Psychology Essays

Frontal Lobe And Its Function Psychology
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Jun 2017
Introduction: The human brain is a very complex structure; it is the center of our nervous system. One of the most important parts is the frontal lobe. The frontal lobes are responsible for what is known as the exe...

History Of The Blue Brain Technology
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Jun 2017
Introduction: Blue brain is basically a Virtual Brain It is the creation of synthetic brain by reverse engineering, the mammalian brains down to the molecular level. That means a machine can function as human brain...

Cognitive Processing and The Stroop Effect
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2017
Introduction: The area of study was cognitive processing. The aim of the experiment was to determine if there was a positive cognitive skill difference when a participant was given a matching variable of colours an...

How does Social Media Effect Time Management?
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2017
Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to better understand the relationship between time spent on social media and time management in students. After and extensive literature review, a questionnaire was admini...

Hochschild's Emotional Labour Theory
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2017
Introduction: Emotional labour was first put forward by sociologist Arlie Hochschild in 1983 in her classic book, The Managed Heart....

Relationship between Stress and Suicide
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2017
Introduction: In 2002-2004, more than 10% of HK people who died of suicide were 15-24 years old (fig. 1 in appendix). However, in 2002, nearly 80% of HK people who attempted suicide were 15-24 years old (fig. 2 in ...

Effects of Sleep Deprivation and Disorders
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Jun 2017
Introduction: Sleeping disorders negatively impact the person, their family, and society. The objective of this paper is to describe the importance and types of sleep, the link between sleep and certain diseases, t...

Social Psychology Theories - The Impact of Attitudes in Society
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Jun 2017
Introduction: People usually have a more immediate influence on us when we are actually in their presence. However some psychologists claim that all psychology is social psychology as all our behaviour takes place ...

How Neurons Communicate
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Jun 2017
Introduction: The objective of this assignment is to provide detailed explanation of the way in which neurons communicate with each other. It explores the link between this specific communication and the behaviour ...

Ego Defense Mechanisms | Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jun 2017
Introduction: Defense mechanisms were first conceptualized by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, and further developed, by his daughter Anna Freud. Sigmund Freud described personality as being made up of ...

The Client-Centred Model - An Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jun 2017
Introduction: In this essay I shall be defining the Rogerian and Egan’s 3-stage model of counselling and discussing how the counselling alliance is established in each. Boundary issues will also be examined w...

Issues In Adolescent Development
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jun 2017
Introduction: Adolescent can be defined as developmental stage between childhood and adulthood where through this crucial period they will have rapid changes in physical, emotion, cognitive change and also behavior...

Effect of Highlight on Memory Recall
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jun 2017
Introduction: This experiment was designed to investigate the effect of highlighting on memory recall. 30 subjects of aged 20 were chosen randomly. All the subjects were given a list of 40 words, in which 20 of th...

How Reliable is Eyewitness Testimony?
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jun 2017
Introduction: This essays attempts to reach a conclusion regarding eyewitness testimonies and the extent of its reliability. This was done by identifying factors in three different processes stages. The acquisition...

Adolescent Development Case Study Example
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2017
Introduction: This is the life of Liang, a 16 year-old adolescent boy. Liang is a 16 year-old adolescent boy who suffers from anxiety, stress, depression and exhibit anti-social behavior. Being eccentric, he only h...

Should Children Be Allowed To Play Video Games?
Example essay. Last modified: 31st May 2017
Introduction: There are several ways children can learn and grow and there are an equally large amount of ways to facilitate this growth. Knowledge and growth can be gained through the telling of stories, listening...

Rey Complex Figure Test Interpretation
Example essay. Last modified: 31st May 2017
Introduction: Over 68 years the RCFT has been used with great success for measuring visuospatial, memory, problems solving and motor skills. It compares well with other similar tests. It also has generally good rel...

Is Criminal Behavior Innate or Shaped?
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2017
Introduction: The ‘nature vs. nurture’ debate is one of the oldest issues concerning psychologists and the extent to which both factor influences personality is an enigma that remains unresolved to this...

Frontal Lobe Damage: Case Study
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2017
Introduction: The frontal lobes play a major role in the regulation of our emotions and behaviour as well as planning, decision making, social conduct, and executive functions. They are vulnerable to damage and man...

Theories Of Depression
Example essay. Last modified: 30th May 2017
Introduction: Depression is classified as a mood disorder. To meet the criteria for having depression the sufferer will of have to have felt low in mood for two weeks or more and display at least five of the sympto...

Paradigm of Mental Health
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2017
Introduction: “Mental health disorders are amongst the leading causes of ill health and disability worldwide” (Prentice & Beusenberg 2001). A paradigm is an unanimously recognized scientific accomp...

Relaxation Theory: Theory and Practices
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2017
Introduction: Relaxation Therapy is a program which emphasizes a wide variety of strategies and techniques for dealing with stress and health disorders. Relaxation techniques can benefit almost any person by reduci...

Social Facilitation Theory Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2017
Introduction: During my school days, when I used to practice solving mathematical equations at home I do fine and if professor asked to solve the same equation in front of class on white board, I always solve it ac...

Attribution Theory Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2017
Introduction: Attribution theory assumes that people try to determine why people do what they do. The theory deals with the information one uses in making casual inferences, and the way one deals with this informa...

Theories of Depression Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2017
Introduction: In this essay I will outline and explain at least 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses of the explanations of depression, via 3 different main forms of psychological explanations for depression. These approa...