Question

Mathilda has been struggling in her life in recent months as she tries to find a direction for her future. She is a first-year college student who has moved away from home for the first time in her life, and is struggling to make friends and fit in on her new college campus. Examine Mathilda’s situation 4 of the following psychological orientations and give a detailed description of how each approach would view and explain her situation. * Psychodynamic * Humanistic * Sociocultural * Biopsychosocial *

Answer 1

Mathilda though achieved maturity but still she moved away from her home first time so she must be interacting with the situations which are tough for her to face alone. if we see her psychodynamic point of view its the chalanges she is facing and the responses she will show on those new situations will show her dynamism. These things will be based on her traits and the social self that how much maturity she carries with her personality in this situation when she is in the toally new acquintances. From the humanistic point of view , her traits shows the reactions which she gave on to those situations. Her ability to interact with the new persons in the society will make her new surroundings and thusthe socio cultural factors come in point of view. Her surroundings which now is only her college campus friends and generally its a mix of diversified atmosphere. Personalities of reserved nature finds such situations tough to adjust or needs more time to adjust with the society . Extroverts finds it easy to mix up with the people and are more popular in their surroundings. Biopsychosocial factors are such factors which depends on the relationship with the body and mind in corelation with the social surroundings . Generally stress levels increases in the situations and once the person starts adjusting with the society thus finds themselves gaining in own confidences again. In this case of Mathila, she will get more matured in her thoughts over the time when she will be adjusted into this new society which will help her to move forward in the future.