The field of Psychology can be positively used to change the perception of water contamination and also change the perception of inequality so there can more equality of having good quality water. The way water contamination negatively affects people psychologically are in the areas of Learning, Personality Development, and Health Psychology. For example, Lead contamination in water is known to have long term effects in individuals. There have been studies with young children that prove that the water contamination specifically with lead affects their learning, personality development, and psychological health. “Researchers found that the high-lead children had lower IQs less verbal competence, worse speech processing, and worse attention than did the low-lead children.” Meaning that it affects the psychological areas of cognitive thinking that interferes with learning, personality development, and health psychology.
Concepts that can help reduce and alleviate the issue with Psychology concepts are Social Psychology, Learning, and Personality Development. With the psychological areas can help reduce the issue by changing the perception of water contamination and learn how it will affect the environment and also how it will affect the people when exposed to it. Then change our personality by changing the organized behaviors about the environment to understand that water is good for the brain to function properly. “Brain cells require a delicate balance between water and various elements to operate, and when you lose too much water, that balance is disrupted. Your brain cells lose efficiency” Meaning that water is an essential for humans and for their life.
The field of Psychology is important to humanity in order to understand how others perceive certain objects because Psychology is the study of the human mind and how it influences one’s behavior and perception. In which it exposes the way of thinking and how we all are influenced by something that makes us think about something in a certain way. Some takeaways from taking AP Psychology that made it interesting is a section of Perception. Which is understanding an individual's way of thinking by sources/objects that helps perceive a certain image about something or someone.
Concepts that can help reduce and alleviate the issue with Psychology concepts are Social Psychology, Learning, and Personality Development. With the psychological areas can help reduce the issue by changing the perception of water contamination and learn how it will affect the environment and also how it will affect the people when exposed to it. Then change our personality by changing the organized behaviors about the environment to understand that water is good for the brain to function properly. “Brain cells require a delicate balance between water and various elements to operate, and when you lose too much water, that balance is disrupted. Your brain cells lose efficiency” Meaning that water is an essential for humans and for their life.
The field of Psychology is important to humanity in order to understand how others perceive certain objects because Psychology is the study of the human mind and how it influences one’s behavior and perception. In which it exposes the way of thinking and how we all are influenced by something that makes us think about something in a certain way. Some takeaways from taking AP Psychology that made it interesting is a section of Perception. Which is understanding an individual's way of thinking by sources/objects that helps perceive a certain image about something or someone.