Essays and Research Papers on History Of Psychology

Emotions – What Good Are They Anyway?: This 8-page report examines some of today’s most hotly debated theories relevant to the origin, evolution and necessity of human emotions. Some experts claim that they are critical to our very physical and psychological survival. However, there are those of another ideology who assert that ...

This 12 page paper explores definitions of intelligence and theories that explore meanings beyond the traditional IQ. Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, and Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence, are each explored. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

(5 pp) According to Boynton (2000) Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis has been challenged and revised from the moment it was conceived. What, we might now read as outrageous fiction, has become the fodder of light-night talk shows which perhaps is damning enough. This discussion will focus on some of Freud's creative ...

A 10 page paper which discusses Erik Erikson's eight developmental stages and then applies each one to a character in the movies or on television. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the work of Donald Kiesler in psychotherapy research. Kiesler points out that work in personality theory that is derived from the variety of interpersonal circles inventories is supportive of many of the personality theories that drive integrative models of psychotherapy. He also referred to research that does not recognize the importance of such numerous factors as ...

A 20 page paper. Tutorial comments are provided in this paper. The writer discusses the Code of Ethics from the American Psychological Association and then goes on to describe a number of traditional psychotherapies demonstrating they are considered ethical because they are validated through scientific evidence. The writer then describes a number of fringe therapies ...

Three Perspectives: 10 pages in length. This paper examines the theories and treatments of psychological disorders as viewed by three different well-known theorists: Carl Jung, Erik Erikson, and Karen Horney. While their applications of treatment and theories of each of these psychologists might differ, each of them found varying measures of success in their methods. Included in this evaluation ...

A 20 page paper. This paper is a modification of PGthfrn.rtf. This research paper includes court cases in which therapists have been charged with misconduct, often breach of confidentiality. Additionally, this paper includes a section on repressed memory therapy and the damage it has caused. Ethics or lack thereof are interspersed throughout the paper. ...

A 5 page paper. The theories that are discussed include: the three aspects of the psyche and how they conflict with each other; the unconscious and its role in repression; the meaning of different neuroses, according to how Freud defined neurosis; the meaning of psychosis; a definition of psychoanalysis; and more. Bibliography lists 7 sources. ...

A 6 page research paper that examines three forms of brief psychological therapy. The writer examines these methods for accomplishing successful outcomes in brief therapy, and the implications of these therapeutic techniques toward the values and limitations of brief therapy. These therapeutic approaches are strategic solution-focused therapy, cognitive/behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic therapy. Bibliography lists 4 ...

A paper which looks at Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams, with reference to his theories regarding wish-fulfilment, repression, the mechanisms of internal censorship, the symbology of dreams, and the relationship between the development of the individual from id to super-ego and the way that this development is reflected in the elements of dreams.

A 14 page research paper. This paper has four parts: Post-traumatic stress disorder in which this disorder is described along with causes and psychological and physical effects and symptoms. The incidence of PTSD is also included. Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, as originated by Albert Ellis. The philosophy and foundation of the theory is explained as ...

Carl Gustav Jung -- A Life Shaped by Women: This 37-page essay details the life experiences of psychoanalyst, Carl Jung and the four women who left lasting impressions on this brilliant, often-tortured man and his work. Beginning with his mother, Emilie and recounting his marriage, one acknowledged mistress and one pivotal affair, Jung is ...

An 8 page discussion of conditioning theory. Outlines the theories of B.F. Skinner and provides examples from everyday life, examples such as that of a child learning appropriate table manners from his parents, to illustrate those theories. Explores terminology such as conditioned verses unconditioned stimuli and response, punishment, reward, instrumental, operant, etc. Bibliography ...

This 6 page paper (including 2 page paper outline), considers this style of therapy. The modalities of the intervention and the processes involved in an existentialist approach. The paper examines how this is achieved and the process of the therapy and then goes on to look at the strangest and weaknesses of this approach. The ...

This 25 page paper evaluates Carl Jung's theories, particularly as they pertain to the mentally ill and to the nature of dreams. His concept of the collective unconscious is explored in depth. The meaning and purpose of dreams are ultimately discussed as they manifest in schizophrenics and the depressed. Information on Jung's personal life is ...

This paper examines the theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and discusses how these theories can be used to help treat substance abuse. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the six conditions that Carl Rogers supported as necessary for therapeutic change. This paper integrates a view of other theorists, who have challenged Rogers supposition and added thepossibility of another condition. This paper integrates a view of the broad perspective on existing arguments for therapeutic ...

13 pages in length. There are myriad forms of medicine healing theories practiced in the civilized world, many of which have specific rituals that are followed for specific diseases. Indeed, there is no denying the fact that the mind is very powerful and has a significant role in the overall healing process. ...

This 5 page paper considers the specifics of child development presented by Piaget and Kolhberg and assesses the following question: at what point is a child's understanding of him or herself and the world he or she is in sufficient so that he or she can make a competent decision to accept Christ into ...

An eight page paper which looks at some of the theories regarding the development of personality and the importance of biological impulses, reward and punishment, environmental influences and other extraneous factors in the way that personality traits manifest themselves and behavioural patterns are modified. Bibliography lists 3 sources

This 6 page report discusses: Sigmund Freud’s interpretation, assumptions, and beliefs about dreams; Allan Hobson’s objections to Freud’s findings and his research into various pathways that lead from conscious to unconscious states; and, Robert McCarley’s vast amount of research and writing on the activity of the brain, especially in terms of physiological linkages that exist between consciousness and extreme mental disorders such ...

This 5 page report discusses Sigmund Freud’s “Civilization and its Discontents” (1929-30) and applies it to a literary character -- Mephistopheles -- from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust.” Both are tangentially based on the real world and real people, however, both are shaped and manipulated by their “founders.” For that reason Mephistopheles serves as one of the most valuable subjects ...

A 15 page discussion of the role of values in psychological research. Details the philosophical debate which has surrounded this question since the seventeenth century, particularly the rationalist/empiricist debate. Distinguishes between the qualitative approach and the quantitative approach and between inductive and deductive reasoning. Bibliography lists 14 sources.

A 9 page discussion of the evolution which psychiatry has experienced in regard to defining and treating mental illness. Uses the experiences of this popular film and book to illuminate some of the atrocities which characterized the institutional setting just a few years ago. Contrasts these atrocities with the current state of psychiatric ...