- •Psychology
- •Contents
- •Передмова
- •Part I. Introducing psychology Text 1. Special Fields of Psychology
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- •Text 2. Physiological Psychology
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- •Text 3. Gestalt Psychology
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- •Text 4. Social Psychology
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- •Part II. Family psychology Text 1. Family Relations
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- •Text 2. Cohabitation.
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- •Text 3. Family Problems
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- •Text 4. Single-Parent Families
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- •Text 5. Stepfamilies
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- •Text 6. Ten Tips for Building a Marriage
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- •Text 7.The Difficult Child
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- •Text 8. Handling Aggressive Children
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- •Агресивні діти
- •Part III. Psychology of sex relations. Behavioral therapies.
- •3.1 Psychology of sex relations Text 1.Can Men and Women Be Friends?
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- •Text 2. Men and Women Really do Think Differently
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- •Text 3. Psychological Problems of Sex Relations
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- •3.2. Behavioral therapies Text 1. The Approaches to Therapy.
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- •Text 2. Reciprocal Inhibition
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- •Text 3. Desensitization in Real Life Situations
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- •Text 4. Other Methods of Treating Psychological Disorders.
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- •Text 5. Assertive Training
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- •Part IV. Temperament. Emotions
- •4.1 Temperament Text1. Personality: What is Temperament?
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- •Text 2.The Four Temperaments in General
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- •Text 3. How to Define Your Temperament
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- •Text 4. Personality and Handwriting
- •Vocabulary notes
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- •Text 5. Left-Handed People
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- •Про що можливо дізнатися з почерку?
- •4.2 Emotions Тext 1. What Are Emotions?
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- •Text 2. Kinds of Emotions
- •Vocabulary notes
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- •Text 3. Loving
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- •Text 4. Fear and Anger
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- •Text 5. Long-Тerm Arousal
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- •Text 6. Attributions
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- •Text 7. Locus of Control
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- •Part V. Human feelings. Phobias.
- •5.1 Human feelings. Text 1. Our Feelings as the Motor of Our Life
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- •Text 2. How do We Loose Our Feelings?
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- •Text 3. Negative Feelings
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- •Text 4. Find Constructive Ways to Release Your Anger
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- •Text 5. Shyness is a Common Social Problem
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- •Text 6. What is Modesty?
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- •5.2 Phobias Text 1. Social Phobia
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- •Text 2. Facts about Phobias
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- •Text 3. Social Phobia in Children
- •Text 4. Panic
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- •Part VI. Stress Text 1. Types of Stress
- •Vocabulary notes
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- •Text 2. Common Stress Symptoms
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- •Text 3. Stress Areas
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- •Text 4. Priorities in Managing Stress
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- •Text 5. Stress Management and Communication
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- •Text 6. Stress Management Techniques
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- •Text 7. Steps to Combat Stress
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- •Part VII.Sleep and dreams. Memory and brain.
- •7.1. Sleep and dreams Text 1. Sleep
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- •Text 2. The Mystery of Sleep
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- •Text 3 . Sweet Dreams
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- •Text 4. The Meaning of Dreams
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- •Text 5. Freud and Dreams
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- •Text 6. Body Clock
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- •7.2 Memory and brain. Text 1. Memory
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- •Text 2. Inside the Brain.
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- •Text 3. Hypnotherapy
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- •Part VIII. Psychology of learning. Psychology in work.
- •8.1 Psychology of learning. Text 1. Asociation Learning
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- •Text 2. Treating Phobias.
- •Vocabulary notes
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- •Text 3. Operant Conditioning
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- •Text 4. Imitation and Modelling
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- •Text 5. Schemas
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- •Text 6. The Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
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- •8.2. Psychology in work Text 1. Psychological Theories about Unemployment and Retirement
- •Latent functions of working
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- •Text 2. Retirement and Responsibility
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- •Text 3. Leadership
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- •Text 4. Choosing People for Jobs
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- •Список літератури
Text 2. Retirement and Responsibility
People who take the view of retirement described above, are actually much more likely to die in the first few years afterwards than people who take a more positive view. It seems that they find it much harder to find anything worth living for, because they feel so useless. This also helps to explain why women live longer than men (although there are other factors too, naturally). Women who are past retiring age grew up in a culture in which the home was considered to be their primary responsibility. Even after they have retired, that responsibility still remains, so they still have something in their lives to be involved with.
But men of the same age were usually brought up to believe that their primary responsibility was to work and be the breadwinner for the family. That responsibility vanishes with compulsory retirement, and this can be emotionally devastating. Even people who have looked forward to retirement can find, after the first few months, that feeling socially useless is more than they can cope with, and they can become very depressed, even, sometimes, to the point where they give up trying to live.
That is why it is so important for retired people to make sure that they have some other interest in their lives, and more than just one if at all possible. Many retired people take up another responsibility, where they can still feel needed. Some do voluntary work in charity shops or other places. Gardening is particularly popular, because a garden needs to be looked after - it cannot be neglected or it will quickly turn wild. So someone who looks after a garden knows that their efforts are necessary and worth while. Some people, too, develop hobbies, like travelling, or learn a new sport, such as golf or bowls. All these are ways for people to develop other sources of self-esteem, to make up for the consequences of being without paid employment.
Assignments
I. Memorize the following words and phrases:
breadwinner |
годувальник |
devastating |
руйнівний |
to vanish |
зникати |
to take up |
приймати, братися за що-небудь |
charity |
благодійний |
gardening |
садівництво |
to neglect |
нехтувати |
worth while |
вартий |
II. Suggest the Ukrainian equivalents of the phrases below:
the home was considered to be their primary responsibility; compulsory retirement; to look forward to retirement; anything worth living for; to take up another responsibility; to feel needed; charity shops; a garden needs to be looked after; it cannot be neglected; to turn wild; to make up for the consequences; paid employment; feeling socially useless.
III. Find English equivalents to the following phrases:
благодійні магазини, чекати виходу на пенсію, взяти на себе інші обов’язки; він не може бути занедбаним; почуватися потрібним; обов’язкoвий вихід на пенсію; будинок вважався їх найважливішим обов’язком; щось, заради чого варто жити; сад потребує догляду, здичавіти (заростати бур’янами); почуття соціальної непридатності; компенсувати наслідки; оплачувана робота.
IV. Translate into English:
1. Деяким людям після виходу на пенсію важко знайти щось, заради чого варто жити.
2. Жінки після виходу на пенсію живуть довше, ніж чоловіки, тому що у них є багато обов’язків.
3. Чоловіки пенсійного віку вважають, що їх найважливіший обов’язок полягав у тому, щоб працювати і бути годувальником сім’ї.
4. Після обов’язкового виходу на пенсію обов’язок годувальника втрачає важливість і чоловіки почуваються соціально непридатними.
5. Багато пенсіонерів беруть на себе інші обов’язки, виконуючи які, вони можуть почуватися потрібними.
V. Answer the questions:
1. What helps women to survive retirement?
2. What approaches to the problem of retirement do men and women have?
3. Why is it so important for the retired people to have some other interest in their lives?
4. What other responsibilities can they take up?