Psychological Approaches and significant theories we can apply in real life. For example, in a typical class we can talk about the motivation theories or the Attachment theory. It's very interesting 'cause we can always discuss, like most of my classmates do. They make a lot of questions and the teacher always tries to answer all of them. Sometimes he also gives us homework to do about the different theories we reflect on and we can add and interview or something like that.

I like the class 'cause it's offer us different views from the different Psychological Approaches like behaviorism, psychoanalysis and humanism. I think the teacher thinks human is something more than stimulus and response and that's why he gives attention to Humanism when another teachers don't talk so much about it. I think that's great. Also, I like the class 'cause sometimes Mr. Wilson talk about real cases and that's very interesting.

An expert on the field

Donald Winnicott was an English pediatrician and psychiatrist, who practiced the psychoanalysis. He was born in Plymouth, England, on the April 7th of 1896 and died in London, England, on the January 28th of 1971.  He was from the third generation after Freud. He has two big theories in the field: the true self and false self theory and the transitional object theory. As he was a pediatrician, his researches were focus on babies and their relationship with their mothers.

I like him 'cause I think he was a brave psychoanalyst, 'cause he proposed things that were opposite to the theories of the psychoanalysis of the age. He situated the concept of "self", giving it a meaning more powerful than "I"s meaning. The original psychoanalysis says that there's no something like "personality", the "I" is just a compilation of identifications. He said there was something called "true self", where it was a space for authenticity. He was also brave when he was one of the few who opposed to the electroshock, based on the science.

Lights, Camera, Action!

I really like to go to the cinema. I try to go once a month. I love so many kinds of movies, like thrillers, drama, comedy, romantics, biographies... whatever with a good story.

I don't think I have an "all-time favourite film", but I'm going to talk about "The boy in the striped pyjamas" 'cause I think it's such a wonderful movie, wich always get you excited and then can make you fall and feel really sad for the end. It's about two friends, Bruno and Shmuel, in the world war II. They're just kids, but one of them is an officer's son and the other one is Jewish and it's on a Nazi concentration camp. They talk each other with a fence between them. Bruno doesn't know what's going on so, in his innocence, he thinks the clothes that Shmuel and the other people behind the fence use are "striped pyjamas". The movie counts with Asa Butterfield as Bruno, Jack Scanlon as Shmuel and Vera Farmiga and David Thewlis as Bruno's parents, in the main characters. I've watched it just a few times, but I definitely recommend it, and the book too!

I would like to see again "The Great Gastby", but the old version now. I think the new one is good, but it disturbs me that they put music of our age in the soundtrack! I mean, it's the 20's! So, I'd really like to see the old one to see if it keeps better the spirit of the age.

Churros with chocolate

Music's in my soul

The music is a part of my life. Since I have memory, I've always been singing. When I was a child, I used to sing songs like "Yo no fuí" by Pedro Fernández (I know, embarrasing). Later, I fell into the Disney's nets, you know... Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato... but even if  I look now at the "fangirls" of nowadays and get shocked, I have to admit it was a really good time. It gave me the love for english music and thanks of that I got really good at singing and I learned more of the language that in my english class.

Til' now, I'm still listening music in english. I'm really into indie music, pop, country, some rock and the mixtures between them.

When it comes to music, I really like the things in "the old way". I've got a collection of CDs I've been buying all those years. Some of them were a gift, and I think music and books are the best presents to give. I have gone to some concerts, first of them when I was 12 years old, and it was amazing. Last of them was just days ago! I went to see Zaz, a french singer I've been listening on the last time. She's very good! I'll put below a picture of the concert.

If I were a song right now I think I would be "La feé" by Zaz. I don't know why, is just something I feel about that song.

I sadly don't play any instrument, but I sing -yey!-.

I think if world wouldn't have music, it'd be like if it doesn't have colors. You know, music allows a lot of feelings to express, and there's some people who just need it to let their feelings show. So, put good music on and let it all go!

Why Psychology?

First, I wanted to travel to space. It didn't last long. Soon I had another big dream: I wanted to be a singer. I had probably 8 or 9 years old. The years go by and when I was starting High School, I've already had the idea of Psychology in mind. I realized how important it was for me growing up as a person, and try to help others to reach a "better life". So I have to say I never had any other option, I knew long time ago I wanted to study this.

The university this year has been alright. I was in love with the very first months. Now I'm a little messy 'cause we didn't have vacations between first and second semester and I didn't get time to start with the right foot but ok... let's breath. It's fine.

I haven't totally decided what kind of job I would like to have, but I think the clinical Psychology may be my option. All I know is I wanted to involve with my work and with the people I'm going to work with and still have time for myself.

The first side, my side.

I'm a 19 years old girl from Curicó, Chile. I grew up there and now I'm living in Santiago, because I study here. I study Psychology at the University of Chile. Before that I study at  the "Rauquen" School, all my life since first grade.

I'm the second and the youngest child in my family, so I'm "the little one" (my mom stills call me with an embarrasing nickname, which I'm not going to talk about). My sister is 5 years older than me, and even we used to fight so much when we were younger, now we get on well. Luckily... 'cause now we live together.

What do I like to do? Well... there's a lot of things. For example, I really like listening to music and singing. That's sometimes a problem 'cause my sister has troubles with the "noise", so most of the times I have to wait 'till I'm alone. I enjoy reading and writing too, but I haven't done this last thing in the last time. I also love watching some serials by myself or a movie with friends. It depends on.

I'm interested in learning new things, new languages, new places and new people. Following those aspirations I end up travelling for a month in the "Ruta Quetzal" program. It was amazing. Indescribable.

Now I'm just breathing, trying to figure it out what's next. Hope good things come soon!