Essays and Research Papers on Psychology Mixed

A 5 page exploration of boundaries in the therapeutic setting. Boundary issues revolve around conflicts between the completion of professional duties and social, sexual, religious, or business relationships. Boundaries are a necessary component of the therapeutic environment for both the professional and the patient. When overstepped, patient health and well-being are compromised. ...

A 10 page book report on the Christian approach to anger management. No additional sources are used.

This 7 page paper provides an overview of conversion disorder, including the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria and treatment information. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

This 5 page paper reviews Edwin S. Shneidman's landmark book, The Suicidal Mind. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the case study of Mary, a woman who has considerable problems based in her dual diagnosis. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper addressing the difficulty of motivating individuals. When we speak of “motivating the workforce,” rarely does that phrase invoke images of individual workers, all of whom have their own personal stories and all of whom have specific goals. Instead, the “workforce” becomes a nameless, faceless aggregation of individuals who have ...

This 8 page paper discusses various scientific studies which support the idea that the moon affects human behavior. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

4 pages in length. The extent to which society impacted her opportunities, choices and decisions is both grand and far-reaching; that she was expected to live within the boundaries of a rational, civilized and ethical society when her damaging upbringing precluded that from happening speaks to the double-edge sword she faced her entire life. ...

This 15 page paper provides an overview of the MMPI-2, the MMPI-2, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Second Edition. The MMPI was created to assess personality characteristics with the expectation that specific personality outcomes could provide insight into psychological and psychosocial functioning. The MMPI-2, the revised second edition, was first published in 1989 ...

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.

A 5 page paper which discusses the position of the youngest and the oldest child in a family. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 11 page paper on, simply, love. For many, love is and remains an enigma for much of their lives. Several researchers have sought to explain aspects of love from various approaches, and all of the world’s leading religions give love a place of honor in individuals’ lives. The purpose here is ...

This 5-page paper analyzes LaPiere's 1934 study about symbolic versus real behavior, and its impact on the psychological field today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 18 page paper considers the impact that disasters can have on those who are directly and indirectly involved, including those remote to the disaster seeing it through the media. This paper examines four recent research articles that examine the way in which stress and anxiety including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) emerge in different section ...

7 pages in length. Children have no fewer rights than their adult counterparts; as such, it is extremely critical that their rights are kept separate and apart from their parents' emotional stability. That intervention – both legal and emotional - has become a critical component in addressing the prevalence of child abuse speaks ...

A critique of two articles, by Fox & Levin and Rosenhan, on the subjects of serial murder and the diagnosis of mental illness. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses and compares the differences between grief patterns of adults and children. Suggestions for research included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 16 page study researching whether aggression is innate or learned. The paper discusses adolescent stress levels and stressors; personality factors linked to aggression; and quantitative differences between African Americans and whites. Poverty, both individual and community, is seen as being instrumental in aggressive display, as is lack of parental control. The ...

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.

A 5 page paper which examines why people go to receive counseling or psychotherapy. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the distinctions which exist between cultural relativism and ethnocentrism. The author uses examples from the Islamic/Western conflict and examples from research in child development (particularly the work of Piaget and Spelke) to illustrate the differences. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

3 pages in length. The writer discusses acceptable proximity between two people when talking, as well as asking strangers for money for an expired parking meter as they relate to norm violating and compliance. No bibliography.

9 pages in length. Personal preference is not an arbitrary human characteristic; rather, the extent to which taste is formulated from deep-seated cultural indoctrination is both grand and far-reaching. According to Douglas et al, the fundamental purpose of taste is to define one's identity by way of being a status symbol, serving the ...

A 3 page paper discussing social workers’ unique position conducive to changing attitudes toward domestic violence within immigrant groups. Both humanism and behaviorism acknowledge the influence of experience in the shaping of the human psyche. It is well known and established fact that children who are abused in childhood are far more likely ...