Essays and Research Papers on Psychology Mixed

This 4 page paper presents 3 problem solving situations and then discusses strategies for solving them. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page paper. Using seclusion and constraints as a tool to control mentally ill patients has a long tradition but it is known that it does not help the patient get better. This essay discuses comfort and sensory rooms as an alternative, which has supporting evidence. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the importance of professional self awareness, self as a practitioner, values and beliefs, and the inner critic and inner coach. No references are listed.

A 3 page paper. As more people live into older years, the risk of contacting dementia increases. This paper is about listening to a speech on different topics related to dementia and suicide. The writer discusses how they listened and why. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper offers a brief history of mental health treatment and then describes recent research. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page paper that discusses the Following a brief discussion of low-income adolescents, the paper provides the results of three research studies demonstrating the effect that economic hardship has on parents and adolescents. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page case study related to conditioned learning. The case involves a mother who feels terror is she hears the sound of a motorcycle and a teenage son who developed a very strong aversion to the smell of meatloaf. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper. This essay has three sections: the writer's personal experience relating nature and intelligence; Gardner's theory and Sternberg's theory and which of their components the writer believes is stronger in him/her; and the writer's options on the nature vs. nurture debate. Each section is supported with other sources. Bibliography lists 5 ...

A 30 page paper. This essay discusses what emotional intelligence is, a literature review of the topic, training teachers, training counselors, and programs and activities teachers and counselors can use to teach secondary students about emotional intelligence. Many examples are included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 10 page paper. How do people achieve? This is the topic of this essay. Several theories are reviewed and discussed. These include goal theory, expectancy-value theory, self-efficacy, goal and expectancy-value theory combined, Vroom's expectancy theory, Alderfer' Existence, Relatedness, and Growth theory, McClelland's theory, and others. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 4 page paper that different issues relative to social psychology, including situationism, ethics, studies that were unethical, how people influence culture with examples, and conformity and obedience. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper. The Stanford Prison Experiment is the most famous and most controversial of psychology experiments. This paper briefly explains the experiment, how it is valuable to social psychology, the relevance to world issues, the value to humanity, the ethical concerns. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper. This essay discusses two topics: emerging issues in multicultural psychology and a significant development in the field. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper. This essay provides an overview of the negative psychological effects of these games and why certain types of games can have a negative impact on behavior and learning. It also identifies some of the positive effects. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The utility of the hierarchy as a motivational tool in the workplace is examined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 20-page paper offers a literature review concerning the use of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in treating adolescents likely to self-harm. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 4 page paper. The literature posits that by the age of 15, almost half of American children will have lived in a single-parent family. This essay takes the position that children raised in single parent homes are not doomed to failure. In fact, the outcomes for most of these children are as good ...

A 4 page paper. There is a dearth of empirical literature about the most successful therapeutic approaches for emotionally abused spouses. There is a lot about the negative impacts but not how to be an effective counselor when treating these clients. This essay discusses one journal article that reported an empirical study to compare ...

A 5 page paper. Autism is often diagnosed in infancy and almost always by the age of 3 years. The DSM-5, published in 2013, changed the diagnostic criteria for this condition. This essay reports the different categories, types, the three levels of severity, examples of symptoms at each level, and some interventions that have had ...

A 6 page paper that provides an overview of the entitled test. The essay discusses the conceptual rationale for it, how it came about, the development process of the test since the beginning, sampling processes, and how reliability and validity were determined. The paper comments on test-retest reliability, discriminate validity, convergent validity, and more. ...

A 4 page paper with two sections. The first interviews an adult analyzing Erikson's stages with her life. The second presents nurse-patient communication interactions with impressions and analyses. 2 Tables included. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper. All mental health professionals are challenged with ethical dilemmas on a regular basis but those issues can be magnified for substance abuse counselors. This essay is a reflection on ethical issues of the substance abuse/addict counselor. It cites two codes of ethics and provides additional information from articles and a ...

A 6 page paper. This essay focuses on the case study of Jamie, an alcoholic and drug addict. The essay provides a description of the case, discusses two theoretical models of addiction and how they apply to Jamie, and reports the DSM-V criteria for substance abuse disorders. Advances in neuroscience are changing the perceptions ...

An 8 page paper. Two case studies are discussed in this report. They are children of a heart surgeon consultant and a former catwalk model. The children were raised mostly by nannies. Each child has been diagnosed with different psychoses. This essay provides a brief background for each child and their diagnoses. Two different ...

An 8 page paper that presents the background for a case study. The essay identifies what the counselor did wrong with social media. The essay uses an approved ethical analysis procedure that mentions the ACA code, identifying the problem, ethical dilemmas, and recommendations. Bibliography lists 8 sources.