Psychology Essays

The boundaries between phenomenon and context
Example essay. Last modified: 4th May 2017
Introduction: The basic aim and objective of this chapter is to describe in perspective the research methodology that would be used to check the correlation between multinational oil corporation’s participati...

The History And Background Of Drug Addiction
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Introduction: How do risk factors such as genetics and environment contribute to adolescents’ susceptibility to substance use and abuse? One study suggests that genetics and environment may actually affect ad...

Two theories of cognitive development
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd May 2017
Introduction: This essay will explore similarities and differences between Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s respective theories in explanation of childhood cognitive development. Specifically it will examine the...

Case study: Cognitive Theories
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Introduction: There are three predominantly cognitive theorists that will be discussed in this paper. They are Jean Piaget, Edward Chace Tolman, and Albert Bandura. This paper will discuss the theorist’s main...

Observation studying on an autistic child
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd May 2017
Introduction: Nowadays, Autism is a very popular topic to discuss. Some biological experts said that genetics can cause autistic problem. Asperger’s syndrome is one of them. People who have this syndrome may ...

Skinner's Contributions And Influence On Modern Psychology
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Introduction: This paper reviews and analyzes B. F. Skinners contributions to psychology. It is my intention to discuss the important influences of his methodological inventions and his interpretation of human and ...

Children raised by a single parent
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Introduction: Human development is incredibly unlikely to occur within an entirely context free situation but rather within a particular ecological setting consisting of the family, a school, a neighbourhood and a ...

Evaluation of Rosenberg's self-esteem scale
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Introduction: Psychological tests are tools used to measure differences between individuals or between the same individual under different circumstances. A psychological test is an objective and standardized measur...

Schizophrenic Serial Killer: David Richard Berkowitz
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Introduction: David Richard Berkowitz also known as the son of Sam and the 44. Caliber Killer is an American serial killer, whose crimes terrorized New York City from July 1976 until his arrest in August 1977. He s...

What Is Emotional Resilience?
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Introduction: Edith Grotberg defined resilience as the, Human capacity to deal with, overcome, learn from or even be transformed by the inevitable challenges of life. Emotional resilience has been widely recognised...

Phenomenon of change blindness
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Introduction: The phenomenon of change blindness refers to the extensive finding that people often fail to detect large changes in an object or visual scene. (Rensink, O’Regan & Clark, 1997; Simons &...

Consequences of child abuse and neglect
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Introduction: Introduction Child abuse and neglect are an unfortunate reality for many children in our community. The past thirty years have witnessed a growth in our awareness of and attention to the problems face...

Strengths and weaknesses of biopsychology research
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Introduction: Biopsychology In order to understand something it is important to know the history and have a definition. Biological psychology has been dated to Avicenna (980-1037 C.E.), a physician who recognized p...

Person centered therapy and Gestalt Therapy
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd May 2017
Introduction: “The first time I had to purchase psych meds, I was in my small home town. The pharmacist came outside warning me to buy the pills in the next town, or people would be gossiping behind my back i...

Ethological Principles In The Study Of Animal Behaviour
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Introduction: Today, the study of animal behaviour is as far reaching as it was for our hominin ancestors who must have had some sense of understanding of animal behaviour while navigating through ancestral African...

The Developmental Psychopathology Approach To ADHD
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Introduction: Developmental psychopathology is a complex approach to studying childhood problems and atypical development, in the context of human development. There are many issues in defining and classifying abno...

Details of child and context of the observation
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Introduction: We would suggest that, prior to any action; social workers need to be capable of taking an observational stance to give themselves the possibility of objectivity in coming to their conclusions. The ob...

Change Their Health Behaviours
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Introduction: Health psychology does recognise the importance of looking at behaviour change models and it also recognises that half of premature deaths in developed countries are caused by specific risk factors. T...

Marrs theory and a complete account of perception
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Introduction: Visual perception plays great importance in peoples everyday lives. It is an interpretation of what humans and animals take in trough their senses. Perception helps us to interact with people, to play...

Increasingly Becoming More Health Conscious
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Introduction: Society today is increasingly becoming more health conscious with the ever growing obesity rates and widespread awareness of the health implications resulting from being overweight. In 2010 it was sta...

Men and Midlife Crisis: Coping With Trauma, Causes and Treatment
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Introduction: Introduction The debate on “mid-life crisis” is hot and unending, no individual in a relationship likes to here of this “jargon”. There are different opinions as to what the te...

Theories About Emotional Intelligence
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Introduction: Among all the theories about emotional intelligence, those proposed by Mayer and Salovey and Petrides have generated the most interest in terms of research and application. Each of their theoretical p...

Rescorla Wagner Learning
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Introduction: Rescorla Wagner Learning Critically evaluate the contributions of the Rescorla-Wagner model to our understanding of associative learning. The Rescorla-Wagner model is widely regarded as the most...

Imprinting And Human Attachment Behaviours
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd May 2017
Introduction: Konrad Lorenz, an Austrian ethologist (a scientist who studies animals en their natural environment) was one of the first to study this aspect of animal behaviour. Imprinting refers to an inbuilt ten...

Diagnostic And Therapeutic Use Of Prisms
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd May 2017
Introduction: The study aims to investigate the present use of prisms in ophthalmic settings in patients with binocular vision problems for diagnostic and therapeutic use. The study will also investigate other meth...