Evaluation of Psychological Approaches in Understanding Self and Others

Business Psychology
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
Evaluation of psychological approaches in understand self and others.......................................2
Reflection of core skills...............................................................................................................3
Action plan...................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
Psychology is a scientific study of the human functions, behaviours and mind. For
understanding others and themselves there is a requirement of some skills (Piaget, 2015).
Communication and taking feedbacks' ability makes an individual able to understand their
behaviour.
Evaluation of psychological approaches in understand self and others
Psychology study means to understand of themselves and others as what make them
unique and different from others. Self understanding and self concept in psychology plays an
important role as an individual can analyse him/herself that what motivates his/her actions and
how he/she can accomplish his/her pre-determined goals. The main aim of the study of
psychology is to understand him and herself better in terms of potential. It is stated that an
individual can understand other and can perform any type of work if he/she understand himself
in better manner. There are some approaches' psychology that helps an individual in
understanding themselves and others such as:
Cognitive approach: It is the best and modern approach which believes that thought
process of an individual directly affect the way of behaving. So, it can be said that there is an
interrelationship of way of behaving/treating and thought process (Metzger and Flanagin, 2015).
It is somehow as like the behavioural approach in which individual's behaviour is found as a
result of the way of he/she interprets and perceive. So, it can be said that if an individual wants to
understand behaviour of others and themselves then they have to understand how people are
processing it in the way they are.
Behavioural approach: It is an effective approach of psychology which focuses on
objective method of investigation. This approach believes that only those things are real whom
individual can observe and see. For example, an individual cannot see brain, but he can see the
way in which people act and react. The main aim of this approach is to understand behaviour of
others and themselves. Authors believe that much of the learning of an individual and several
aspects of behaviour can occur via observing behaviours of others.
Humanistic approach: This approach is mainly based on the Maslow's hierarchy of
needs. According to theory and approach, it believes that a person needs to obtain each of the
needs of Maslow's defined needs if he/she wants to reach their full potential. Basic or
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psychological needs, safety, belonging, esteem and self actualization needs. So, from this theory
and approach, it can be said that humanistic perspective looks at human behaviour as a whole
and according to it he/she can control his/her behaviours (Obschonka and Stuetzer, 2017).
So, from above defined approaches, it can be said that psychological approaches plays an
important role as it helps an individual in analysing and understanding himself and others in a
better manner.
Reflection of core skills
1. Time management
What is the core skill to develop?
The core skill which I need to improve and develop in my professional and personal life is
time management. Time management can be defined as a process and way of planning the
time about activities and analyse the time which is being spent in each activity (Newstead
and Isles-Buck, 2019). In other words it can be said that it is a procedure of planning and
controlling of time spent in each activity.
Why did I select this skill to reflect on? Why is this core skill important for
your development (personal and professional)? (use relevant theories and
concepts from psychology and business to support your answer)
In my opinion, I can say that time management is the primary skill which can make an
individual able to accomplish its goals in a timely manner. It is a skill which not only
helpful in professional life but also beneficial in personal life. I can also say that an
effective time management skill help an individual in taking an effective decision. So, by
improving time management, they can improve their decision-making skills as well. The
most important benefit of time management skill is it reduces stress (Dicke and et.al.,
2015). When employees completed their work on the time then it makes them happy and
in contrast if they do not complete their important tasks on the time then it increases their
stress level. Pickle jar theory defines the importance of time management skills as it is an
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