A subject I've enjoyed this semester

Well, this time I should talk about my favourite subject this semester, but I don’t have a favourite subject, so… I will write about one of the most interesting subjects on this second part of the year: “Psicología de la personalidad”.

This subject is impart by two teachers: Danilo Sanhueza and Uwe Kramp, and basically, the methodology consist in expositive classes, where we take notes and we have the possibility to ask our questions.

I have seen a lot of contents, everyone related with the history of the personality. In this way, I have seen the origin of the concept since varied lines of psychology: humanism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, cognitive behavioral, among others.  Besides, we had two works (that integrate the main contents until the moment) and one evaluation (with the contents of all the semester).

I like this subject because I consider that it is so important the capacity of looking the same thing or phenomenon in varied ways (in this case, the personality and his history). Everything without consider that the teachers encourage the conversation and discussion of all of the contents, something so important in my field.

Abraham Maslow

Today, I'm going to write about an expert in my field (that is, Psychology): Abraham Maslow.

Maslow was an American psychologist, and is known for was one of the mains exponents of the Humanist Psychology, a school of thought located between the paradigm of the behaviourism and paradigm of the psychoanalysis. This school postulate that the human being haves a basic tendency for search the mental health, through a series of process in the life, like the self-fulfilment, the self-knowledge, and the consciousness of the own potentialities.

In first place, Maslow is famous for was one of the "fathers" or fundadors of the Humanist Psychology, and investigate in this school that I described earlier in the text.

Secondly, his theoretical development more famous is the pyramid of the necessities. This pyramid postulate a hierarchy of the necessities of the human being.

His importance nowdays, in broad strokes, it's all the legacy about this paradigm located between the paradigm of the behaviourism and paradigm of the psychoanalysis. Besides, one of the contributions that more I like, it's his perspective about the creative personality, that in addition, includes a small critique about the actually education.

  

I found out about him because in one of our courses I learn about the Humanist Psychology, and naturally, about one of the fathers of this school: Maslow.

   

"The starry night"

Today, I can choose the thing about I'm will write.

In this time, I will talk you about a painting that I like so much: one of the paintings more famous of Van Gogh, "The starry night", painted after a grave and unexpected attack psychiatric, dominate by horrible hallucinations and suicides tendencies, one year before his death.

In that periode, he started to paint  looking from a window that had protection (bars) for his security.
In the canvas, we can distinguish curve and long lines, and uneven and sharp traces, faithful representatives of the restlessness and tension that it was probably crossing Van Gogh, native distresses of the Dutchman.

In addition, his brushstrokes have something characteristic: they are marked and forts, as if he have had the neecesity to paint, as if the painting had been realized in the deepest ecstasy, in the purest longing of freedom.

I think that Van Gogh used his anguish of a positive form: he choose to paint go beyond the bars of his window, he choose to represent the liberty that, though it was something stormy, he knows that was there, outside.

This painting transmit me a lot of emotions: anguish, because of his stormy swirls, or the feeling of want freedom. For this, I share it with you, because: what sensation cause you "The starry night"?

A photograph that I love!

I really love photography, I think that it’s something amazing. You can capture an exact moment of the life with just a click! And keep that moment for the time that you want. This can be a great or bad thing (everything depends of everything), but anyway, it`s something amazing.

Today, I’m writing about a particular picture that I like. In this case, obviously, a photograph of my little dog Maxi.

This photograph was taken on October 25^th, 2011, by one of my brothers, when Maxi  doesn´t have more of 2 months of age.

This picture shows to my little friend the day after of his arrival to my life (he arrived to my house on October 24^th, 2011).

I love this photo because makes me remember and think about how was Maxi 5 years ago, how was that day, and also, how different was my life without him.

I really love this picture, and therefore I share with you!

My favorite piece of technology

Today, I'll write about my favorite piece of technology: the keyboards.

A keyboard it's an instrument to simulate a lot of sounds, especially the sound of a piano.

As I can remember, my family always have had a tight relation with the music. For years, one of my brothers was obsess with the pianos, and when I was 15 years-old, my mother bought a keyboard for the house (primarily thinking in my brother). That`s the way I was begin to experiment with this instrument. Years later, we discover that I love it, and paradoxically,  we discover that my brother loves the guitar.

I use the keyboard to relax me, and for channel my energies. Sometimes, when I feeling something strange,sad or negative, I start to play with it and I feeling better. For this, I try to play the most that I can, even if it were a little time, for minimum 4 days at the week.

I love this instrument because it's an escape for the bad emotions, and develop my motor skills. I think that my life would be very different without this passion, I suppose that I try to look for another hobbie, another form of expression, another love.

Little friends

As far I can remember, I had always a little friend with me (a dog next to me). 

Along my life, I have had near 5 little dogs in my home. My first dog, who I called Odie, was the first friend that I can remember in my life.

In a world like this, it isn't too easy to do good friends. For this reason I love dogs so much, because in my opinión, they gives the most faithful love that you can find. 

Something that seems curious to me is that I can generate friendship with a dog much more easier than with an human, and although this sounds so strange, I can attract more dogs than persons (Literally, On the street is a habit see that they are following me).

In my house, my dog ​​is treated like a baby. Overall, he is doing a lot of mischief, or making us play with him, but in any case, is the delight of the home. 

There is probably more of one scientific study talking about the positive effect of these little friends in us, but I do not need that data or percentages, because I know they are a beautiful light in life, and I don't understand how anyone can leave that cute pair of eyes that are always looking at you with love, and doing everything the possible for our welfare.