Psychology Essays

Andrew Solomon’s Far from the Tree: Schizophrenia
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Mar 2018
Introduction: Olivia Stahl David Brown     Mental illness affects 20% of the United States population; approximately 11 million adults are suffering from some sort of mental disorder. (ABC News) Despite the la...

Comparison of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung
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Introduction: FREUD AND JUNG 1   Introduction: This paper is an analysis of the differences and the similarities between the various teachings of dreams that was propagated by Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Carl Ju...

Relationship Between Attention and Consciousness
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Introduction: What is the relationship between attention and consciousness? There is a close relationship between the focus of attention and consciousness (Velmans, 1995). It is very obvious that they are related ...

Concepts of Perceptions and Behaviour
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Introduction: Perception It has long been said that perception is reality, and in many ways it is. Perception is about what we take in and what we make out of it. The study of Perception is concerned with describi...

Research on Pseudo Psychology Beliefs
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Introduction:   NAME ALAN TAN CHEONG WAI YEE CHOONG CHIA YEE IMBERT NARUMANAN SEBASTIAN JEREMY PHILIP MONTEIRO LIM JIT SHEN INTRODUCTION Pseudo psychology is branch under the studi...

Analysis of the Ecological Systems Theory
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Introduction: The ecological systems theory was developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917- 2005) to explain the role the environment plays on the child at different stages of development. It examined the interrelatio...

Consumptive Personality Traits
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Introduction: A Study of Consumptive Behaviour, Personality Traits and Gender Differences Joanne Jacob   Abstract A general population survey of 1193 people was conducted to ascertain if there was a common core...

Autism Intervention Therapies
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Introduction: Introduction Autism is a neural development disorder exemplified by weakened social communication and interaction, and by restricted and repetitive limited behavior (Ardnt, 2005). These signs all ini...

Types of Group Counselling
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Introduction: Group Counselling Introduction Gestalt therapy is a contemporary system of psychotherapy emphasizing organismic self-regulation by encouraging awareness. According to this approach, simply speaking o...

Reduction of Cognitive Dissonance in Smokers
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Introduction: Yeshara Devendra   Kneer, J., Glock, S., & Rieger, D (2012). Fast and not furious? Reduction of Cognitive Dissonance in smokers. Peer reviewed Journal, Vol 43(2), 81-91 Introduction Smokers d...

Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Children
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Introduction: Positive reinforcement leads to better performance in children Christeen Perera   Abstract The purpose of this research is to learn whether positive reinforcement leads to better performance in ch...

Effect of Stress on Pregnancy
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Introduction: Efstratios Boumpouras   Abstract Stress is a compound term that includes a large number of emotional states such as mild stress, anxiety and depression. During gestation, it can be experienced by ...

ABEL Assessment of Sexual Interest
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Introduction: Brandi Thomas-Scott   Working in a child center environment daily and being a part of organizations that bring service to children and their families in academic and personal setting make proper an...

Evaluation of Jane Elliott’s “Blue-Eyed Brown-Eyes”
Example essay. Last modified: 31st Jan 2018
Introduction: Zohrah Miakheyl   Article 1 Critical Review Stewart,l., Laduka,R., Bracht,C., Sweet, B and Gamarel,E.. (2003). Do the “Eyes” Have It? A Program Evaluation of Jane Elliott’s “Blue-EyedBrown...

Treatment Plan for Valid DSM-IV-TR Mental Disorder
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Severe mood disorders along with delusions are diagnosed as a form of borderline personality disorder (BPD). The symptoms are extremely hard to detect as people often display emotional stressors that ...

Evolution of Psychology From Greek Philosophy
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Introduction: Abstract Noting that psychology has its roots from past philosophy, this paper examines how psychology evolved within these three dimensions: The Early Greek Philosophers, After Aristotle and the Mode...

Validity and Reliability of Systematic Review
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Introduction: Abstract Systematic review with meta-analysis are considered more objective than other types of reviews such as traditional reviews because it involve the application of scientific strategies in ways ...

Theories of Unconscious Motivation
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Introduction: Motivation is the desire to achieve a goal, psychological motivation can be defined as the process which initiates, guides, and maintains goal adjusted behaviour (). There are four basic principles of...

Elements of the Person-centred Approach
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Introduction: Part 1 Considering the value of the person-centred approach compared with a psychodynamic approach to counselling, although they originate from different theoretical and philosophical structures and a...

Distinguishing Fear From Anxiety
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Introduction: Introduction Anxiety disorders constitute the largest group of mental diseases in European countries {Andlin-Sobocki et al., 2005, Eur J Neurol, 12 Suppl 1, 1-27}. Human anxiety disorders can be categ...

Critical Evaluation of Allports
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Introduction: Allports claim that “The individual in the crowd behaves just as he [sic] would behave alone, only more so” (Allport, 1924) is an interesting and influential part of social psychology and ...

Dynamics of the Psyche: Jung's Theory Analysis
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Introduction: This essay will discuss Jung’s theories including conscious, personal unconscious and collective unconscious, archetypes, complexes, universal influences, the principal of equivalence, the princ...

Differences in Counselling Skills
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Introduction: People working within the caring profession such as nurses, doctors, teachers, befrienders, fire and ambulance services, may incorporate counselling skills & techniques within their work places. ...

Impacts on Resilient Capacity of Child
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Introduction: Resilience can be understood as the capacity of a child to deal effectively with stress and pressure, to cope with everyday challenges, to rebound from disappointments, mistakes, trauma, and adversity...

Analysis of Child Rearing Styles
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Introduction: Child rearing is a generic term for raising children which is the basic provision of food, shelter and clothing it also encompasses the socialisation of the child, shaping of their personality, charac...