Analyzing Psychological Factors in Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic

This essay delves into the psychological factors that have significantly influenced the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It begins by defining psychology as the scientific study of the mind and behavior, emphasizing its role in understanding mental health and cerebral functions. The discussion extends to psychological measurement and medical psychology, highlighting the anxiety provoked by the pandemic among patients, the general population, and healthcare professionals. The essay addresses the ethical considerations, drawing parallels with Milgram's and Zimbardo's experiments, particularly focusing on deception and its psychological impact. It concludes by summarizing the pervasive effects of COVID-19 on individuals' mental states, leading to anxiety, depression, and other psychological challenges that hinder cognitive processes and behaviors. The essay references relevant studies and articles to support its analysis of the psychological dimensions of the COVID-19 crisis.

Psychological factors
which have contributed
to addressing the Covid-
19 pandemic

Table of content
Introduction
▹ Definition of psychology as science
▹ Psychological measurement and medical psychology
▹ Ethics in Milgram's and Zimbardo's experiments
▹ Conclusion
▹ References
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INTRODUCTION
▹ Psychology is defined as the scientific study of mind as
well as behaviour as it involves in understanding the
mental health, cerebral functions as well as behaviours in
an individual.
▹ In the 19th century, modern mental testing began in France.
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DEFINITION
▹ In this, the origins of personality was accessed through
phrenology which is basically a process that involves the
measurement of the human skull to predict the mental trait
(Khoury, B., El-Khoury, J. and Ammar, J., 2020).
▹ To understand the psychological measurements as well as
mental psychology of an individual ones need to evaluate
the person's weaknesses and strengths as well.
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PSYCHOLOGICAL
MEASUREMMENT
AND MEDICAL
PSYCHOLOGY
▹ The major effects of this novel pandemic on population is
anxiety as it is provoking for patients, normal people as
well as the healthcare professionals and due to its infective
potential various limitation were imposed by the
governments which leads to dis-functioning in the
psychological, occupational, social. Anxiety is mostly
characterized by the fear of getting infected or infecting
others as it can be manifested by nervousness, various
breathing problems, chest discomforts (Overview of
psychological impacts on COVID-19, 2020).
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CONTINUE
▹ Healthcare providers also faces various difficulties die to
this pandemic as they suffers with fear of infection and
outcomes, separated from their family members while
serving their jobs, the overwhelming work pressure (Lund,
E. M., 2020). To overcome these effects the PPE kits are
supplied to various healthcare centres, well-equipped
isolation wards especially for infected patients are
arranged, shorten working duration
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ETHICS IN
MILGRAM’S
AND
ZIMBARDO’S
EXPERIMENT
▹ There are some ethics of Milgram's and Zimbardo's
experiments which are more relatable with this pandemic
crisis so as the experiment follows:
▹ Deception, it is an act which hides the truth, promotes the
beliefs, or an idea that is not true (Overview of ethics in
milgram's and zimbardo's research, 2020). In context with
coronavirus, some factors which are faced by people are
anxiety, guilt, nervousness, palpitations, breathing
problems and so on. As people avoid talking about the
virus with others who tend to reinforce their fear.
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CONCLUSION
▹ As per the above discussion, it is analyse that the condition
associated with the covid-19 as per the view of
psychological factor. This is analyse that due the impact of
covid-19, people faces anxiety and depression and other
psychological factor which create hindrance in their
thought, thinking and act.
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REFERENCES
▹ Overview of psychological impacts on COVID-19, 2020.
[online] Available through: <
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7255207/>
▹ Overview of psychological problems associated with
COVID-19, 2020. [Online] Available through: <
https://www.narayanahealth.org/blog/psychological-proble
ms-associated-with-covid-19
/>
▹ Overview of ethics in Milgram's and Zimbardo's research,
2020. [Online] Available through: <
https://milligram.weebly.com/ethical-problems.html>
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