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STRESS

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Stress means a feeling of mental or emotional strain or tension caused by difficult or demanding situations. * It is an unpleasant occurence.  * Stress - pressure or tension         Types of Stress     Stress is of three kinds:         * Biological Stress Related to the body and physical health. Example: illness, injury, lack of sleep         * Psychological Stress  Related to thoughts, emotions, and feelings.     Example: fear, anxiety, frustration         * Socio-Cultural Stress   Related to society and environment.  Example: family problems, peer pressure, social expectations.    Decompensation : When the individual fails to cope up with the long acting stress, the integration of the bodily system is likely to breakdown . This breakdown of the system is referred to as decompensation.       CONSEQUENCES OF STRESS    Long standing...

Frustration

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  FRUSTRATION  Human adjustment is a never ending process. Psychological and social needs are creating more frustration in the human beings than they were in earlier times.      " Frustration means a feeling of annoyance, disappointment or anger when something you want to do or achieve is blocked or doesnot go as expected."          Let's know the causes of Frustration.    * Environment Frustrations:           Our environment is filled with obstacles. The weather in seasons, the extreme heat, the extreme cold, continuous rains, floods etc cause frustration to the organisms. Natural calamities like earthquakes, famines, noise pollution,and traffic jam etc cause frustration.   * Personal Frustration:     When the goal of individual is blocked due to personal limitations one experiences frustration. Not perfect in entrance exam, Inferiority feelings, Unrealistic expectations, continuous fail...

Conflict

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LESSON-2   Conflicts Kurt Lewin - Conflict is a situation, where an individual faces opposing forces, motives, or desires at the same time in making decisions.     * Individuals face conflicts at every stage in the life span. When there are two motives infront of a person, the satisfaction of one motive desire leads to the frustration of the other.     Conflict is the mental struggle that occurs when we have to choose between competing desires or goals.     Sometimes conflict may arise between a motive and person's internal standards. These conflicts are more serious and very difficult to resolve them.     Ex: A candy may be delicious and at the sametime it may lead to obesity.   Conflicts produce undesirable and unpleasant pressure in the individual. Whether the motive is positive or negative, either seeking or avoiding.     There are 4 types of conflicts  Human Conflicts are often complicated with mixed choices and can s...

Adjustment

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Dear Readers!    Let's have a readymade reckoner of     Unit-1(Adjustment) of    " Principals of Personality and Adjustment" Lesson-1 Adjustment    Motives ( Factors that influencing Adjustment) Homeostasis  Areas of Adjustment     

Office politics & Its impact On family

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Dear Readers !💐               This is the Era of Emotional Imbalance. Ego- minded, hatred, Selfishness etc are ruling the world. There is a wide gap in moral values. Hence many Associations came forward to bridge this gap and aware the society. So in this context, I had an opportunity to attend a webinar which had three sessions on the topic"Office Politics and its impact on Family". Infact it is very useful in this contemporary period.     Hence I feel to share my perspectives on this topic. Hope you read  and connect to the topic.It also Highlights career counselling &Time management       So Let's dive into the topic. OFFICE POLITICS-MEANING     Office politics is the unofficial power game that happens between employees in a workplace.       It  means the way people in a workplace use power, relationships, influence, or personal strategies to gain advantages, promotions, recogniti...

The boy who played with Infinity

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Gemini The boy who played With Infinity The Boy Who Played with Infinity Hello! children!   Let me tell you a story about a very special boy named Srinivasa Ramanujan.              *He was born in 1887 in a small town called Erode, in the beautiful state of Tamil Nadu.     *His family was very poor, and his home was simple, but his mind was like a sparkling firework!💐💐   * His mother, Komalatammal, knew from the start that her son saw the world differently. While other children played with sticks, Ramanujan played with numbers. "Amma," he would say, "the numbers are calling to me!"  * By the time Ramanujan was twelve years old, he had finished all the math books in his school.      *He even borrowed a very difficult book from a college student! His friend Kavin used to watch him in wonder. "How do you do it, Ramanujan?" Kavin asked. Ramanujan just smiled and showed him formulas that looked like b...

Book Review

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Regards to the Readers 🙏 💐 “ Let’s explore the History of writing through this  book review!” A book review is a learning activity that develops critical thinking by encouraging readers to analyze, interpret, and judge a book’s ideas and presentation * It enhances the reading abilities of the students and teachers.      The main objective of this post  is to  inculcate the habit of reading among the children.     I prefer  to study many story books,Fictions,non-fictions,poems,Biographies ,autobiographies etc. and usually write book reviews. *Book Review develops the vocabulary, speed of reading etc    I would like to present the “Analysis “of the book which I read,,    Title of the book is  ” The story of writing”. I) PRELIMINARY INFORMATION • Title of the book : “ The Story of Writing ” • Author: “ Nita Berry” • Source: “ Children’s Book Trust,New Delhi (CBT Publication -1998) • Category of the book: Non-F...