Halo effect investigation
Case study - 6 pages - Psychology
This is an investigation into how the halo effect affects an individual's perception towards people. The human schema is influenced by several factors that change the way humans perceive situations. In other words, it causes cognitive bias. The halo effect revolves around this concept. The...
Mental health in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a community cohort study - Jia et al. (2020) - Validated measures of mental health
Text commentary - 2 pages - Psychology
The paper titled "Mental health in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a community cohort study" by Jia et al. provides an in-depth analysis of the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK population. The study is based on a large community cohort of...
Finding A Mutually Satisfactory Argument in Negotiations
Course material - 1 pages - Psychology
It is vital to note that negotiating parties have multiple interests, and this should be identified and talked about clearly. Identification of interests begins with a review of basic needs and in the current case; these include economic well-being, a sense of belonging, security, and...
Transmitting Aggression through the Imitation of Aggressive Models - Albert Bandura (1961)
Book review - 3 pages - Psychology
Aggression in its multiple dimensions is a significant behavioural problem in the world currently. In the history of psychology, aggression stands out as a widely researched topic, particularly by social psychologists whose primary goal is to define it and study its causes. While there is a long...
How to Find Resilience after a Traumatic Domestic Violence?
Litterature review - 7 pages - Psychology
This work is a great opportunity to explore an area that is debated more every day in the media, but that required a deeper psychological analysis to understand causes and to provide keys for wellbeing relief. Domestic violence, the traumas that it causes and how we deal with them in our...
Assessment of Performance of Executive Function Tasks Between Bilinguals and Monolinguals
Presentation - 5 pages - Psychology
This work was born out of a reflection on whether the ability to speak more than one language actually confers better cognitive functioning after finding that the extensive research that has been conducted on how the use of both languages can affect some executive control functions were...
English Homework in Psychology
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Psychology
Neuropsychoanalysis might be able to bring a "sketch of inner life" where emotions and so on are not only expressed by patterns and numbers. The combination of neuroscience and psychoanalysis express together the human mind and should be considered and used together as complementary.
To What Extent Does the Expression of Emotions Influence Relationships?
Dissertation - 3 pages - Psychology
Emotions play an important role in our daily lives, they are affecting everything from our behavior to our decisions, and contribute to the construction of our own- identity. So they represent a crucial part of the communication between humans and relationships are based on communication,...
Developmental Psychology Quiz
Tutorials/exercises - 10 pages - Psychology
This document is a 50-question quiz on developmental psychology, covering topics such as intelligence development, the oral stage, reflexes in infants, attachment, language development, motor and postural development, and growth. The quiz includes questions on the theories of Jean Piaget, Lev...
How to read Gustav Jung?
Practical guide - 7 pages - Psychology
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychologist who lived from 1875 to 1961. His fame and status are second only to Sigmund Freud concerning the establishment of psychology as a field of knowledge. Jung is largely responsible for the term "Complex or Complexes" being used in the English language. And...
The concepts of accelerated learning and mind-body enhancements
Case study - 34 pages - Psychology
How did Bulgarian Ivan Barzakov bring the roots of Superlearning to America? Answer: Ivan Barzakov wanted to escape the yoke of the Communist oppression in Bulgaria and go to America. This entailed swimming for seven miles in the open, cold, shark-infested waters of the Adriatic sea and onto the...
The depressive state: eternal melancholia to deep despair
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Mental and emotional health is a factor that is often ignored and overlooked in our society. It is seen as unimportant, when it is in fact one of the most important components to achieving and living a healthy life. Many people consider mental and emotional health to be an optional part of caring...
The beholder - Erotica and pornography
Essay - 1 pages - Psychology
Erotica and pornography are terms that are often used interchangeably. Their definitions are certainly similar; they are both materials which depict erotic behavior and are meant to cause sexual excitement. However, while they're defined as similar, the way they carry out these definitions...
The rise of mental descent - A stressful era
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Happiness may be good for one's health, but seeking it may not be. There are many factors that people must consider before even considering whether they are happy or not. Typically, stress is a factor that is seem as a barrier to satisfaction. Since stress is part of everyone's life,...
Middle aged children development issues
Essay - 5 pages - Psychology
Conventionally, for individuals to succeed in life they ought to have achieved academically, flexibility and willingness both in college and in career and a positive behavior. Consequently, school counseling for the middle-aged aims at promoting and enhancing the success of pupils in future by...
Community health needs assessment
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) are a vital tool in identifying the most prioritized health needs of a community and aligning the required resources and partners to address this needs(Judith & Chere, 2013). A well-structured CHNAs will provide very valuable data to direct resources...
Observation of various life stages
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
The field of growth and progressacrossthe humanlifethat include physical, cognitive, intellectual, social, perceptual, personality and emotional growth is developmental psychology.(In Fiske.2010).This is important in order to understand how humans learn, mature and adapt. Life has various stages...
Cognitive Development Perspectives of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky
Essay - 5 pages - Psychology
Teacher preparation with regard to teaching students is a very sensitive issue and there is need to consider the cognitive development perspectives of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. These two theorists provide different perspectives about young children's learning patterns, but they both have...
The wellbeing of afghan refugees in Sweden
Dissertation - 65 pages - Psychology
It is traumatizing to become a refugee, not in the sense of insane, frantic or deranged, but in terms of feeling out of place, misplaced or a being cast off. The identity of refugee is narrowed to an Immigrant, delineated by the term category. The reality of a refugee is inverted the moment...
The diverse nature of psychology
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Psychology happens to be an area in science which concerns itself with people's minds as well as the behaviours which people exhibit. As a discipline, psychology is quite diverse. It implicates other areas of science widely as well as makes use of problems that are solvable to create knowledge to...
Motivation at the workplace
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Employees are the most important part of an organizational structure since they shape the performance levels of an organization. In order to perform to their level best employees need to be properly motivated towards achieving the goals and vision of an organization. Employees are motivated by...
Banning convertion therapy for the transgender youth
Essay - 6 pages - Psychology
Convertion therapy, which can also be expressed as convertion therapy tries to convert lesbians, gay, bisexual as well as transgender persons from same gender sex to heterosexuality by means of prayer as well as other efforts. The basis of reparative therapy is that the gender identity or sexual...
Early childhood learning guidelines
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
The United States is looking to streamline the different concepts in the learning environment with different States being encouraged to adopt practices that are in line with other states provided they are adoptable. The State of Minnesota is no different as it is looking to adopt the Division of...
Children of divorce : annotated bibiliography
Book review - 3 pages - Psychology
When divorce hits a family, it creates existential anxiety that influences the Children's ability to adjust and cope with the world. Divorce is a difficult phase in a child's life that produces long-term implications of adjustment, well-being and relationships with others and with God. The risk...
Psychology case study assignment
Case study - 2 pages - Psychology
Timothy is a 12 year old boy. Timothy's parents had indicated that their son tends to be overactive and at times pays little attention to whatever that he does. In addition to this Timothy is said to normally forget whatever he is told to do. Moreover he at times end up breaking things in the...
The media and its effect on women's body image
Essay - 3 pages - Psychology
Every form of popular media presents a sociocultural standard for feminine beauty. No single outlet is without conviction in this instance. The female audience is contaminated with the portrayal of the “ideal body.” Often, the standards presented are not physically achievable by the...
Diverse sexual orientations
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
In the world of today there are the homosexuals and the heterosexuals who are forming a part of our society. Although met initially with resistance the society is gradually accepting that the homosexuals are a part of our society and are not going anywhere. Diversity in sexual orientation has...
Supporting Significant Life Events
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
It is very difficult to be able to understand how significant life events such as dying and bereavement impact on the lives of individuals and more so their social networks when one has never had prior experience with grief (McFarlane et. al 1994, p. 716). Life is a cycle with a lot of...
Position Paper: PAWA
Case study - 4 pages - Psychology
When looking at PAWA, I've come to the conclusion that the legislation is a positive for the public and generates a public good. PAWA should be supported because it helps to keep workers in high risk situations safe, it helps to preserve the environment and keep it clean for the long term, it...
Renewable Energy and the Hotel Industry: A Perfect Fit?
Case study - 27 pages - Psychology
Renewable energy is one of the fastest growing sectors in today's energy market. Energy from solar, wind, hydro power, tidal energy and biomass sources is being harnessed to provide energy that is both environmentally friendly and secure from the fluctuations of the international fossil fuel...
