Psychology Essays

Theories of Stress and Stress Management
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Introduction: Psychology and Management of Stress Jane Jerard Outline and evaluate Selye’s (1956) General Adaptation Syndrome of stress Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome of Stress is a model that analyse...

Astrology’s Link to the Human Behavior
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Introduction: Astropsychology Until the dawn of the twentieth century astrologers have believed that stars played a main role in identifying humans’ behavior. Although astrology has always been viewed as nonsens...

Effects of Word Length on memory Recall Differences
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Introduction: Abstract An experiment was carried out among university students to investigate whether any memory recall diferences in the number of items recalled correctly between words that were long or short an...

Industrial Organizational (I/O) Psychology
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Introduction: Lisa A. Hicks Psychology in Organizations   Industrial organizational (I/O) psychology is the study of individual and group behaviors in the workplace. The field utilizes methodology, statistical ...

Effect of Hostel Living Situation on Mental Health
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Introduction: A Study of Mental Health of Hostel and Non-hostel Students with Relation to Their Gender  Urvi Goswami   Abstract: Mental health is as important as physical health in our life. An attempt has bee...

Effect of Stereotypes on Well-being
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Introduction: An important aspect of physical functioning is the ability to stay balance. How may expectations generated by age stereotypes influence older adults’ balance performance? Critically review psycholo...

Factors Involved in Shaping a Child’s Personality
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Introduction: What factors are involved in shaping a child’s personality? Discuss in reference to concepts drawn from at least two theories of personality. Ser Cher Meng Abstract There is increasing evidence s...

Steps for Active Listening Process
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Introduction: Active Listening Process Bernell E. Bryant   Active listening is a vital tool of the communication process. According to Hallett, “Many of us don’t listen as well as we could. Active listening...

Theories on Causes of Suicidal Behaviour
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Introduction: SUICIDE Definition Suicide is defined as death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with any intent to die as a result of the behavior (Cdc.gov, 2014). It is a dark word that often evokes a n...

Intentional and Unintentional Learning Effect on Word Recall
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Introduction: An Investigation into Intentional and Incidental Learning and their Effectiveness when Recalling Words and the Effectiveness of Recalling Abstract and Concrete Words Nicole Canning   Abstract This...

Mental Development of Children with Down Syndrome
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Introduction: Down Syndrome Research Paper Brandon D. Coronado Learning and Cognition All psychology students, at some point during their studies, learn about the topic of mental development in children. However...

Effect of Levels of Processing on Memory Recall
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Introduction: Jason Celia Report Four: An experimental study of the effect of levels of processing on memory recall. Abstract By utilising an opportunity sample of friends and family (N=42, M=27.45, SD=1...

Child Understanding of Floating and Sinking Theory
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Introduction: Gemma L Sobah   Practical Report Word count: 2006 An investigation into the way of children’s scientific thinking: concepts of floating and sinking Abstract This is a study on the nature of ...

Clinical Judgement vs Statistical Predictions in Research
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Introduction: Jordan Hang The clinical and statistical approaches have both proven to be successful methods in clinical psychology. Each approach has its pros and cons depending on the type of situation that is ...

Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory
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Introduction: Howard Gardner: On Education During the course of an average life, millions of different learning experiences present themselves. Some stick. Some do not. The level of impact that an individual’...

Cognitive and Social Processes for Language Development
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Introduction: Discuss the cognitive and social processes that lay the foundations for the early stages of language development. Early category representations and concepts have been a great interest to development...

Chronic Stress: Causes, Effects and Treatments
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Introduction: Report on Chronic Stress Introduction Stress is an unavoidable part of life. Be it at home or the workplace, different challenges arise which ultimately lead to stress. There are various types of str...

Low Ball Technique in Psychology
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Introduction: Introduction You walk into a car dealership and find the perfect car to impress your friends with. A salesperson tells you it’s going to cost $5,000. You agree to buy it right then and there becaus...

Validity and Reliability in Forensic Research
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Introduction: Michele A. DeVasto   Assessment Instruments and Procedures Reliability Instruments of assessments must be reliable. Forensic psychologists need to be certain that the measuring tools or tests th...

Vicarious Trauma: Causes, Treatment and Prevention
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Introduction: Frances Roulet   Proposed Resolution Researchers, such as, Dunkley and Whelan (2006), Newell and MacNeil (2010) and Pearlman and Mac Ian (1995) have suggested that there are others factors that ca...

Psychological Explanations for Schizophrenia
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Introduction: ATHYNEA BURCHALL   Assignment 6 Outline and evaluate one or more psychological explanations for schizophrenia. In your evaluation you should refer to research evidence. Many people perceive Schzop...

Situational Effects on Human Behaviour
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Introduction: Wong Shu En “He is usually quiet, but when he is around his friends, he becomes exceptionally talkative.” Statements like this are actually very common. Behaviour is defined as the way in which...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Case Study
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Introduction: Question 1 i. In Victor’s case, he is likely to be experiencing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Panic Disorder. PTSD is defined as a persistent maladaptive reaction that lasts longer tha...

Theory of Systemic Integrative Psychotherapy
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Introduction: Petruska Clarkson was born October 31st in South Africa, and died on May 21st 2006 at age 56 in Amsterdam. Her fields of study were Integrative/ Psychotherapy/ Gestalt her influences were Fritz and L...

Effects of Optimism on Health
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Introduction: Optimism and Health According to Carver, Scheier and Segerstrom (2010), optimism is a trait that determines the extent to which favorable outcomes are to happen to people in the future (p. 1). It is ...