Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology

Introduction to Psychology
Module 1: Activity 1

Submitted to:
Mr. Al Raven Diamante
PSY100 Instructor

Submitted by:
Tagala, Rae Diane G.
 Humanistic Psychology

Amongst all the diverse schools of thought, humanistic psychology piques my interest. I
am intrigued by the ideas, concepts, and theories that drive me eager to scrutinize
further. Meanwhile, humanistic psychology contains the uniqueness of each person and
highlights the profound and poignant wholesome individuals. Hence, we are able to
recognize our worth and value. Specifically, Humanistic Psychology is ineffably
significant as it helped us to determine our full potential, Free-will, and self-
actualization. By that, we people are driven to use our free will to partake in anything
that enables us to succeed. Moreover, it is frequently referred to as the third force in
psychology as it encompasses behaviorism and psychoanalysis.
Abraham Maslow proposed the hierarchy of needs based on the fundamental complex
of necessities, where individuals are highly evolved and achieved self-actualization.
Thus, it focuses on the goodness of the people on how to strive to attain our full
potential or the ideal self. In order to achieve it, The basic belief needs must be first met
to advance to the next level of needs. Therefore, physiological needs must be first met
before proceeding to love and belongingness. In particular, One stage that is taken after
by another stage can be accomplished if the levels underneath meet its conditions.
On the other hand, Carl Rogers perceive that individuals have an inalienable ought to
develop and achieve their potential. Each one of us has the ability to be a fully
functioning person to a good life. The completely functional human, according to
Rogers, is an ideal figure that few individuals ever reach. It's a growing and evolving
process. Thus,  As long as we're nurtured in the growth-promoting environment, that
thought required conditions. Hence, Restrictions impose upon us if we meet the
particular conditions. Everyone in this ever-changing world is filled with experiences.
Our responses to exterior things and people are shaped by such experiences. Internal
thoughts and feelings are also included. We have to attain and gratify our needs in order
to develop and progress the personality that allows us to be self-actualized.
Furthermore, I believed that all of us are liable for our own lives and actions. We have
the freedom to change our personalities and behavior. All of us have free will and the
ability to change for the better and choose our destiny.  Our lives are determined by our
decisions. Moreover, I've grasped that it has a great impact on our lives, as it allows us
to keep growing, keep evolving and keep actualizing to fulfill our goals and be the best
version of ourselves.
Split-brain

Personally, this topic is quite fascinating at the same time intriguing. It sounds like a
dissociative disorder where the intellectual problems are accompanied by experiences
of disconnection. I’ve grasped and realized that our brain is contralateral. Thus, there's
a region that can sense and cause our bodies to move. The left hemisphere of the brain
is responsible for controlling the right side of the body, while the left side can sense and
move the right side of our body. Therefore, there's a connection between the left
hemisphere and the right hemisphere of the brain, also known as the corpus callosum. 

Furthermore, split-brain occurs when the corpus callosum is severed or disrupted.

Hence, people who experience seizures and epilepsy caused by the split-brain will
undergo split-brain surgery or commissurotomy. Substantially, after the operation, the
two hemispheres begin to operate independently. Thus, This emerges conditions of the
split-brain experiment. This certainly implies that various information associated with
consciousness is typically communicated via the corpus callosum but cannot be
transmitted via subcortical pathways. Patients who undergo split-brain surgery show
noticeable disconnections of higher-level cortical processing, incorporating language-
related movement, color vision, and mental processes (Corballis and Sergent, 1989). 

Nevertheless, the split-brain has two paradigmatic design features that can be used
either singly or together. The pertaining features are also known as stimulus
lateralization or response lateralization. For instance, The perception information is
carefully directed only at a single hemisphere at a time. In particular, split-brain surgery
changes the way spontaneous activities operate in the brain. Thus, this elucidates
various types of consciousness in the brain and the cerebellar symmetrical of human
motives or cognition that influence different functions in action .
References:
Levy, J., & Trevarthen, C. (1976). Meta control of hemispheric function in human split-
brain patients. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and
Performance, 2(3), 299.
Wolman, D. (2012). The split brain: a tale of two halves. Nature News, 483(7389), 260.