Psychology Essay Examples and Topics. Page 21

There is a need to consider the consequences of sexual intimacy in order to correct mistrust that might arise and harmful effects.

However, non-verbal clues may reveal the personal values of the counselor to the patient. Counselors should pay special attention to trying to avoid the impact of their personal values on the counseling process and advice [...]

The activation of a mental representation of a social group leads to behaviour corresponding to specific attributes of the stereotype. For priming a stereotype some researchers have held that accessibility of the information and the [...]

In addition, the study identifies what causes the absence of positive well being in many workers, and uses some sociological theories to explain how this positive well being may lead to the unleashing of the [...]

Medicine is one of the branches of Health Science; the aim of medicine is to maintain human health. The most important goal of clinical psychology is to promote the well being of the people by [...]

Another determinant is our bodies' and mind's condition because we can only trust our senses when they are in a good condition., argues that, truth is what one feels is right after reasoning and it [...]

The first theory here to be considered is the one on whose Marcelo's motivation is based and this is the psychosocial theory.

Piaget's studies laid a foundation for other researchers to exploit in the investigation of early human awareness development. All in all, Baillargeon's studies gave a better understanding of the infant's ability to totally relate with [...]

This is despite the fact that they are, to the larger extent, varying in their view of human nature and morality.

This could require a study to determine the association between high energy intake in the form of calories and low physical activity to obesity in developed countries.

In determining the levels of intelligence of different individuals, the different types need to be considered and then the levels of intelligence of individuals in the same line can be tested.

The writers of this article therefore wanted to point out that the innate traits of an individual could be the provenance of most of the problem solving skills within an individual.

Find out the root cause of the habit: The first step one has to do in order to stop biting their nails is to find the root cause of the problem.

In order to be comprehensive and present a detailed account of the development process, this report will be related to the different tasks performed by me while meeting the requirements of the different steps involved [...]

In this respect the reliability of the research props up against the analysis of what is known at the time. The thing is that it is really the better predictor of high results compared to [...]

On top of the difficulties in regulating alertness and attention, many individuals with ADD complain of inabilities to sustain effort for duties.

Society needs to come to terms that it has to include the homosexuals among and as one of them and attend to their needs as effectively as for the rest of it.

Vaccination of infants is widely used today as the pattern of endemic diseases can be explained in terms of interplay of social, physical and biological factors in an area that is conducive to a continuous [...]

Here, the main issues to be addressed are the problems of children who are placed in foster care, the social impact of foster care centers, whether these centers are run as they are supposed, the [...]

One needs to be focused in order to be able to identify and solve a problem that is presented to them.

The basic rights of the prisoners are taken away and conflict between wardens and prisoners kick in when the wardens try to assert their authority.

Purpose of the study: The safety promoting behavior of the abused women is to be increased using a telephone intervention. They were allocated to either of the groups by virtue of the week of enrolment [...]

As I had been perplexed, I did not take a step of reporting the matter to the police neither did I inform my neighbors.

This is to say that the mental states of a body can only be explained through the use of physical characteristics that the body exhibits.

The significant argument on the issue of the view of the self can be found in the studies of Western philosophy; it emphasized the importance of the self ground for different spheres of cognition, suchlike [...]

These inmates are left in the hands of prison security staff that in most cases do not have any form of training to deal with any extreme behavior.

In the cafe, they supposedly met with the manager of the scheme and after the small talk, they launched on the virtues of the scheme.

A Personality test refers to a set of questions, designed in a manner such that they are able to identify a person's personality traits or characteristics. Psychological tests can be used in therapy to indentify [...]

Normally the pain is related to the brain. In my perception, this counseling is very effective to reduce emotional pain and fear.

I have learned many facts related to the history of family therapy and the main psychological principles that it is based on and that makes it effective.

During the treatment of the patient, the Target Memory is the day the girl was attacked. In her treatment, it is necessary to eliminate the feeling of guilt for the accident.

One of the main ways to improve self-control, according to the author, is the thoughts of happiness and its manifestations. Otherwise, it will be impossible to leave the comfort zone and adequately regard all events [...]

Taylor, an authoritative figure in the sphere of children's education, has devoted the whole chapter of the book to the explanation of the importance and value of play for children.

The primary responsibility of treating the patients is vested in the hands of the medical practitioners and secondarily it is vested in the hands of the nurses.

However, at one point, the nature is considered to play the most important role in development and on the other it is the nurture.

This can be seen from the modern architecture in the background and the dressing mode of the characters. The lady seems to be taking fruits to someone, probably the husband hence young ladies were expected [...]

This theory puts women at the first place, and this place is reflected in three aspects: the first is its main object of study - the situation and difficulties faced by women in society, and [...]

Tendency to over relate: Culture can be defined in such a way that it seeks to defend the values and practices of a certain group taking advantage of the fact that the ideal values have [...]

Our intelligence has been known to be the major determinant of the way we interact with the environment with the level of processing being measured in Intelligent Quotient.

This research paper aims to evaluate an individual's physical and psychological growth and development as well as to identify the tasks which this person should accomplish in order to reach full maturity. Finally, it is [...]

Fundamentally, the role of people in prison is to undergo reforms, unfortunately, they do not perceive this. According to Levitan and Visser, people attitudes are open or rigid to change depending on the social network [...]

For the purpose of detailed evaluation of such a viable and significant process in an individual's life the report urges for making efforts in comparison of adult development and leadership skills in the reciprocal relation [...]

This is a clear indicator that alcohol intake by the family is costing the members and it is an issue that needs to be looked into.

It should be noted that structural presentation of the paper is considered to be one of the most important elements of the paper because it allows following the logical thought of the research paper.

Psychotherapy and counselling is a kind of treatment at which the basic tool of influence on the patient's behaviour is the word of the doctor.

In this article, after overviewing both the psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral models of OCD, Kempke and Luyten point out that as opposed to the cognitive behavioral model, the arena of psychodynamic approach to OCD is [...]

A motivational speaker is a speaker who raises his/her speeches to lift up or motivate the audience. Motivation is basically to help someone to do something good i.e.to increase one's willingness towards a right thing.

Life course perspective assists us to think about late adulthood in the context of the entire life course. Life course perspective contributes a lot in the understanding of personality development, mental health and cognitive changes [...]

Only when the parents of these teenagers openly discuss sexuality and the harmful effects of teen pregnancy with their teenagers are they most likely to understand the risks involved with sex and pregnancy and thus [...]

Unlike Nacirema in which the people 's hope is to avert the characteristics of their body ugliness, in the slums of Aidni, people's only hope is to change their status and belong to the caste [...]

Brofenbrenner's Ecological Model explains that the behavior and development of an individual is an interplay of the individual's biological and personality factors, his environment and the society and culture he was born into.

The ultimate desire of achieving personal aspirations in life is the results of motivation on behavior known as achievement motivation. Most motivational researchers subscribe to the belief that achievement behavior is composed of situational variables [...]

The professionally administered and conducted tests showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the IQ of men and women.

During this stage cognitive development is marked by the reaction of the child to objects. A major achievement during this stage concerns the ability of the child to overcome the limitations of the preoperational stage.

Nevertheless, the damage to the brain as a result of this disorder seems to target two main areas: the frontal lobe, and the parietal cortex.

As one can conclude, the main character of the film "The Pursuit of Happyness" is a true Rogerian individual, who has awareness of his potential, values and works hard to achieve his goals.

They can do this by setting up meetings with the children and their parents but most importantly, communication can be enhanced by listening to the gifted children and involving them in setting standards for themselves.

This paper aims to discuss different explanations of this notion, approaches in the study, and the factors which may affect the development of personality.

The typical behaviors which I saw in the child who got bullied are: The victim of this bullying is physically weak and a soft-natured one.

It is due to the issue of critical empowerment, that the ability of individuals escorts them to withdraw themselves from the understood assumptions of theoretical practices and power relations with the subject.

The focal point of this paper is to describe the manner through which participation in the activities of a Therapeutic Community promotes change and recovery from behavioral health disorders.

He goes on to describe the temperature as perfectly attuned to his own sense of correct feeling, the sounds of the bullfrogs and whippoorwills as just the right note for the moment and the breathless [...]

The Interpersonal communication process between the members of my group was positive which was possible due to the effective use of self disclosure, a necessary factor to enable the communication between the distinct personalities of [...]

The reviews of two journal articles, one concerning children with Down's syndrome and the other exploring the education of exceptional children, show that the researchers never abandon hopes that children with disabilities can be full-fledged [...]

According to this article relying on the two reports published differently in April in Archives of Pediatrics as well as Adolescent medicine, obesity during childhood tends to advance as the child develops into an adult [...]

Getting through college determines the success of the rest of your life at the same time that you want more than anything to get on with your life.

Apart from understanding the factors influencing the growth and development of certain behavior in children, it is important to understand the psychology of the child in the early years.

In this unfair world, people commit crime just to live to tell the tale and he viewed as the world in a contest for murder. Heidegger wanted to institute a scientific learning of being as [...]

It is seen that after 1888, his mental conditions worsened and he was often at a loss of control over his own mind.

Among the variety of pain experiences encountered by human beings include pain from the disease of sickle cell, pain encountered after and before receiving surgery and back pain.

The main reason for the development of the codes could be attributed to the need to come up with a form of protection that would govern both the practitioner and the client.

The paper is focusing on describing the key issues and treatment needs of the patient in relation to the key concepts, processes, techniques, and procedures according to the theory.

This helps increase the motivation of the employees with returns that are substantial in nature and can be used for business purposes as well.

Do you have interest in a hobby and look forward to enjoyable activities? Are you able to have fun or joy?

Active listening demands that the receiver of a message shun the belief that listening is easy and that it happens naturally, rather realize that effective listening is hard work.therefore, what you get by active listening [...]

Communication is considered as an integral part of everyone's life and individuals that are successful in both the short and the long run usually stress a lot in the communication processes.

There are various therapies in the treatment of childhood behavior disorders such as behavioral therapy, pharmacological therapy, talk-therapy, intrapersonal therapy etc.this paper presents mostly the perspectives of two articles with regard to the pharmacological therapy [...]

Although psychologists have been studying human behavior and thought processes for a long time the area of cognitive psychology is fairly recent to the field and the most significant year for the development of cognitive [...]

The feeling of threat could cause the person to shout and become aggressive in nature. The passengers and crew close to the troublesome person will be in immediate danger of being hurt.

The top major issues in high stakes testing can be seen through the following: The confinement of the taught material to that related to the test.

Beyond the observation that BDD commonly develops during the juvenile life stage, when anxiety about appearance and social acceptance is at its height anyway, researchers have variously ascribed the disorder to genetic predisposition, environmental factors, [...]

It illustrates various personality types and strategies Introduction: Personality is the major factor for uniquely identifying a person and it reflecting the characteristics, behavior, and attitude of a person to himself and to others.

Police psychologists create, maintain, handle, circulate, retain, store and dispose of records as and when professionally required, with the consent of the client adhering to the appropriate terms and conditions.

Transfer trauma is one of the psychological effects, which is caused due to relocation."The condition termed relocation stress or transfer trauma refers to a set of symptoms and outcomes that result from a transfer from [...]

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is the term used to refer to a mental condition in which a victim is too preoccupied with perfectionism, orderliness, and interpersonal and mental control, at the expense of efficiency, openness and [...]

In the LANCY DAVID book, the main theme regards how the modern westerners perceive and handle their children in a different way compared to the annals of culture.

In the many relationships that I have established, I am always responsive to the subtle gesticulations and metaphoric behavior of others.

In accordance with Phil Zimbardo's theory, the concept of heroism is to be presented as an antidote to evil and light in the darkness people face.

This work might be useful to the extent that it provides clear guidelines for the assessment of the relations in the family.

However, the challenge lies in the fact that sometimes brain patterns may be obdurate and resistant to change; in others the personality of the person is so well imbued to the defect that it challenges [...]

The aim of the experiment is to show on the example of sounds that people of one society think similar and consider similar problems equally. The methodology of the experiment includes the computer usage and [...]

In other words, the percentage of correct detection should be higher for trials in which a word appeared rather than a single letter. The percentage of the correct detections when the target letter was in [...]

The aspects of egoism are also very much present in helpful behavior as has been advocated by many behavioral researchers, and others who have mentioned that collectivism is another manifestation of egoistic behavior.

The psychological reality of interconnection referred to the society and the structural states of human beings are rather significant for the evaluation of the directions in which science will move in the future.

In Michael's case due to the kind of upbringing he had and his childhood experiences, he turned out to be a very lonely person who failed to overcome the demons of his childhood.

Many traditionalists were incensed and the principle to instruct boys and girls on the same level, with the same method, with the hope of reaching the same goal, is generally viewed as a psychological and [...]

The major parts are the medulla, pons, and midbrain, the cerebellum, the hypothalamus, the thalamus, and the cerebrum. Apart from the brain factors, there are extrinsic factors and intrinsic factors which are involved in motivation [...]

When speaking of the retirement period it is rather significant to evaluate the satisfaction of a definite employee as of the reliability and right direction of his/her capacities and capabilities in a field of professional [...]

The educational level of people and the rise of culture are the main signs that the morality of the society is on a high level.

In group therapy, there are several issues that the therapist should advise the patient to disclose to the group as crime, sexual abuse, and other more personal or private information that is referred to as [...]

This group believes that violence is the only way to ensure ethnic purification or cleansing that clears out the rest of the races and lives a pure white race in the society.

Rollo May in his book "The Courage to Create" conveys that society is in the process of change and change makes us experience a sense of being alienated and without purpose.

The test results supported this hypothesis due to the fact that, for each participant, the time it took for the participants to decide whether the pair of objects is the same increased directly proportional to [...]

The journal article titled "Alterations in Brain and Immune Functions Produced by Mindfulness Meditation" a randomized, control study carried out by Richard Davidson and others published in the Psychosomatic Medicine, 2003, to evaluate the effects [...]

The study shows a difference in the brain function of kids from high income background compared to those from low income environments.

As The Dictionary of Psychology interprets illusionary correlation is: 1) a sort of assumed association which is generated between two unrelated variables causing stereotypes; 2) overestimation of the relationship strength and credibility between members of [...]

The role of cognition is quite concerned in this context and an individual while gathering the information and evaluating the personal deeds and those of others gains the picture of how the life goes and [...]

Bowlby proposed that a two month-old attachment is made up of a number of component instinctual responses that have the function of binding the infant to the mother and the mother to the infant.

Passive aggressive behavior does not give room for understanding as to the person that inhibits it denies the fact that he or she is irritated and upset whilst he or she still communicates the irritation.

This unwillingness of prisoners in isolated confinement is in considerable measure a rejoinder to the insight that such imprisonment is an evident effort by the system to "break them down" mentally, and in some cases, [...]

It is necessary to state that understanding change is considered to be the principle aspect in human development; thus, lifespan perspective can be identified as the changes understanding occurring in the development period being perceived [...]

Information which serves as the stimuli moves from the sensory memory to the short term memory and finally to the long term memory for permanent storage.

In contrast the structuralism and functionalism, behaviorism is defined as the science of behavior and not the mind. The basis of behavior is the surroundings and not internal stimuli as in structuralism or functionalism.

The first-born child in a family is more likely to have a higher chance of better language development than the remaining children that follow him.

I must admit that the communication styles I learned brought me back to the days in my family where there were a lot of communication styles that I had to contend with.

In the video, the psychologist had the family bond through a project of gathering information about the family's genealogy on both sides of the family the father and the deceased mother.

In the context of conformity and compliance, the individuals involved embark on a tough process of convincing themselves that change of behaviour will have to happen in order to overcome the challenges they could be [...]

The result based on the answers marked in the test gives us a rough idea of what kinda person is. The questions are related to yourself and are designed in such a way to extract [...]

The Recuperative theory of sleep is based on the premise that humans require sleep to rejuvenate and recoup spent energy during the waking period.

The professionals who disagree with the concept that emotional trauma can cause amnesia, base their refutation on the absence of laboratory defined empirical evidence to provide justification of the phenomenon.