Essays and Research Papers on Psychology Mixed

10 pages worth of short essays on writings related to death and dying. The first reflects on the writings of Volkhart and Michael and their discourse on bereavement. The second considers Waechter's reasoning concerning children and terminal illness. The final essay considers the impact of Moody's book about "near-death" experiences. The ...

This 3-page sample essay supports the argument that community services are needed to help older students with learning disabilities make the transition into mainstream society. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

4 pages worth of free response essays to questions from case stories (actual cases are no longer available) concerning parenting techniques and methods. Discussed are the impossible goals of 'perfect parenting,' permissive vs. authoritative styles, Freud's views on parental love & control, and more. No Bibliography.

A 15 page essay that discusses Freud's last Metapsychological essay, Civilization and Its Discontents. Besides providing a general overview of the essay, the writer discusses modern society compared to the society of Freud's time; democracy, and technology and its effects on civilization. Each topic is related to Freud's comments. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 7 page essay presents a tutorial on giving a lecture centered on Sigmund Freud to a group of older Jewish women.

A 12 page paper. This essay discusses three aspects of adolescent motivation: What is adolescent motivation? What is the influence of peers, parents and self in terms of achievement motivation? and What helps promote optimal learning for adolescents? The motivation theories included in this essay include those from: Erikson, Maslow, Bandura, and Sullivan. The ...

A 13 page paper that begins with definitions of group cohesion. The writer discusses the group development process through which cohesion is established. The essay reports research regarding the necessity of cohesion for positive outcomes. The essay also includes a discussion of the ways in which the therapist can help the group to become ...

A 9 page paper. A family is a complex system comprised of interdependent members. This essay begins by discussing the family, the subsystems and their boundaries and the interaction within the family environment and the larger environment. The essay reports studies on problem solving and provides suggestions for problem solving and conflict management strategies ...

5 pages. Autism in a child can many times be helped through communication training, using social stories and discrete trial training. In this paper all three methods are discussed as to the current trends in research and communication with children with autism. Outline is included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 10 page paper. The loss of a child is the most devastating, the most stressful experience a person can have. This essay begins by reporting data regarding the numbers of infants and children who die each year. The essay then explains the types of guilt the parent suffers, the grieving process of parents, ...

A 5 page essay that discusses the causes of violence behavior. The writer reports on an essay by Roy F. Baumeister, in which the author relates the details of his research on violent behavior, which refutes the hypothesis that aggressive action is due to low self-esteem. No bibliography is provided.

This 7 page paper is a response to the question of whether or not identical twins, separated at birth and receiving no outside influence of any kind, would years later write identical essays. This paper, based on gene selection and developmental systems theory, asserts that no, the twins would not write identical essays. ...

A 3 page paper which Discusses the essay Breakdown by Florence King. The paper argues that King is likely too hard in this essay and making points that are not necessarily very valid. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This 6 page paper details the impacts gender and culture can have on effective communication. Workplace communication can be affected by each. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

THis 4-page paper focuses on certain issues in public communication including communication apprehension (both normal and high); techniques a presenter can do to lower fear of public speaking and what source credibility its. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page essay that argues against the premise 'to misunderstand someone is not only a failure in communication but also a moral failure.' The writer argues that this premise is wrong because it implies the assumption that every misunderstanding in communication is intentional. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page research paper defines and discusses the relationship between social support and communication skills in stress management. Specifically considered are examples of behavior that interfere with the development of a strong social system as well as several techniques for resolving conflict and improving communication skills in relation to stress management. Bibliography ...

This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of communication modes in deaf student education. Emphasis is placed on studies that analyze the environmental factors motivating choices of communication mode. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

This 10 page paper looks at the way that communication within a relationship takes place and the influencing factors that may be seen as occurring. The communication is considered in respect to jealousy, self disclosure and self deception. The paper undertakes a literature review and then applies the theories to a seemingly real relationship ...

An 8 page paper comparing the theories of 5 self-help relationship books to the findings of current communications research reports. There are very good self-help books available discussing the male-female romantic relationship, but the reader does indeed need to be aware of the discrepancies of many of them with both current communications research findings ...

A 9 page paper that discusses four questions related to a friendship. The first section briefly describes the friendship in question. The writer then discusses interdependence in personal relationships, in general, and relates the concept to this particular friendship being addressed. The Dialectical Theory of Friendship is described and used to examining the target friendship. ...

A 5 page paper seeking theoretical support for the existence of telepathy and then evidence of its existence. Some experience telepathic events but rarely if ever speak of the event, fully convinced they have been involved in telepathic communication. Still others seek to research it, separate reality from wishful thinking and give credence to its existence. ...

A 3 page paper that begins by describing a conflict between two professionals. Each almost always disagreed with the other no matter what the issue was. This continued until the department was required to attend a communication workshop where NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) was taught. The two were then able to get along and work ...

This 3-page paper discusses the use of body language when it comes to communication. Use of eyes, hands and the body itself are discussed in this paper.

This 4 page paper reviews a theory presented by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers which delineates how cultural communication problems can result in aviation disasters. Bibliography lists 6 sources.