Essays and Research Papers on Developmental Psychology

5 pages in length. The writer discusses recovered memories and Type A personalities as they relate to emotions, memory and cognitive failure. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

8 pages in length. Achieving optimum health represents the primary goal of any given modality of medicine; when the disease to be treated is depression, however, there are two schools of thought pertaining to appropriate treatment options. Depression, which causes people to become despondent and pessimistic for no apparent reason, has typically been ...

4 pages in length. Like its Rorschach and MMPI counterparts, the thematic apperception test (TAT) seeks to uncover hidden facets of an individual's thought processes, attitudes, emotional responses and observational abilities. Christiana D. Morgan and Henry A. Murray, who designed the personality test at Harvard in the 1930s, has long been one of ...

This 3 page paper discusses the psychological effects of those who opt for weight loss surgery and those who are morbidly obese. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper. Bipolar disorder is often treated with a combination of medication and minimal psychotherapeutic intervention. This paper reports the results from studies where cognitive behavioral therapy was introduced. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4-page paper that discusses the consequences to social science research and practice because of Jeffrey Coulter's 1979 proposition that speech is often misconveyed and misunderstood. Coulter's argument is compared to that of Wittgenstein and modern theorists. Bibliography lists 3 sources. JVwitgen.rtf

This 8 page paper posits that men and women speak a different language. Based on gender and language studies, the author seeks to prove the thesis by looking at studies by Elisabeth Kuhn, Deborah Tannen, Roberta Hall, and anthropologists from earlier years like Ember and Ember. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This paper looks at the nature of motivation and applies it to the health issue of obesity. Explored are the myths concerning human motivation, process model and content model contrast, and a specific motivational challenge in the field of health care. Bibliography lists 6 sources. JVmotiva.rtf

This 4 page paper examines environmental influences that promote positive emotional and psychosocial development in 7 to 11 year olds. The developmental stage is discussed along with positive forces in families, peer groups and school situations. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the differences between functional and dysfunctional families. Furthermore, this paper highlights the importance of overcoming obstacles created within the dysfunctional family framework. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper considers the case of Michael. Michael will only go to sleep with his mother, either in his own bed or in his parents bed. The paper looks at how the parents can get Michael to sleep in his own bed alone. The plan gives a sudden and a gradual option fro ...

14 pages in length. To truly understand the extent to which depression reaches into virtually every recess of the global community, it is critical to realize just how comprehensive this disease is. Manifested in various behaviors by just as many inciters, depression takes on myriad forms that evolve from both a physiological and ...

3 pages in length. Murray is quite insightful by stating "there is no personality characteristic that is not possessed and manifested at least occasionally, to a slight extent, by everyone," being that human beings have a tendency to put forth a better, somewhat contrived personality when in specific situations. This assertion is further ...

A 7 page guide in the construction of a personal learning/teaching theory. The author contends that much guidance can be found in fields which on first appearance are very different from education. One such field is industry. It is from there that the theories of Bandura originated. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 25-page paper focuses on advantages and disadvantages of using social constructivism and grounded theory together for research purposes. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

A 9 page examination of the age old question of whether it is our environment or our genes that shape our personality and behavior. The author examines both sides of this argument to conclude that a number of factors enter into the question of whether a parent or other factors of a child’s environment ...

This is a 5 page paper reviewing Steptoe et al (2003) trial “Behavioral Counseling to Increase Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables in Low Income Adults”. Investigators Steptoe et al (2003) conducted a randomized trial to study the effect behavioral counseling had in regards to increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables in low income adults. ...

This 3 page paper gives an overview and review of Spencer Johnson's book, Who Moved My Cheese. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 6 page paper begins by identifying some of the factors that are prevalent in the three stages of adolescence. The writer then offers an overview of three theorists: Erik Erikson, Harry Stack Sullivan and G. Stanley Hall. The scenario presented for the paper focuses on the need for consultants/counselors working in a community health ...

This 5 page report discusses the background, causes, effects, and treatments of Social Anxiety Disorder or SAD (also known as "social phobia") during childhood through adolescence. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper. The catalyst for this essay is a statement from A. Williams: "Trainees in the supervisory process sometimes are required to face their innermost and mysterious self." The question is how this statement reflects effective supervision. The writer discusses the statement in terms of knowing oneself and calls upon Freud's own self-analysis, ...

This 3 page paper analyzes the psychological ideas behind secrets as presented in the NY Times article: What Secrets Tell by Luc Sante. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page report discusses the cognitive behavior therapy model of psychiatric care and the problem of chronic chewing on fingernails and cuticles. Behaviors that may be dismissed as little more than a "nervous habit" or a childish defense or self-comforting mechanism are representative of deeper anxieties or concerns on the part of the individual with the behavior. In ...

This 6 page paper discusses the connection betwen the mind and body on the health of a person. Specific examples are given, conclusions drawn. Quotes cited from the text: Mind/Body Connection by Hafen, Karren, Frandsen, and Smith. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 4 page paper with an example of an individual with the dominant traits of Carol S. Pearson’s “Innocent” archetype. Carol S. Pearson’s text “Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World” (1991) discusses the parallels of human psychiatric development with three stages of a hero’s ...