Psychological Approaches : Dave and Jenny

Psychological Approaches
To Care

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
Psychology refers to science of mind and behaviour which comprises of conscious as
well as unconscious phenomena along with feelings and thoughts of individual. Generally, it is a
multifaceted discipline which deals with different sub-fields like sports, health, cognitive
processes, social behaviour and human development. This process deals with mental process
which which begins from soul or mental conditions (Thirthalli and et. al., 2016).
This essay is based on Dave and Jenny who are going through certain problems in their
personal lives. Dave was going through stress as, they have met with an accident and thinks that
the money earned by them is not enough to support family financially. Another factor, is that
mother and grandmother is going through health problems which again makes him to think about
their financial conditions. Jenny was suffering from older postpartum depression (due to
complications while giving a birth) and she also found breast cancer but did not told to her
husband (Dave). This also indicates that there is communication gap between them and also
creates negative impact on the mind of children.
Main Body
Psychology is derived from accumulation of Greek words, they are psyche which means
principle of life and logia that depicts word, reason and speech. It is concerned with study or
science of behaviour as well as knowledge. Dave and Jenny are at middle adulthood which
denotes a lifespan in between young adulthood and old age. At this there are various challenges
which are faced by middle adults, they comprises of experience associated with grief and
launching children into new lives (Testad and et. al., 2014). There are different stages of human
development which includes: prebirth (potential), birth (hope), infancy (vitality), early childhood
(playfulness), middle childhood (ingenuity), adolescence (passion), early adulthood (enterprise),
midlife (contemplation), mature adulthood (benevolence), late adulthood (wisdom) and death &
dying (life). They are 12 stages which begins from birth till death but psychology of people
varies as per their age group. Apart from this, there can be variations due to problems they are
going through. Like in this case, Dave thinks thinks that they are not able to acknowledge needs
of their family due to weak financial background. Jenny is going through breast cancer but
unable to tell within the family so that they do not get more stressed. There will be alterations
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