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Reflection paper
PSY 1100
When I first started this course, I was totally innocent about psychology. I had no
idea about how and why human development occurs throughout the different stages of
life. I used to think psychology is only the study of our implicit thinking and behaviors.
But now, I have realized that it is a study of whole human behavior from conception to
death. As I slowly learned in the course about different stages of human life, based on
their age, thinking, health, and surrounding; it became more and more clear about many
Every one of us is somewhat different than others and have certain physical,
mental and social limits. Our logical thinking and intelligence defines many things what
we develop in our life. Some have better logical functioning of the brain, and are able to
learn and judge different conditions quickly. Some are deep thinkers, who might be able
to have a better reflection of life and matters related to society and relations. We also
have the social barrier to consider. The society has a big role in the development of a
child, which eventually affects the adult behavior. I have gained all of these information
Currently, I have been studying some requirement courses for nursing. Among
them, I studied human physiology in last semester. Human physiology is the science of
tissues or organs. In psychology 1100, we studied brain, its different parts, functions,
and connections with another part of the body. We further studied about neurons, its
hypothalamus-pituitary system, its role in different stages of life and so on. These all
subject matters are deeply connected with human physiology. As we move through the
course, I have realized that psychology is a part of human biology more or less.
After studying biology, and psychology 1100, I have consolidated my understanding that
During this course, I interacted and observed different people, to analyze and
compare their situation with the psychosocial stages and development of life. I now
have some understanding of why children behave in a certain way, why people turn out
to be the way they are, why people in relation marry or get divorced, how friendship and
communal behavior is maintained, and why wisdom comes along with age. It is not only
a random thing that we all tend to do, but a systematic and logical pattern that defines