Righty or Lefty?
Have you ever wondered why some people are so good at math, or English? This idea can be explained in simple enough sounding words, brain hemispheres. It has been studied in people why they are better at a group of things, while another is better at a different group of things. This phenomena at hand is being more dominant with either ones left or right side of the brain.
If a person tends to be more dominant with one side of their brain, there are multiple characteristics that show this. Some characteristics of people whom are more left sided are: logical, sequential, rational, analytical, objective, and look at things as parts. This dominance affects ones personality, abilities, and way of learning. More girls tend to be left side dominant than boys. An interesting fact is that most schools actually favor left hemisphere dominant students. Many are likely to have a promising career in fields such as a lab scientist, banker, mathematician, librarian etc. This is because they are more logical and analytical thinking.
When a person is more right side dominant there are also characteristics that emphasize this. Many tend to think random, be intuitive, more holistic views, are synthesizing, subjective, and look at things as wholes. More boys tend to be right side dominant than girls. Right brained people relate more to a visual world. These dreamers would make for good politicians, athletes, and artists. Not saying that these occupations are what they WILL be, but with right hemisphere dominant people these careers would work well with their ways of thinking.
Even though there are a lot of people that fit these descriptions, there are also quite a few that are “whole brained”. This is because “..mental operations that start in one hemisphere link to specialized sections of the other hemisphere” (Lesley S J Farmer). After reading this if you’re curious to find out if you are more one hemisphere dominant, check this out.
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What Is It?
While the question
, what is the essence of psychology, can be debated, the main thing that stands out above the rest, is that the so-called “essence” of psychology is to identify and question empirical assumptions. In other words to identify different behaviors of people and question why they act that way based on data collected from experiences or observations. That is what psychology is, the “The science that deals with mental processes and behavior.” Without questioning why, or how, psychology would not be what it is. This intriguing subject will never cease to amaze a person who wants to learn. The way the human mind works is so complex and has many of its own quirks that give us the information to feed off of.
Take addictions for example, finding out why it’s caused has been really popular recently through various things a couple being: technology and psychology, through the question “Why?”. If it weren’t for that very question, one would not learn anything from experience or data. These assumptions made must be tested to try and pin-point every possible answer. Addictions are one of the most tragic, chaotic, and scary things that can happen to a person, or moreover, a family. Luckily this disease can be treated thanks to the people who want to know “Why?” and “How can we fix this?” They study people’s addictions such as, alcohol or drugs even, and gather data that proves why this problem occurs and develop programs to help counter attack the rather disturbing problems. While many will say that addiction is a choice, or that it’s because a person doesn’t have the will power or even want to quit, addiction is actually a chronic, relapsing disorder in someones brain. This disease is caused by multiple factors such as genetic, psychological, social, and environmental factors, that changes the normal way the nervous system works. 
Addictions are more than a will problem, they are a desire, a craving so insanely uncontrollable it’s harder than difficult for people to get rid of their problem. It’s like the one thing that a person wants more than anything, this is a noteable reason why people sometimes lose their lifes because they can’t control this yearning for a temporary high.
If it wasn’t for the people who cared to take the time to ask why, society would be worse off than it is. For treatment of these problems we now have rehabilitation centers for the addicts to help them overcome their troubling times.
An overwhelmingly important factor of psychology: question, studying, and answering questions through data collected and experience, time, and the caring people who do this. Psychologists.
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