Essays and Research Papers on Psychology Mixed

This 4 page paper provides an overview of a client interview, conducted as a means of understanding client needs in a therapeutic environment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

12 pages in length. The stages of early childhood and adolescence may appear quite diverse in their respective designs, however, both phases of growth share a common denominator of social, cognitive and physical development whereby individuals expand their maturity and understanding of their respective worlds as it relates to personal progress. Bibliography lists ...

This 18 page paper begins with a general introduction to qualitative and quantitative research designs, including a table that compares some of the major features of each. The writer then provides a comprehensive explanation of each approach. Different designs are also explained for each category of research, e.g., experimental, quasi-experimental, case study, phenomenographic research, exploratory ...

This 8 page paper provides an overview of Carl Jung's Four Problem Solving Styles. This paper outlines the purpose of problem solving and its impact in terms of psychological processes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper describing each of Erikson's eight stages of development and identifying a fictional character for each stage. The paper concludes with a short description of three articles describing research focusing on Erikson's theory. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

7 pages in length. The writer discusses historical trends, contemporary problems and personal opinion as they relate to treatment for mental illness. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This is a 5 page paper which analysis Luce Irigaray's work "This Sex Which is One". The bibliography has 1 source.

An 11 page outline for a suggested series of questions that could be delivered to evaluate personality development in the thirty to forty year old. The author frames these questions around the work of Erik Erikson and Sigmund Freud. The author cautions that such assessments are potentially harmful in improperly designed, interpreted, or ...

This 11 page paper provides an overview and a comparison of the views of Freud, Jung and Erikson. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page review of emotional intelligence, a critical component of personal and occupational success. This paper discusses the origin of the term emotional intelligence and outlines how it is perceived in various organizational environments. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 3 page paper which discusses the ongoing debate about the effectiveness of rewards or punishment on behavior modification. The bibliography has 3 sources.

A 5 page research paper that offers discussion and solution to 4 different parenting scenarios. The writer for offers personal observations about the scenario and then discusses the solution offered by Bigner (2006), as well as problems implementing the solution. Scenarios address problems with toddlers, young children and adolescents. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper identifies and explains the five stages of group development as outlined by Tucker. The writer also comments on the barriers to a group's success and on the training group members need to be more effective. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 5 page essay that examines the topic of stereotyping and racial prejudice and how this affects the ways in which people perceive each other and themselves. Part of the fabric of culture is that people tend to define what they mean by "people" as those who share the common characteristics of the most dominant ...

A 14 page research paper that includes a 1 page abstract. This paper offers an overview of research on adult mate selection. It explores the perspectives of sociobiology, and also cultural and psychological influences on this process. Each of these areas is discussed with examples drawn from literature. This reveals that there are multiple factors ...

A 4 page book review of a text on early childhood development. Norbert Herschkowitz is a Swiss pediatrician and his wife, Elinore Chapman Herschkowitz, is an American educator. In their text A Good Start in Life, they collaborate to offer the reading public a comprehensive, yet concise, compilation of basic information on child development during ...

A 12 page paper that begins with a definition of post-traumatic stress disorder, including the criteria for diagnosis from the DSM-IV and the proportion of patients with a dual diagnosis. The writer then discusses false memories, what they are, why people might have them, how they were recovered. Data is included regarding the numbers of ...

A 5 page paper. The 85 and older age group is the fastest growing population in the U.S. What can these folks do to retain their sense of integrity and their self-confidence and self-esteem? There are no norms of behavior or stages of development for the elderly, unlike younger age groups. As one author said, ...

A 6 page paper that begins with an abstract. The text begins with an overview of cognitive learning theories, then continues with an explanation of the major tenets of theories from Bruner, Ausubel and Gagne. The writer also includes an outline of the key elements in cognitive learning theory. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page review of the article by Max H. Bazerman and Dolly Chugh. Published in the January 1, 2006 edition of Harvard Business Review, this article explores the tendency for humans to ignore factual information when making decisions. This tendency is described by the authors as being a phenomena of "bounded awareness". ...

This 3 page paper gives an outline of Herman Daly's book "Beyond Growth" and a brief discussion of it, and speculates on what Rene Girard would think about it. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper uses Carl Jung's theories to interpret a dream example. The example is fictitious and the analysis is written in first person. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In this 6 page paper, the writer explains the basic premises of each theorist named and others. Some premises explained include: the unconscious, Jung's explanation of extrovert vs. introvert, behaviorism, stages of development. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

10 pages in length. Contemporary society places an inordinate amount of responsibility upon external influences - environmental, school system, other caregivers - to construct a child's cognitive development; one of the most conspicuously absent component is that of parental/familial involvement. The extent to which typical development and learning difficulties are both integrally associated ...

This 3 page paper discusses the relationship between income level and stress, and finds that the people who are most stressed by financial problems are the very wealthy and the very poor. It argues that it is absolutely untrue that less money means less stress. Bibliography lists 4 sources.