Psychology Essay Examples and Topics. Page 39

It would use general organisational factors that affect job satisfaction and extrapolate them to the context of the study to find out how they measure up to the dynamics of the service sector.

The authors also argue that it would be beneficial to increase the significance of the role of school psychologists in providing SMH, analyze the currently existing obstacles to this, and offer a number of recommendations [...]

The set of objectives and goals that will allow me to become a competent specialist include the development of the thorough and in-depth understanding of the psychological theories throughout the years of education, the constant [...]

As of the strong sides of this approach, these are the clear definition of the stages of cognitive operations and the distinction that is made between them.

If such requirements cannot be followed, the psychologists have to document the specifics of the conducted assessment and indicate the possible impact of the limitations on the results of the study.

The principal goals of the career development are the selection of a particular career and choice of the appropriate education related to the vision of career.

Barnhil is categorical that deceptive placebo use violates the autonomy of patients and denies patients the right to give consent on the nature of treatment they require.

For the achievement of the positive outcomes in restoring of social phobia, the specialists suggest to include the assessments of the life quality and life events in the psychological treatment procedures.

It is based on this that various individuals do in fact agree with the assumption of Descartes that the mind must exist somewhere outside of the body and that it influences the actions of the [...]

Although a strand of existing literature demonstrates that research on human growth and development is a relatively recent endeavor, particularly in reference to the fact that studies involving children did not begin until the late [...]

There is an urgent need for the adoption of effective prevention strategies to combat substance abuse among children. It is a universal program that entails closer collaboration between family and school to alleviate risk of [...]

The social situation in Higher Colleges of Technology reflects the importance of understanding the neurological mechanism that governs the behavior of college stakeholders.

While interacting in the class, children can imagine themselves as protagonists of good stories to be emotional distracted from struggles and conflicts in reality.

The article can be considered credible and serve as an illustration to the inappropriateness of contrasting nature and nurture, as the knowledge about the interaction between the hereditary factors and environmental influences is the key [...]

The paper "Cognitive Development and Social-Emotional Functioning in Young Foster Children" focuses on the investigation of the cognitive and emotional development delays in children.

Therefore, the influence of the parent that instills a sense of stereotype in children affects their educational performance and career choices later in life as boys pursue the technical and natural sciences while girls prefer [...]

It is due to this that numerous fields of study have come about specifically to answer such questions yet this creates a second challenge; namely the fact that each particular field of academic research has [...]

In the case of addiction counselling, the clientele is comprised of people suffering from the ravages of a certain factor in their life and the counsellor is their main hope in overcoming such a problem.

The counselors also intervene in the group to ensure that there is interaction and participation between all members, as it enhances the sharing of feelings, experiences and thoughts.

The ASCA nationwide standards were developed to permit the students obtain familiarity and skills and know what they have to be conversant with, as a result of participating in the school psychoanalysis programme.

One of the main problems in resolving the debate regarding the impact of mental imagery on athletic performance is the fact that no conclusive studies can actually be created that can measure the impact "visualization" [...]

As an aide to the natural memory, the parallel distributed processing in the brain is capable of recognizing and visualizing similar images and patterns.

Such a situation was seen in the Kozma, Harter & Achunala study wherein their model of human performance was able to show both the inherent adaptability of human performance in light of increasingly difficult tasks [...]

One of the end results of divorce is the change of the emotional and mental state of an individual. Counseling was introduced in the country in the 1950s owing to the recognition of the vitality [...]

The local counselors request some of the recipients of the disaster relief program to participate in a televised recording of the program, but one of the clients claims that she does not want to participate.

The major implication of the study was that effective intervention programs have the capacity to close the gaps in early educational literacy.

In the process, there has been a special role of biological psychology that as emerged as a result of these new discipline.

On the other end of the spectrum it is noted by studies such as those by Hagiwara that the study of languages can actually be utilized as a means of assessing the way in which [...]

If the physical setting of an organization is favorable for the employees, they will desire to stay there longer and deliver the best of their abilities in the services they offer.

Reframing the treatment of vaginismus as a "vaginal penetration phobia", the researchers suggest therapist-aided exposure as a basement of treatment of this disease. Considering vaginismus as a phobic disorder the researchers developed the new perspectives [...]

This paper will therefore, focus on the issue of absenteeism in British Leyland by looking at the, behavioral theories of absenteeism, possible causes of absenteeism, technology of solving the problem, and the implementation of the [...]

According to the owners of the system, the main aim of the inventory is to make the hypothesis of psychological categories illustrated comprehensible and also of use in people's lives.

The contract, which exists in notional form, delineates the practicalities of the job including the duties and responsibilities of the job, worker-manager relationships, and the expectations of both the employer and employee from the job.

On the other hand critiques of this particular theory state that the reinforcement principle which is at the basis of the Skiner and Bandura examination is not actually a necessary element in being able to [...]

Overall, the report found that the "tilt of religious change in the United States over the last half century has clearly been in the secular direction". Technology is a major contributor to the development of [...]

The point is that those people who suffer from chemical addiction are not always ready to cope with anxiety, passion, and weaknesses caused by the required cessation of using drugs, and the main task of [...]

A number of communication challenges in the UAE include language barrier; it is worth noting that the region is Islamic dealing with partners from the west is a times challenging. A major solution to the [...]

One of the most crucial sacrifices that great leaders make is to make a choice about the dream they want to pursue and make irrevocable commitment to it.

This is due to the fact that the available statistics do not support the method as one of the most effective personality assessment tools in the world.

Thus, the first step while testing for efficacy will be to clearly state the main purpose of the tool and the goals and objectives that it has to achieve.

This is unlike in Kaufman achievement test which was used to measure the learning abilities of children and did not consider the disability factor.

The presentation of anxiety disorders in children to be just one of the factors to the disorders among adults as the children grow is an illustration of higher prevalence rate of the disorders in adults [...]

For this reason, it is quite difficult to multitask when the activities involved are driving and talking on the phone. Holding a phone when driving may cause the driver to use only one hand for [...]

This, he goes ahead to explain that it is at this very stage that children learn to be self sufficient in terms of taking themselves to the bathroom, feeding and even walking.

That way both the teacher and the child will be able to easily monitor the progress of the child. The teacher will elaborate to the children of the behaviors that are expected and how they [...]

If a person had a history of ridicule and humiliation as a child, he or she may develop an excessive fear of the same in adulthood and will go through great lengths to avoid ridicule.

From the study it is apparent that children's behaviors are greatly influenced by attachment to one figure and their socio-cultural environment.

Therapists, who do not embrace the CBT interventions in treating some disorders and as tools for intervention of aftermath problems of drugs abuse amongst the adolescents, argue that the existing data, which advocates for CBT, [...]

In the preceding discussions, the fundamental concepts of research methodology in psychology are highlighted through explaining the scientific method, distinguishing between quantitative and qualitative data, and finally describing the process of scientific theory construction and [...]

In this case, researchers should not inflict harm and distress to animals that will be used in experiments. This means that they should not be forced to exist in unnatural environment in the name of [...]

The maxim of narrative form of therapy is that "the person is not the trouble but rather the trouble is the trouble".

While analyzing human intelligence in relation to the Turing Test, one is to determine the functions, the degree they are fulfilled, and the ways these functions are carried out.

The information should be confidential to the counseling professional and his counterparts. In order to attach a client to a professional psychiatrist, the client should bind the agreement by signing.

Many employees relate work with life's fulfillment, and connect their satisfaction at work with their feelings and satisfaction in life, and happiness with their family.

In cases where children are exposed to such violence, then they become emotionally troubled: In the above, case them the dependent variable is children emotions while the independent variable is domestic violence: Emotions = f [...]

First, the therapist must set the goals that are allied to the utilization of the therapy dog and this should be done for each client.

As an important concept of psychology, classical conditioning is thus a learning process through which a conditioned stimulus is linkable to a different conditioned stimulus that correlate to another unconditioned stimulus to causes the reaction.

The findings presented in the article called Attachment, Exploration, and Separation: Illustrated by the Behavior of One-year Olds in a strange environment provide a deeper view on the concept of attachment and contribute to better [...]

Therefore, considering that the Jaffee v Redmond HIPAA case recognizes the significance of the APA ethical codes, the ruling seeks to support those psychiatric and medical professionals pursuing ethical considerations that will result in protection [...]

The aspects and basics used by the author to explain the concept of dreams through Willy and his family is what actually happens in the modern society. It can be used to educate people and [...]

The second model for understanding the processes involved in working memory is the Baddeley and Hitch multi-component model which states that working memory operates via a system of "slave systems" and a central controller which [...]

It is impossible to explain the impulsive and situational personal actions which cannot be considered as the part of the personality of this or that man with references to this theory.

Some of these problems compel the youths to confide in the professionals. Recommendations With the help of a Family After-Consult Coordinator, Headspace will ensure that their clients are treated effectively without breaking the confidentiality code [...]

The evidence of the needs for love and belonging was the desire of human beings to have families and be recognized by the community members as part of the community.

Further, the planner is not supposed to engage into the interrogation of the pro and cons of the plan, since, as he points out, the plan has already done the thinking and it would be [...]

The aim of the of the research was to try and establish the appropriate outcome measurement techniques and in turn use the research outcome to establish whether psychotherapy is effective.

Different parts of the world, as neuroscientists argue, have varying ways of training the mind and hence significantly different levels of the ability to control the functions of the brain.

The argument of this essay is based on the way that a game enables a narrative which is dissimilar in form from a narrative in any medium, and in what gaming may have in teaching [...]

From the foregoing discussions, it can be deduced that the nature and function of semantic memory is closely related to the process of language comprehension. Moreover, lexical retrieval of the semantic memory and phonological facilitation [...]

Most of the Gesell's along with Watson's ideas persisted strongly within the psychology world in the course of the 19th Century up to the twentieth century.

Given that different tests can give varied outcomes of same variable, it is imperative that there is validation of both the tests and variables to establish their consistency and reliability in measuring certain constructs of [...]

Transfer of knowledge also known as transfer of learning is a notion that refers to the ease of performance of new tasks owing to previous exposure to a similar situation or a situation that shares [...]

As a result, considering that relapse is a major challenge in the management and treatment of all forms of substance abuse disorders and other social vices, there is the need to recognize and manage the [...]

The area of semantic memory involves stored information regarding the features and characteristics, which determine the processes of retrieving, using, and producing information in various cognitive processes such as thought and language comprehension/production.

The research findings show that memory phenomenology determined the relationship between attachment avoidance and depression, while the negative affective content of the autobiographical memory determined the link between attachment anxiety and depression. The concept of [...]

This study as it would be when learning a real language; will offer an opportunity to learn the effects of experiencing exemplars in implicit knowledge and teaching of the rules of artificial grammar common in [...]

Researchers try to evaluate the levels of MWL associated with different jobs, to increase effectiveness of employees and reduce anxiety, job dissatisfaction and address various negative effects.

Research and Definition of Purpose Researching and defining the purpose of the test is the first step in developing a psychological test.

Reinforcement is used to motivate to behave in the following way, while punishment is meant to discourage the person from going on like that.

It is not a wonder that Damian is more interested in helping out his father in his "manly" chores while neglecting his mummy partly perhaps because he had no experience of life with his mother.

These aspects include: the problem that the program intends to solve, the results produced by the program, the activities of the program, and the resources that are used to achieve the overall goal.

Although it is necessary to understand the problems of the parents, it is very cruel to overlook the needs of the child.

Needs of housewives and lonely mothers differ much from other social groups Therefore, the working group should fit in the new contextual dimensions and consider historical, economic, and cultural backgrounds of patients in the group [...]

However, despite the many definitions that surround the term, there is one which seems to bear much weight compared to the others, as it was observed in the words of one of the renowned psychologists [...]

Preoccupation of a certain belief can be described as an influence that has always led to deviance because there are certain people who believe in themselves and what they think is right.

Therefore, in their experiment, Cialdini and his colleagues sought to separate the feelings of sadness from those of empathy among the subjects in order to assess the reliability of the findings of the former experiments [...]

In all the interviews, the children were required to give a full account of the events. Future research should focus on how the severity of suggestive interviews influences the children's suggestibility and reliability of their [...]

First, counselors make the victims recollect the traumatic events by providing an environment for the victim to share their experience in an honest manner and this is the first step towards healing. In summary, traumatic [...]

In the discussion, it is argued that the method of adventure based counseling, which takes place in a group context is very effective in helping clients to increase the levels of awareness of themselves thus [...]

The ability of human beings to think and make various decisions motivated psychologists and sociologists to explore the various differences in the abilities of individuals to think and make their independent decisions.

However, the book under consideration occupies a very special place as it is on the border between the world of scientists and the rest of the world. Thus, one of the central ideas of the [...]

They continue to assert that the validity of a measure must talk in depth about the "content validity" that refers to the way the given measure samples the variety of the behavioral characteristics that are [...]

The sensing trait of the MBTI was analyzed because of the similarity between the impulsive attributes of bulimic individuals and the ability to focus on sensors immediate understanding and present moment.

It is understandable to establish various components of human development in the realms of drug abuse, addiction, and other relevant provisions applicable in this context.

The two methods chosen are useful in the addiction treatment due to their applicability, convenience, relevancy, and conventionality in counseling and addressing the provisions of drug addiction. This relates to the aspects of addiction mentioned [...]

It is important to understand the aspects of drug abuse and addiction in order to contribute substantially in the prevention programs formulated to curb the vice.

Campbell and Fiske provided a comprehensive approach, back in 1959, which gave a way to test the validity and reliability of any psychological testing method.

The researchers point out that more than 40 percent of teenagers begin to take drugs or drink alcohol in the company of their peers.

Alcoholism is the taking of alcoholic beverages to an extent that it can interfere with the physical behavior and activities of the alcoholic person.

Men who can make women laugh and those who have motivations to live by and believe in their wives are preferred. This indicates that the aforementioned qualities are important to both sexes in selecting interpersonal [...]

Method Variance is when the correlation of different trait and one method is stronger than different traits and different methods. This is the only validity measurement that uses multiple traits and methods to measure a [...]

In the 20th century, the concept of the self took a new turn with the emergence of behaviorism and other schools of thought on self concept.

The faith and trust that we have in God is able to redeem and save one from the jaws of addiction.

When the group chose the leader, the candidature of the classmate was supported by the members of the group, and the main task was to determine the topic of the project and develop the plan [...]

The primary aims should be to meet with the referring practitioner to elucidate both the reason for the medical appointment and the expectations of the consultee to achieve a working understanding of the present nature [...]

It should be known that it is a wonderful experience to be in a relationship and this is what makes interpersonal relationships an integral part of our lives.

The findings of the study show that participants who were paid $1 experienced cognitive dissonance in that their actions contradicted their true attitudes about the experimental tasks.

The aim of this context is to examine what makes the Saudi citizens desire to communicate to their visitors; their intercultural willingness to communicate, ethnocentrism barrier and language barrier.

The variables used in the study were gender, difficulty of the tests, and the perception of stereotype threat. The results of the data were that the implication of stereotype threat did in fact negatively affect [...]

In relation to the study, the belief theory of prejudice is applied in a more positive way in addressing the issues and problems that most of our clients face in their day to day activities.

Summary and understanding of Chapter 1 Uniting the powers to achieve success The author offers you to look at the world differently from what you are used to.

The identification of the victims and communication to their families proved challenging due to the nature of the Amish culture. There is also need to contribute more on the research that exists on the recovery [...]

From the results of the three experiments, the authors conclude that action video playing results to improvement in visual-spatial attention for VGPs and trained NVGPs.

Gary notes that various aspects of environmental psychology have been utilized in psychology through increased publication and submission of journals to various branches of psychology including the Journal of Environmental Psychology and the Journal of [...]

However, some researchers prefer to treat the two models as a pair that is the core of the multilevel model for longitudinal data analysis.

By understanding the historical underpinnings of psychological testing, we are able to come to the realization that as a field of medicine, psychology has experienced a considerable degree of trial and error due to complexities [...]

This shows altruism is not only beneficial to the recipients of the meritorious deeds but also to the doers of the deeds.

By forming the outline of the free area, the therapist implies that he/she is aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the client and the boundaries used to contain the situation to ensure it does [...]

In the contemporary world, the importance of the employees in determining the success of an organisation has significantly increased. In the Maslow's theory of needs, there is a certain order of the need.

The opinion that "students need to view tutors as role models, which places on them a responsibility to be enthusiastic, confident and happy people" further escalates the concept of the need of the lecturers to [...]