JuniperPublishers-Psychology and Behavioral Science

Journal of Psychology - JuniperPublishers Education aims at the creation of a complete human being manifesting all the potentials. These days we often observe that the 'cognitive aspects of personality is more emphasized than the affective aspect. These qualities develop in the context of the society one stays in. As we, today, live in a rapidly changing and shrinking world and consequently it calls for teachers with a broad, deep and thorough understanding of life. Students learn in many ways: the attitude of their teachers to problems of life; their point of view and their methods of dose. So, teachers' philosophy of life has an important bearing on the life of the student. It does not matter what subject a teacher teaches, his general attitude impresses itself upon pupils, independent of the subject matter. A teacher is not simply an information monger, he goes beyond it. A teacher links his teaching with the ultimate values of life. For example, we take the case of a ...

Journal of Psychology - JuniperPublishers Introduction Nature And Concept Of Depression Depression is probably the most common psychological disorder and one that receive most attention. Depression is a form of what is known as mood or affective disorder because it is primarily concerned with change in mood. Some are of normal fluctuation and other meet the definition of clinical problem. Negative affectivity is a common component to depression and low positive affectivity is related to depression. They attribute negative outcomes to lasting i.e. internal causes such as their own traits or lack of ability, but attribute positive outcomes to temporary i.e. external causes such as good luck or special favors from others. As a result such persons perceive that they have little or no control over what happens to them. We often hear that someone whom we thought happy and well settled suddenly starts talking about ending his or her life. Such person exhibits a disturbance in mood. Wh...

Journal of Psychology - JuniperPublishers Introduction According to Huppert [ 1 ], "Psychological well-being is about lives going well. It is the combination of feeling good and functioning effectively." An individual with high psychological well-being is happy, capable, well-supported, satisfied with professional and personal life. Psychological well-being indicates physical and mental wellness. Singh [ 2 ] has stated that psychological well-being is difficult to define. It has been taken to consist of discomfort or desirability and from any disturbance of mental functions. It is a somewhat malleable concept which has to do with people's feelings about everyday life activities. Such feelings may range from negative mental states or psychological strains such as anxiety, depression, frustration, emotional exhaustion, unhappiness, dissatisfaction to a state which has been identified as positive mental health [ 3 , 4 ]. Gender differences in psychological well-being...