Psychology Essays

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in Low Self-Esteem (LSE)
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: 1.Introduction This case study focuses on a CBT intervention for a client presenting with Low Self-Esteem (LSE) issues and anxiety. The case study will particularly focus on low self-esteem as this ...

Power of Introverts and Introversion
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: The Examination of the Power of Introverts and Introversion Nowadays, we often meet someone who needs hours alone every day; who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a won...

Philosophical Influences on Psychology
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: Who is nowadays not interested in the human behavior? In fact, this interest is not a new thing and the philosophical influence started in the 18th century in France. This interest of philosophical ...

Understanding Ethical Research
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: Psychological experiments for research in modern society requires following ethical guidelines. This is based off the Belmont Report written by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Se...

MIND Charity Analysis - Expansion Plan
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Sep 2017
Introduction: Evaluation of MIND’s Internal and External Environment in Light of Its Expansion Plans The aim of this report was to analyze the internal and external environments of MIND in relationship to ...

Dissociative Identity Disorder Case Study
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Aug 2017
Introduction: Case Summary/Case Conceptualization Identifying Information: Kevin is a thirty-something-year-old, single, Caucasian male; referred to Gibson Center for Wellness mandated by the court system as part...

Ethics of Educational Psychologists
Example essay. Last modified: 31st Jul 2017
Introduction: What are the ethical and other implications of an Educational Psychologist working with a child/family with a low incidence condition? Low-incidence condition A low-incidence condition is an extrem...

Social Learning Theory and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Jul 2017
Introduction: Introduction This essay will summarise and review two psychological theories. I will discuss Bandura’s social learning theory and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I will then apply Banduras ...

Cognitive Ability on Job Performance
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Jul 2017
Introduction: The recruitment of successful and productive employees is incredibly important for organizations. There are many available tools for organizations to make careful selections. Organizations can set m...

Critical Review of 'The Foot-in-the-door Technique' Study
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Jul 2017
Introduction: Critical Review of ‘Compliance without Pressure: The Foot-in-the-door Technique’ The Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyAugust 1966Jonathan L. Freedman and Scott C. Fraser Introd...

Human Development:Heredity, Environment & Parental Influence
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Jul 2017
Introduction: Human Development Through Heredity, Environment and Parental Influence Abstract: Over the past 100 years , has focused a study of environmental impacts , and to analyze the genetics of the human per...

Influence of Parenting Styles on Academic Performance
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Jul 2017
Introduction: A Critical review: Parental Warmth, Control, and Involvement in Schooling: Predicting Academic Achievement among Korean American Adolescents A model published in the late 1960’s by Baumrind (1968) ...

Analysing Results: Gambling and the 'Certainty Effect'
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2017
Introduction: Decision-making processes occur continuously in our daily lives. Some decisions do not require much thinking, such as putting on your shoes before leaving the house. These decisions are almost automa...

Psychology for Health and Social Care
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jul 2017
Introduction: The aim of this essay is to explore my understanding of the psychological factors which influence human behaviours and the effects these factors may have on individuals who use health and social care ...

Factors that Impact Prenatal Development
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jul 2017
Introduction: Today, it is well documented that there are many factors that could potentially harm or negatively influence the development of an unborn child during the prenatal period (1). These risk factors inclu...

Psychology Theories of Emotion
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jul 2017
Introduction: This topic is under the evolutionary, social as well as the cognitive perspectives of psychology. The evolutionary perspective seeks to understand the reason behind human emotions; the social area foc...

Principles of Scientific Thinking and Examples
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jul 2017
Introduction: Scientific thinking skills in people’s behavior Psychology is not a science. It is the scientific study which relates the behavior, brain and mind. It is based on the collecting data from evidences...

Psychoanalytic Theory Case Study Examples
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jul 2017
Introduction: The study analysed George a 35year old high school teacher who has recently been hospitalised due to the presentation of certain psychological symptoms. Approaches that have been considered for George...

Child and Adolescent Development Theories
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jul 2017
Introduction: Child development is the process of change and stability in children from conception through adolescences (Papalia, Olds & Feldman, 2008). Throughout history child development was not looked at a...

Harlow and Ainsworth
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2017
Introduction: Attachment refers to the early relationships of caregivers, usually mothers, to infants and the manner in which such early care giving relationships foster development in infants (Senior, 2009). In th...

Ability Job Fit
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2017
Introduction: What is more likely to lead to high work performance a fit between ability-job or between personality-organisation? Introduction The aim of this assignment is to construct an argument to support the p...

Authoritarian Parenting Theory
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Jul 2017
Introduction: The research question for this essay is ‘How does authoritarian parenting impact children and adolescents in relation to their social skills.’ The aim of this essay was to explore whether ...

Who Am I? Psychology Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Jul 2017
Introduction: The concept of self comes from the past and future; how an individual was, and who the individual want to be. The self attempts to maintain a constant relationship with its various elements and the ex...

Raven's Matrices Test
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Jul 2017
Introduction: Raven’s Progressive Matrices or Raven’s Matrices are multiple choice non-verbal intelligence tests of abstract reasoning, originally developed by Dr. John C. Raven in 1936 and firstly publ...

Pattern Recognition Psychology
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Jul 2017
Introduction: Pattern recognition is a skill of how people identify the objects in their environment which is what we do all the time in our daily life. For example, you can recognize your teachers, friends, and al...