Psychology Essay Examples and Topics. Page 22

Operant conditioning through the use of punishment can be used to prevent or decrease a certain negative behavior, for example, when a child is told that he/she will lose some privileges in case he/she misbehaves, [...]

The sense organs have to receive a certain stimulus, which is then transferred to the brain and the brain interprets the message.

Considering the problem of attitudes towards aging in mass media, one can observe that the elderly population is having been viewed in a different manner if compared to the people of young age.

This is the main technique used to study the consistency of eyewitness testimony in young children. In this case, there is no accidental assignment and the type of research is referred to as differential research.

Emotional intelligence pertains to the ability to realize your own emotions and those of others, the inspiration of yourself and the management of emotions within and outside relationships.

What develops in the mind of an adolescent that makes them change to adults is the prefrontal cortex which is located in the frontal lobes of the brain.

Hence, Freud associates basic human needs with the unconscious and emphasises the development of the concept of consciousness in order to examine and observe keenly the sentimental and emotional problems of the patients, which they [...]

The parable of the cave, the metaphor of the cave, terms describing the same topic commonly known as the Allegory of the cave.

This paper will however streamline its scope of analysis to Trait theory and behaviourism approach in order to; assess personality, account for the extent to which these approaches can be said to truly guide the [...]

The community-based mental treatment system, as the article proves is based on the new comprehensive approach to the issues of psychological health, which puts forth not only the consequences of the illness but its deeper [...]

A leader has to be visionary and be able to articulate the wishes of the majority. A leader also has to transcend the individual barriers to decision-making and be able to articulate a vision that [...]

Leaders need to get the people involved in a conflict invested in the outcome so that they can accept the resolution.

Employers consider the personality tests as a way of gauging if a person they are considering hiring is stable, honest, and a good fit for the company.

Seemingly, nobody seems to get past the superficial top layer of video gaming that provides hours of mindless fun to see that there are deeper psychological needs that are unknowingly addressed by the video games [...]

It is clear that the scientific practitioner is not just to read so as to prepare scientists and practitioner psychologists but to read and integrate these roles so that the practice by the psychologist is [...]

As the problem of Jack's aggressive behavior is a burning one, much effort should be made to establish adequate interaction between the child and his classmates.

Environmental factors such as light and dark, heat and cold, the season of the year, and the experiences we have are all able to regulate the secretion of hormones of the gonads, adrenals, and thyroid [...]

Many disorders may occur in the child as he grows and two of them we will be discussing here are, "autism", and "bipolar disorder".

Finally, the paper will discern the parenting style that the parents were using on the subject being observed."Life Span is the study of life from the womb to the tomb".

Illnesses of the mind have been considered the battle between the good and the evil in the early 12th-14th centuries. The unfortunate insanity of people was seen as the downfall of the town.

Schizophrenia patients often tend to think that the world is trying to boycott them, this is just a sever case of depression and feeling low.

However the numbers of females who are affected are far more than the numbers of males. It is also more probable that a girl would experience it as compared to boys at some point in [...]

The combination of the mall features and the shared symptoms is followed by the so-called "Zombie effect". The problem of consumerism is an existent issue in contemporary society.

First of all, it is vital to mention that the patient has demonstrated positive thinking in life and this is by his way of handling of the mobile phone. Assessment of the environment of the [...]

Decision-making as a process can be defined as a process of purposeful selection of an action from the given set of alternatives in light of a given objective.

He may not pose a danger to the society as in the case of a child with high initiative, but low analytical thinking.

In order to realize the link between depression and self-destruction among teens, it is necessary to realize the psychology, and the way of thinking of the adolescents.

The experience of puberty and the attendant consequence as before the age of eight for girls and nine or nine and a half for boys require parental attendance for guidance, advice and control.

Researchers found that resilience in such children came from the strong desire to maintain high self-esteem since troubled families tend to instill a feeling of pessimism and lack of power amongst their children.

Anna Freud stressed the importance of education as a co-process in child analysis and put great emphasis on the crucial role that the educator played in motivating the child to actively participate in the educative [...]

While tracing the history of the disease, many authors have come to the conclusion that the disease is to some extent due to the living styles that people have adopted over the years and also [...]

The biological approach on the other hand is a branch of psychology that attempts to derive an understanding of human behavior through the explicit study of physiology and anatomy especially concentrating on the human brain.

The first and, probably, the most important one is the demand for the validity of the tests. The tests should be validated and objective to ensure both the equal rights of all applicants and the [...]

To conclude, it is necessary to state that the IQ index of a human being can be altered and modified by environmental interventions.

The second stage in this Model would be in terms of determining variables like faith in leadership, the level of hierarchical steps and coherence of tasks, and the level of influence the leader is able [...]

It is a group of processes that a person might use to call up a positive or negative emotion, hold onto the emotion, control it, or change it, and then differentiate between the feelings of [...]

Though one of her daughters was born with Down's syndrome, the lady is really happy to have her and she does not regret a moment in her life.

It also influences the ways individuals perceive themselves and others in their lives."The DSM refers to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and this is a form of reference as to what a [...]

Moreover, the more strong and complex is a bridge between both sides of the brain the stronger interaction with the hypothalamus will be, this part of the brain is accountable for motivations, emotions, homeostasis, and [...]

Even as a majority of the aspects covered by this relationship could be well taken care of by legislation, inclusion in contracts of employment and which are signed by employees, still there is a high [...]

Physical child abuse is defined as the cause of non-accidental physical harm to the body and has been on the rise over the years.

Eriksson's concept is simple and neat, however, it is very sophisticated, and the concept is a base for extensive or complex discussion and examination of personality and behavior. This is the infant stage; the infant [...]

More important is the justification of all the levels in order to realize the potential of human being. The fact that for one to be self, he or she should be in all the five [...]

In this paper, I will describe eight common features used to describe personality, state the advantages and disadvantages of having a diversity of personality theories to the understanding of personality, the contributions of Freud and [...]

The aim of the article is not to measure the influence of advertising on women, but to examine the ideological and cultural messages that are disseminated through advertising in relation to black female beauty.

I also find that in this theory the problem solving therapy technique is applied whereby the therapist is put in a position of identifying the causative of the disorder and finding the solution to avoid [...]

The hypotheses to be tested are the following: Under AIM: No difference between feedback and non-feedback condition for either toe or ear movements.

The background of the current research was stated in Ebbinghaus' psychological study, and reveals the fact, that if e series of accidental symbols is offered for memorizing, the human memory will be able to memorize [...]

As for the materials, that were used to arrange and held this research, it should be emphasized, that the ordinary commercial posters, advertising videos and slogans, that surround people in their everyday life is the [...]

The developmental stages of the human body are similar to the rest of the vertebrate species, wherein the brain is one of the first organs that arise in a developing fetus.

Human actions and behavior can well be understood if we are aware of the fact that the prism of the mind orders the experience of the situation.

The essay also addresses some models like the cardio reactivity model, psychoneuroimmunology, the role of the sympathetic nervous system in cardiovascular disease, and the HPA axis.

Freud overstates the animalistic nature of the f human-being and the importance of the subconscious and states thathuman behavior that humans explained from the position of id, because it constitutes the main part of human [...]

We may believe that stress has only psychological relevance, but the perspective of psychologists is that stress is the physiological and psychological reaction of an individual to a condition that poses a threat calling for [...]

In attitude measurement, an assessment is made on how attitude might affect the behavior of a person. It is always a problem to measure the prediction of intentions.

The first task of the clinician is to change the attitude of the client. To the clinician, it is important to infer the behavior of the client in a social group.

It can be observed from the above information that Moyers book "Healing and the Mind," Santrock's book, "Human Adjustment," and the study and practice of relaxation are all related in the sense that all of [...]

As a young Christian developing a character that is supposed to set the example for the rest is a very important tool in leadership.

Trends in recent advances in the treatment of suicide cases can be highlighted and stories in the media about the incidents of suicide and the reasons for the same often prove to be very informative [...]

To be precise, understanding the client's problems, the client's perceived problems of respective behavior, and the factors that act in favor or against his/her motivation towards change is vital to be a successful motivational interviewer.

The regulation of social life can be a promising quality of life in later adulthood. Lifestyle factors have a tremendous effect on the quality of life and well-being in later years.

The task of the connection to nature can be explained by the fact of environmental degradation and urbanization processes which disconnect a modern citizen from nature.

According to Piaget, moral development of individuals occurs on the basis of their age and interactions with society. He also debates that social experience does not promote the ability to think morally and that the [...]

In this approach intelligence analysis has been redefined in a way that puts all the isolated parts of intelligence cycle model together with enough liberty for questions, feedback and changes in accordance with the purpose [...]

In post partum depression, it is relatively easy to diagnose a patient because the term of pregnancy is closely related to the onset of the depression.

In particular, it would not provide the capacity to be the origin of one's decisions and actions that according to incompatibilists is unavailable to compatibilists.

The author opines that the latest developments in information technology has made the task of maintaining adequate security more complex as many people do not have the necessary understanding of the underlying technological principles of [...]

According to the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual the essential features of a panic attack are discrete periods of intense fear and at least four of the symptoms which appear during each [...]

The book is written by co-authors to illustrate substantial hypothesis of human sexuality in correspondence with social factors how an individuals, social animal experiences sexual functioning, variations of sexual behaviors on the behalf of individualistic [...]

He understands that how people are treated by society members greatly shapes their personality and that either extreme of the situation can never lead to a good outcome.

Stress is a psychological concept it cannot be touched or perceived directly because it is the emotional and physical strain caused to us when we respond to some indirect pressure from the outer world.

This idea is supported in Freud's Civilization and its Discontents as he discusses the aggressive energy associated with the super-ego."According to one view, that energy merely carries on the punitive energy of the external authority [...]

The book 'Power of Now' is a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into several languages in being one of the most powerful books in the modern world that has assisted millions of [...]

The present paper is intended to discuss the multi-factorial model of health and address the contribution of psychology to explaining the problems of migraine headache and coronary heart disease.

The aim of this paper is to present, in brief, the correlation between smoking cessation and weigh gain from biological and psychological viewpoints.

This study may support the earlier report that has highlighted the role of cigarette and alcohol in association with stress. In another study researchers have described the role of racial identity and the consequences of [...]

The gap between the theory and behavior is easily bridged, and the deduction of behavior is determinate. Within the family, cognitive development influences behavior of a child and his socialization, interaction with other people and [...]

It is recognized by the comprehensive length of time of the symptoms, the disturbance in normal function caused by the symptoms, or by the intensity of the symptoms.

This process of ensuring an individual is in touch with the audience is called self-monitoring, and that of confirming that the individual is conforming to the audience's perceptions is called self f validation.

The researcher is of the view that the more a person drinks, the more attractive the members of the opposite sex seem to appear.

The component parts of the organization are in many ways subordinate to the primary goals, even though on a day-to-day basis there may be enormous competition among individual organizational members and among structural subunits of [...]

The other defined usage of the object relations theory is used in the sense of intrapersonal structures and external relations with others which is a concept of the ego organization.

Based on this definition, confidentiality is a commitment of a person towards another, while privacy is the information a person wants to keep and not to disclose to anyone else. This is a part of [...]

The experiment and the result will show that there is a greater response of individuals towards predictive words when compared to the Non- Predictive words or for that matter when compared to the fillers, which [...]

In the northern parts of the globe, there are people whose depression increases during the months of winter. According to some doctors, the development of Seasonal Affective Disorder is linked to alterations in the chemistry [...]

The five brothers are the latest recruits to join the giant study founded in 1991. Its goal is to study the development of the brain.Dr.

Depression in the psychological sense displays the overall depression of the normal behavior of a person, and a depression in the ability of that person to respond normally to various circumstances in one's life.

Mental illness affects many aspects of suffers' life, the most important is that the diagnosis of mental illness comes with the additional burden of a negative label.

Most of the psychotherapies are backed up by various theories and are the same in the case of psychodrama. One of the main people involved in such a play is a psychodrama director who is [...]

They have poor biological responses to stress, and this increases the number of female victims of depression and such disorders. Reactivity to stress and stress factors both affect the greater incidences of depression in women [...]

On a similar note, Maslow believes in the existence of a part of human nature that seeks to satisfy the biological or survival motives These are the instincts that are the most basic in the [...]

For instance, the behaviorist supposition that the brain is always awakened and only from the external by sense organ procedures cannot define daydreams; likewise, for the statement that consciousness is the straight or restricted product [...]

He is well recognized for his pigeon study that led to the box of skinner which is a controlled environment for studying the behavior of organisms.

The process of language acquisition is one of the most important parts of the lifespan development of a human being. The biological aspects of the language acquisition process are very significant as they determine the [...]

In the case of psychotherapy, many therapists find it difficult to provide specific information regarding the length of the treatment, the nature of sessions, treatment plan, confidentiality, and its limits and alternative treatment options.

What normally happens in such a scenario is the pulling in of the subject to similar perspectives as that of the social practitioner.

The core tenet and perspective on the subject of substance abuse-related social therapy dwells on that the problem has to be placed within the broader precincts of the factors that characterize the environment of the [...]

The author views that most of the research in the area of immediate compliance and corporal punishment is not based on observations but on inquiry from the parents of what type of punishments used and [...]

The development of Freudian conception resulted in changes in Oedipus complex meaning and impact within the psychology; the form of the Oedipus complex may vary depending on the culture, but in general, this complex is [...]

In the application of cognitive-oriented therapies the aim is to establish and monitor mind processes, the thoughts, as well examine and monitor the subjects' assumptions and beliefs and behaviors associated with unhealthy negative emotions.

What is mentioned in biology text books and journals about the human brain is so small and almost insignificant compared to the myriad functions and parts of the brain that are yet to be explored.

However, interesting is how attention and memory in all its aspects are interconnected and influence the ability of human beings to multitasking.

Also, the therapist is not involved in dictating the goals of the therapy but the client, so the client is required to give full cooperation to the therapist.

One of the possibilities in viewing human nature is that it is the summation of human behavior and psychology. The concept of human nature has been traditionally used to refer to the subset of human [...]

The origin of the resilience construct can be traced to the foundational study carried by Werner and Smith and they found that a third of the Kauai children followed from 1995 on wards were doing [...]

The psychological effect changes the social behavior and the effect-causing reasons are many including socio-petal and socio-fugal arrangement, population density, crowd, social support, etc.

People in relationships expect their relationship to be stable and satisfying the needs of entering into the relationship. Stress in an intimate relationship may be a result of many things and affects either of the [...]

The concept of critical thinking is considered to be the thinking mode covering any problem or issue and improving the quality of the mental process through analysis, reconstruction and assessment of these items.

Social psychology is a scientific study of how individuals think, feel and behave in relation to other people. Some can behave in a strange way that it can attract the attention of other people.

By asking "how does a stepfamily actually work", I found that this article provided the answer in the sense that I learned about how the core of the stepfamily is developed and why a stepfamily [...]

It suggested that although busy children do not show much stress and anxiety, parents should still be on the lookout for signs of stress in the children and in themselves and should make the final [...]

The focus of current research is the complicated process of self regulation which is an important aspect in somatic and cognitive behavior therapies.

Moreover, any change in an organization need to be properly communicated to make it acceptable and to avoid employee resistance to the change process and improve their commitment.

This essay aims to examine the psychological implications of stereotyping on the societies in the world and what can be done to avoid such a practice.

Therefore, counseling in the form of psychotherapy will increasingly become a necessity as also will become the need to choose the right, suitably qualified psychotherapist.

Reconciliation of old and new rules requires an individual to first understand the importance of the new rules as being more helpful than the current rules and then undergo a gradual process to adapt them.

The goals of this therapy is to make the client understand his/her values assumptions and even ideals so as to be in better position of getting in terms with truths of the world he/she lives.

His idea of the three systems of personality, the id, ego and superego being in constant battle within a person makes sense to me, as I liken it to a person's continual debate of what [...]

Some people experience panic reactions, which tend to be temporary and often are triggered by a feeling of not being in control Marijuana's psychological effects include a sense of euphoria or well-being, relaxation, altered time [...]

It is believed that no matter how painful that experience is, the client needs to confront it with the help of creative techniques or experiments facilitated by a skilled therapist who uses his wise judgment [...]