
- •Psychology as a science
- •What do psychologists do?
- •Biological processes
- •The nervous system
- •The brain
- •Brain power
- •Stress and anger
- •States of consciousness
- •Hypnosis
- •Sleep and dreams
- •Personality
- •Theories of Personality
- •Personality at 10 is the key to success in adult life
- •People meet people
- •Personality quiz. How easily are you tempted?
- •Personality quiz. Are you prejudiced?
- •Intelligence
- •Theories of intelligence
- •Which kind of clever is your child?
- •Multiple intelligences test
- •What makes one person more intelligent than the other?
- •How to bring up a superstar
- •Beauty attracts, but it’s brains that count
- •Do men really know best?
- •Intelligence tests
- •Mental retardation
- •Educational disadvantage
- •Emotional intelligence
- •Two ways to improve your memory
- •1. Psychology as a science
- •2. What do psychologists do?
- •3. The nervous system
- •4. The brain
- •5. Stress and anger
- •6. Hypnosis
- •7. Sleep and dreams
- •8. Drugs
- •9. Personality. Psychodynamic approach
- •10. Behaviour approach/ social learning approach/
- •11. Humanistic approach
- •12.Personality at 10 is the key to success in adult life
- •Intelligence
- •14. Which kind of clever is your child
- •15. What makes one person more intelligent than the other?
- •17. Do men really know best?/ intelligence tests
- •18. Mental retardation. Educational disadvantages
- •19. Emotional intelligence
7. Sleep and dreams
1. Read and transcribe the following words.
Average, phase, quiet, quite, repair, damage, blood, muscle, adapt, nightmare, disorder, frighten, sudden, occur, call, attempt, religious, activity, although.
2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.
On the average, fall asleep, during, to repair the damage, rapid eye-movement, imprint, to depend, insomnia, to waste energy, to be adapted, sleep disorder, nightmare, desire, represent attempt, sudden desire, to consist of vivid images, religious importance, wish fulfillment, to dream in black and white, according to.
3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.
Фаза глубокого сна, в среднем, улучшать иммунную систему, бороться с инфекцией, длиться 30 минут, отпечататься в памяти, тратить энергию, нарушения сна, сильное желание, возникать ночью, второе мнение, попытки решить проблемы, состоять из ярких образов, зависеть от сна, ужасное сновидение, прятать.
4. Finish the phrase.
to repair ………….. inactive ……………..
to improve …………. to last ………………
to waste ……………. to suffer from …………
frightening ………… to occur ……………..
5. Give derivatives of the following words.
Active, to infect, to move, ecology, order, insomnia, to imagine, to fulfill, aggression, active, to solve, history, dependent, to frighten, religion, important.
6. Find in the text the word that corresponds to the definition.
a) standard level considered ordinary or usual
b) stage of development
c) disturbance of normal working of the body and mind
d) restore something broken or damaged, put right again
e) use without a good purpose
f) happen
g) effort to do something
h) belief, judgement, point of view
i) put or keep out of sight
j) lively, clear, distinct
7. Finish the sentence.
On the average sleep takes …………..
During delta sleep ……………………
There are two theories that explain why …………..
8. Drugs
1. Read and transcribe the following words.
Society, consciousness, influence, modify, tolerance, addiction, substance,
adolescence, frightened, frustrated, pressure, curiosity, however, disease.
2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.
Human society, to influence the state of consciousness, to develop tolerance, addiction, to abuse the substance, environmental factors, sudden change, to cope with phobias, out of curiosity, the way out, to destroy personality, to lead to serious diseases.
3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.
Состояние сознания, влиять на, подростки, злоупотреблять, из любопытства, психологическая зависимость, изменять восприятие, пристрастие, внезапное изменение, потеря интереса, помочь расслабиться, выход из ситуации, разрушать личность, приводить к серьезным болезням, наследственность.
4. Translate the words that have double consonant letters.
Cigarette, addiction, effect, sudden, aggression, hobby, loss, appetite, college,
stress, pressure,
5. Give derivatives of the following words.
Social, to perceive, to tolerate, to depend, to lose, aggressive, environment, to press, danger, personal, order, destruction, to die, to frustrate.
6. Find in the text the word that corresponds to the definition.
a) substance used for medical purposes, either alone or in mixture
b) drink, smoke without being able to stop wanting to
c) suffering of mind and body
d) unexpected
e) tendency to pass characteristics on to offspring (child) from generation to generation
f) eager to know, having or showing too much interest in the affairs of others
h) way of settling difficult problem
7. Translate the text and give its summary.
Different crimes are committed by teenagers are influenced by the specifics of their age, physical and psychological development, as well as their social and legal immaturity. The major threats for “street” children, apart from criminal activity, are drug and tobacco addiction, toxicomania, alcoholism. The government takes measures to prevent juvenile criminality by reforming education and activating social work directed at solving these problems.