Psychology of Handwriting

Every day we take a pen into our hands and writing something. It may be a letter, a diary, some notes at the university or work papers. We see our handwriting, but we never think abaut what our handwriting says about us. If we want to know a person under his touch we just need to know a few rules:

1. When letters are slightly inclined to the right: it shows that a person is generous, can control his emotions and is very communicative;
2. When letters are very inclined to the right: people writing like that try to display their feelins openly;
3. When letters inclined to the left: a person is tend to listed his mind rather than heart;
4. Straight letters: it means that there is a balance between heart and mind;
5. When line rises upwards: optimistic people are writing like that;
6. When line descends to the bottom: it is typical for sceptics and pessimists;
7. When line climbs on top of each other: it shows that a person is coward, indecisive man;
8. Straight line: shows man which is hard to derive from balance;
9. Circular letters: it means that a person is likely to communicate with others, is open-hearted.
10. Square letters: it says that human is active, seeking to win, a leader and critical;
11. Round and square combination of letters: it reveals the remarkable human ability to attract, also shows his hospitality, educated taste and temperament;
12. When a person is writing in small letters: it is said that he is particularly quiet, also able to accumulate;
13. Large letters: it is typical for ambitious and indipendent people.

So if you want to know what your handwriting says about you just follow these rules and see that it is true.

References:
http://www.paperpenalia.com/handwriting.html
http://www.handwriting.org/

Psychology of Conflict

Conflict is actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests. Conflict as a concept can help explain many aspects of social life such as social disagreement, conflicts of interests and fights between individuals. When an interpersonal conflict does occur, its effect is often broader than two individuals involved and can affect many associate individuals and relationships, in more or less adverse and sometimes even way.
A clash of interests, values, actions or directions often sparks a conflict. Conflicts refer to the existence of that clash. Psychologically, a conflict exists when the reduction of one motivating stimulus involves an increase in another, so that a new adjustment is demanded. The world is applicable from the instant that the clash occurs. Even when we say that there is a potential conflict we are implying that there is already a conflict of direction even though a clash may not yet have occured. There are phases of conflict:

• Prelude to conflict - variables that make conflict possible between those involved;
• Triggering event - a particular event, such as criticism which creates the conflict;
• Initiation phase - occurs when at least one person makes it known to the other that a conflict exists;
• Differentiation phase - parties raise the conflict issues and pursue reasons for the varying positions;
• Integration stage- parties acknowledge common grounds and explore possibilities to move towards a solution.

There are also very many types of conflict, some of them are community conflict, diplomatic conflict, emotional conflict and so on. Conflicts in these levels may appear "nested" in conflicts residing at larger levels of analysis. Conflict is often best understood by examining the consequences of various behaviors at moments in time. These behaviors are usefully categorized according to conflict styles. Each style is a way to meet one's needs in a dispute but may impact other people in different ways.

• Accomodation – surrender one's own needs and wishes to accommodate the other party.
• Avoidance – avoid or postpone conflict by ignoring it, changing the subject, etc.
• Collaboration – work together to find a mutually beneficial solution.
• Compromise– bring the problem into the open and have the third person present. The aim of conflict resolution is to reach agreement and most often this will mean compromise.
• Competition – assert one's viewpoint at the potential expense of another. It can be useful when achieving one's objectives outweighs one's concern for the relationship.

By understanding these conflict solving methods, we may normalize the results of our behaviors in various situations.


References:
http://trendsupdates.com/constructive-conflict/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict
http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/onlinetraining/resolution/aboutwhatisit.htm

Psychology study at Mykolas Romeris University and University of Kingston

It is so amazing to have an opportunity to study in the university. Mykolas Riomeris University it is a very good place for everyone who wanna learn, get a degree or meet a lot of wonderful people. But universities in Lithuania and in abroad have some differences. And if I had a chance to study in somethere else, I would choose The University of Kingston in London. But now I would like to compare these two universities.

First of all, in both universities the psychology programmes are quite similar. In the MRU and in Kingston you will study about the hystory and development of psychological thought, how the brain processes information, how people interact, how we learn, what happens when psychological functioning goes wrong and so on. Also in both universities you can choose non-psychology subjects. On the other hand, in MRU aren't such as things as the psychology of ART or abnormal psychology.

What is more, between universities are some differences. One of them is, that the term of study in MRU is a year longer than in the university of Kingston. If you want to get a bachelor degree in the Mykolas Romeris university you will study four years, then in Kingston three years. And also,as distinct from MRU, the psychology programme in the university of Kingston is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as conferring eligibility for graduate membership of the Society with the Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR), which is the first step towards becoming a chartered psychologist.

All in all, both universities trying to educate young people, to amass and nourish intellectual potential, to train leaders of society capable of creating and implementing innovations, which influence the overall scientific, cultural and technological progress of society. Also communicate with other universities and try to make the best conditions for studying people.

To sum up, I could say that Mykolas Romeris university and the university of Kingston are right places to study for everyone. Students graduated form both universities can pursue specialized studies in Psychology Master's degree programms and to acquire a master's degree in psyhology, providing the opportunity for self-employment.


References:
http://www.mruni.eu/lt/
http://www.kingston.ac.uk/