Errors in Thinking and Irrational Beliefs
Post 1: Read page 121 of your text about psychologist Albert Ellis and his thoughts about irrational beliefs. Look over the irrational beliefs listed here and then see if you can come up with others. These irrational beliefs are cognitive errors that people live by. Living by these cognitive errors can relate to depression and other psychological disorders. Discuss how these cognitive errors can adversely impact a person’s psychological well-being. Discuss any of these or others that may impact you, your psychological state or you achieving your goals.
Post 2: Identify and describe three fallacies from Chapter 5. Share a personal example where you committed one of these fallacies or errors in reasoning.
Post 3: Your response to one student: Choose one student to respond to. You may agree or disagree with positions. Use critical thinking skills to justify your position. As you share your own experience please remember that experience is not right or wrong. You will want to focus on your own experience and then listening as others share their own life experiences. A person’s experience is not right or wrong. Your second two posts are due by midnight on Sunday and need to be a minimum of 200 words each. You must use references from your text or from another source (website, book or journal article) to support or negate your position on this topic.
Part I – Your initial post: Your post is due by midnight on Thursday and needs to be a minimum of 300 words. Please cite sources.
Part 2 – Your second post on fallacies: Your post is due by midnight on Sunday and needs to be a minimum of 200 words. Please cite sources.
Part 3 – Your response to one student: Choose one student to respond to. You may agree or disagree with positions. Use critical thinking skills to justify your position. As you share your own experience please remember that experience is not right or wrong. You will want to focus on your own experience and then listening as others share their own life experiences. A person’s experience is not right or wrong. Your third post is due by midnight on Sunday and needs to be a minimum of 200 words each. You must use references from your text or from another source (website, book or journal article) to support or negate your position on this topic.
** Remember, when responding to other students, do not judge. Simply state your position, backed by the evidence you choose. It can be hard not to judge those you disagree with but begin practicing with our class. A wise person once told me that the mark of a truly intelligent person is one who can consider and respect the opinions of others without necessarily changing his or her view.
Psychology Discussion Requirements:
You are required to have 3 posts in each discussion and these three posts must be made on three separate days. The first post is the initial response to the question that appropriately and completely addresses the topic. This must be completed by 11:59 p.m.(EST) Thursday night. It is best to post it at the beginning of the week. The remaining two posts are responses to two different classmates. The first response to a classmate is due Saturday at 11:59 p.m.(EST) and the second response to a classmate is due on Sunday at 11:59 p.m.(EST). Responses to me do not count as a response to another student; however, I will interact with each of you throughout the course. I encourage you to respond back. If you do not post on three separate days you will lose points (possible 15 point deduction). There will be a deduction of 5 points per day that the initial post is late. Posts are not accepted after the week closes on Sunday night.
Your initial post (your response to the topic) must contain a citation. It is your ideas supported by research. Please refer to the APA Power Point in the Start Here section of the classroom for information on proper formatting. There will be a deduction of 20 points for failure to cite a source within your initial post and to provide a reference at the end of your initial post.
Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words and each response must be a minimum of 200 words. Please double-check your word count. Only posts that meet the word count requirements receive credit.
Post your word count at the end of each post. There will be a 5 point deduction for each failure to provide a word count.
Please address fellow students and professor by name. There will be a 5 point deduction for each failure to address by name.
Please use spell-check and proper grammar. Points will be deducted for each spelling and grammatical error up to 10 points for each post.
The book we are using:
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 4th edition (December 29, 2016)
ISBN-10: 1259690881
ISBN-13: 978-1259690884
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