Psychology Essays

Assagioli’s Theory of Psychosynthesis
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Introduction: The I, the Self: Building the Bridge Only the development of his inner powers can offset the dangers inherent in man’s losing control of the tremendous natural forces at his disposal and becoming t...

Psychosocial Resources in a Therapeutic Relationship
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Introduction: This essay considers the psychosocial resources implicated in a successful therapeutic relationship. Several fundamental theses seem to emerge from a review of the literature. Firstly, there is an ab...

Concepts in Cognitive Psychology
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Introduction: Memory, Thinking, Attention, Perception, Language Cognitive psychology is primarily interested in the role of the mind and its conceptual functioning. As by way of communicating information to and fr...

Psychological Well-being and Job Performance Relationship
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Introduction: Introduction Psychological conceptions and treatments of well-being are a prominent feature of psychological literature particularly in relation to mental health from a social-psychological point of ...

Effect of Hormones on Aggressive Behaviour
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Introduction: The role of hormones in mediating aggressive behaviour How hormones can trigger and influence aggression in animals and humans has interested many researchers in the last six decades (Brooks-Gunn, Gr...

Qualitative Research: When People are at their Happiest
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Introduction: Abstract The main aim of this research was to assess when people are at their happiest, previous research that was carried out was explored for an in-depth knowledge of how individual states of happi...

Nursing Home Reflection of Behaviours
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Introduction: Latoya Mckie   Abstract There are numerous of behaviors to observer in a nursing home. Many of the behaviors are related to mental impairment, loss of memory or aliments such as dementia, delirium...

Psychology of Aesthetics: Overview of Theories
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Introduction: How is aesthetic experience linked to familiarity and information? Critically discuss at least two theoretical perspectives and provide evidence based on the literature. The phenomenon of aesthetic e...

Effect of Perceived Anonymity of Group Task Social Loafing
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Introduction: Title: The effect of perceived anonymity upon individual effort in a group task. Abstract: Social loafing according to Latané et al (1979) is the decrease in personal effort that occurs when an indi...

Effect of Schemas on Understanding the Social World
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Introduction: Zoe Crackett WITH REFERENCE TO RELEVANT RESEARCH STUDIES EVALUATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIAL WORLD IS CONSTRAINED BY OUR SCHEMAS This[p1] essay looks to assess the degree t...

Theories and Stages of Memory
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Introduction: BATHSHEBA SHEMA BAGGAI   1.0 Introduction Our memory is part of being human. It is also an indicator that we experienced and lived to this day. Theoretically, according to Mastin (n.d.), memory i...

Role of Heuristics in Social Cognition
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Introduction: Tracy L. Rawlins   Discuss the topic of social cognition and in particular the role of heuristics in the way we process information. Briefly describe two different heuristics and give examples of ...

Role Play Reflection and Self Critique
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Introduction: Self-Critique Pillay Sheryl Interpersonal Communication Tania Holz The aim of this assignment is to write a self-critique based on a role play, and reflect critically upon my strengths and limitatio...

Theories of Attention and Perception
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Introduction: Moses Nhamburo   How have psychologists sought to explain selective attention? To what extent have they been successful? According to Psychologists, selective attention is defined as an act where ...

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Issues
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Introduction: The vast majority of patients seeking treatment for an eating disorder do not meet full DSM criteria. What are the implications for diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders? What are the broader i...

Objectives of Career Counselling
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Introduction: An objective of career counseling is to offer an individual the opportunity to begin looking on the domain of a career which makes the most out of an individual and best suited. The outcome would rec...

Jung's Plurality of the Psyche Theory | Analysis
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Introduction: Tamara Gordon Jung & Archetypal Psychology   It has been said that Jung’s psychology is an investigation into ‘the meaning of being plural.’ Explore Jung’s ideas about the plurality ...

The Likert Scale and Manipulation Checks in Research
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Introduction: The independent variable is the status and the dependent variables are rule compliance and hierarchy-enhancing beliefs. The study collects the data through an online survey, uses a likert scale, and ...

Theories of Perception and Perception in the Workplace
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Introduction: Perception Perception can be termed as the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. It can be understood as the way in which something is regarded, understood and interp...

Theories of Personality Development: An Evaluation
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Introduction: Introduction On Personality Development The development of personality across individual life can be observed from three different views, such as behaving, striving and present from a person (McAdams...

Theories of Defence Mechanisms and Psycho-Sexual Development
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Introduction: Psychoanalysis A discussion on what’s inside Chung Dennis Psychoanalysis’s definition is the study of a comprehensive theory pertaining to the process of understanding human nature, motivation,...

Experiential Focusing Techniques in Counselling
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Introduction: Katrina Quaye (kate) What wants my attention now?  Focusing is a unique skill discovered by Gene Gendlin. Working with Carl Rogers back in the 1960’s, research was done as to why some people ha...

Effects of Yoga on Life Satisfaction and Stress
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Introduction: Literature Review and Results Chapters Contents (Jump to) Literature Review Results Discussion Conclusion Literature Review Carlson, Goodey, Patel and Speca (2003) studied the effects of mindful-b...

Body Image, Self Esteem and Eating Relationship | Methods
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Introduction: Methodology In this chapter, we are going to discuss the research design, respondents, instrument, procedure and data analysis that we use at doing the research study. For our research, we used Body ...

Effect of Parental Separation on Adolescence
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Introduction: Zeenat Jawed   PARENTAL SEPARATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR ADOLESCENCE Family is one of the important social spaces which give you identity; shelter, security, senses of belonging and also nurtur...