Essays and Research Papers on History Of Psychology

This 5 page paper provides an overview of Freud's 1917 work Mourning and Melancholia. This paper outlines the basic definitions provided by Freud and then applies them to an understanding of Queen Victoria in the film Mrs. Brown.

This 7 page report discusses implications of Freud's approach to the study of the self through his focus on the experiences and understandings that humans forget. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 4 pages research paper that discusses the personality theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers, relative to the part of personality that each theorist felt was "hidden," or suppressed. The writer argues that Freud sees human personality as a construct that is built atop basic instinctual behavior that has to be controlled, with personality ...

A 15 page overview of psychoanalytical theory and theorists. Included are brief recaps of the work of such psychoanalyst as Sigmund Freud, B.F. Skinner, Carl Jung, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, Alfred Adler, Donald Winicott, John Bowlby, Karen Horney, Erick Erickson, and Erich Fromm. Bibliography lists 16 sources.

A 3 page overview of this based-on-fact expose of the field of psychiatry during World War I. This book tells the story of English officer and poet Siegfried Sassoon and his interactions with psychiatrist Dr. William Rivers at Craiglockhart War Hospital outside Edinburgh. Sassoon has refused to fight and been declared shell shocked. ...

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the White Hotel. D. M. Thomas’ The White Hotel focuses on Freud’s views of the significance of the past, the family, the body, the emotions and the use of the talking cure , all of which reveal Freud as the quintessential modern man. Bibliography lists ...

A paper which describes the Stroop experiment in interference in serial verbal reactions, and the phi phenomenon of apparent movement. Bibliography lists 4 sources

A 4 page paper which examines Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ “Death and Dying.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

15 pages in length. The writer discusses Freud, Jung, Adler, Gestalt and transpersonal approach as they relate to holistic psychotherapy. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

17 pages in length. The writer discusses human nature, personality, wellness/illness/problems, therapeutic process and procedures, and research as they pertain to Gestalt therapy. Bibliography lists 21 sources.

8 pages in length. The writer discusses Jung's collective unconscious and Freud's dream theories as they relate to the unconscious and its functioning. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

10 pages in length. When one hears the name Sigmund Freud, one makes an immediate association with the psychological discipline of psychoanalysis. The extent to which Freud shaped an entire industry based upon what at the time was considered a wholly outrageous assertion about human behavior is both grand and far-reaching; that his ...

This 12-page paper describes the theories of three leading mental health experts -- Sigmund Freud, William Glasser and Albert Ellis. The paper also discusses comparisons and contrasts between the three men. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper provides an overview of the TSCS, the Tennessee Self Concept Scale and outlines the importance of validity and reliability.

A paper which looks at the development and use of EMDR therapy, and at the studies which have been carried out on patients with post traumatic stress disorder. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines what Freud’s analysis would be of Edgar Allen Poe’s stories “The Black Cat” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” as they relate to Poe’s attitudes and beliefs towards women. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 20 page paper is an in-depth look a the case of Little Hans, a case that concerned a five year old boy who developed a phobia of large animals, especially horses. The paper looks at the background and history of Hans, with his sexual development and interest in his "widdler", the castration anxiety, ...

Reliability and validity, two crucial dimensions of empirical measurement, enable researchers to say that whatever they are measuring can be relied upon to be dependable, and that whatever is measured is being measured accurately. Reliability can be proved, while validity must be inferred and can never be perfectly verified. Yet, despite this probability, credible and ...

This 5 page report discusses British novelist Minette Walters' 1994 book, The Scold's Bridle, and whether it provides a useful example of the theories of Sigmund Freud. The report suggests that Freud's theories are particularly applicable in Walters' story. Bibliography lists only the primary source.

A paper which looks at the Freudian concepts of id, ego and superego with reference to psychodynamics and the construction of ego defences. 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, ...

A 3 page research paper that examines what Freud, Socrates and Plato thought concerning the connection between reason and "what is good," that is the nature of good and evil. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8-page paper is a summary on Love's Hidden Symmetry by Bert Hellinger. The essay discusses Hellinger's theories, than compares those theories with the collective unconscious theory, as introduced by Carl Jung. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper examines neurosis according to Freud, as well as his concept of psychoanalysis. Furthermore, this paper explores the difference between neurosis and psychosis. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the Code of Ethics changes made to the American Psychological Association in 2002 and what ramifications these changes have on the Australian Psychological Society. Furthermore, their implications on the ethical guidelines of the Australian Psychological Society are also examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.