What Is It About Attending College That Seems to Be

question 17

Essay

What is it about attending college that seems to be influential in triggering a shift to an individualistic mode of reasoning or meaning? Is (or was) your own college experience like this?

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Definitions:

Mentally Disordered

A term referring to individuals who experience significant deviations from typical cognitive, emotional, or behavioral patterns, often requiring clinical intervention.

Behavior Therapists

are mental health professionals who utilize principles of behaviorism to treat psychological disorders and challenges by altering unhealthy behaviors.

Psychoanalytically Oriented

A method in psychology that focuses on understanding human behavior, thoughts, and emotions in terms of unconscious processes as originally proposed by Freud.

Feeling; Action

Feeling refers to the subjective experience of emotions; action denotes the processes or behaviors initiated in response to feelings or thoughts.