2010 m. gegužės 19 d., trečiadienis

Self-assessment


After a month I will have been finished the first course of my studies of psychology at Mykolas Romeris University. Also, all years I had English lessons. I think, at this year we had a lot of work. We were writhing ESP tests on the internet, blogs, summaries. Also, we were speaking about a lot of psychology topics. We were doing listening, presentations and writing tests from definitions at class. It is quite hard to assess myself but I will try to review that I had learned.


Firsly, at second semester there was a new challange where we were writing tests on the internet from every topic. I found it quite easily, because we were writing it at home and I could look at book and check the grammar of definitions. Also, I could say that it was enjoyable to me and didn't take much time.


Secondly, there are also a new excercise for us - blogger's writing. I found it quite interesting. On another hand, sometime it was a little bit hard to find a good information from the internet or other references. Also, we could not only write blogger's but also to read our friends blogger's and comment it.


Also, at this year we were writing some summaries. Firstly, it was very hard for me to summary the text using another words. But the last marks of my summaries was really good.


Finally, it was harder to write ESP tests at class. It was hard to remember all definitions. On the other hand I think it will be very usefull in the future.


All in all, I think that I really made some progress in my English during this year.

2010 m. gegužės 3 d., pirmadienis

Laughter


As you know, laughter is a fundamental of everyday life. In psychology, laughter is an audible expression or appearance of merriment or amusement or an inward feeling of joy and pleasure. Also, laughter is universal. It doen't have nothing in common with speach we are speaking or with our nationality. We all laugh. Psychologists have compared laughter to speaking in tongues: we can't control what we laugh at, or the sounds that come out of our mouth. There are many benefits of laughter and I will write about them shortly.


From old times it is said that laught is the best medicine. Firstly, laughter is the good antidote to stress, bad mood, conflict and pain. It is proven that laughter relaxes the whole body. In other words, a good laughter relieves stress and muscular tension. Also, laughter protects the heart so it helps to distance from heart attack, or other serious diseases. Furthermore, laughter triggers the release of endorphins that promote a sence of well-being. So, laughter can improve our health without spending money.


Laughter helps not only to physical but also to our emotional state. In fact, it makes us feel well-being and helps us to keep positive. Psychologists say that laughter helps relax, reduces our daily stress and increases energy. Moreover, dissolves distressing emotions. As you know, we forget our bad mood than we are laughting. In the same way, humor allows us to see a situation more positive and helps us to take more realistic conclusions. So, as you see laughter is very important to our psychological state.


All in all, laugher is one of the rare things which doesn't have disadvantages. So don't be sad and laugh as much as you can.
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