Essays and Research Papers on Psychology Mixed

A 3 page essay/research paper that analyzes the 1999 film "Fight Club" in terms of what it tells the audience about Dissociative Identity Disorder. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper looks at how and why ethics are important in career counselling and examines the concept of ethics as it applies to this type of counselling. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

3 pages in length. Happiness comes in many different forms; what might make a person happy today may not elicit the same sense of pleasure tomorrow given the variables that comprise the notion of being happy. Inasmuch as happiness is a state of mind and, as such, can be consciously cultivated in virtually ...

This 10 page paper begins by providing a brief description of these therapeutic approaches. The writer then discuses each in terms of its approach to depression. A student-supplied case study is used. The writer comments on how they would feel using each approach with this client and which approach is better. The writer also comments ...

A 3 page paper which discusses the qualities and characteristics of a good father. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper examines some of the criticisms that have been leveled at Sigmund Freud by feminists, Marxists and postmodernists. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper. following a brief introduction to Erikson, the essay describes and discusses Erikson's final stage of development, integrity vs despair, which applies to persons over the age of 60. Terminology is explained and the writer comments on the different events older persons face. Two examples are given that relate to older persons ...

This 4 page paper discusses the effects of video game play on young people. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing the link between depression and alcohol use, both as a reason that some people begin drinking and a reason that others continue. Researchers link childhood depression with early onset of alcohol use; other research examines the effects of antidepressants on alcohol use and establishes a cross-cultural link between depression ...

This 3 page paper examines five different approaches to psychological counseling, and what each counselor might ask a patient, based on the approach he takes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the question of identity formation using three texts: "No Name Woman" by Kingston; "Aria" by Rodriguez and "Yes Ma'am" by McCloskey. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages in length. The very nature of psychoanalysis is to guide the patient into a more stable emotional environment with the help of therapy. Doing so in an environment other than a therapeutic setting has long reflected the approach typically assumed when treating patients, however, it is now being realized how beneficial ...

A 10 page paper that begins by describing what Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is and its incidence among children and adults. The paper then discusses ADHD and the brain, reporting results of studies that identify the parts of the brain that do not function correctly. In the last part of the paper, the ...

4 pages in length. The student's ability to defend her grade of a B hinges upon her astuteness at illustrating the concepts of fallacious and informal proof arguments. The extent to which lines of reasoning are based upon one's perception is both grand and far-reaching; that human beings have the unique talent for ...

A 5 page paper discussing a developmental model's effect on an individual's decision to pursue a graduate degree. Developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner's theory of human ecology has been an instrument blurring the lines between various disciplines focusing on human behavior. Bronfenbrenner, one of the founders of the Head Start program designed to give ...

16 pages in length. Trauma of any kind throws people into various states of mental distress as the mind attempts to process - and thereby protect itself against - the imagery displayed during the disturbing incident. When the event is too much for the individual to manage, the individual's emotional and physical wellbeing ...

This 4 page paper discusses the development of children and youth who experience trauma and especially children who lose parents. The writer reports the data in terms of the incidence of psychosocial problems and comments on the relationship between the effects of such a trauma and Piaget's and Erikson's theories. Bibliography lists 4 sources. ...

10 pages in length. Misunderstood throughout history as a disease that - like so many other mental illnesses - required institutionalization, bipolar disorder is both common and treatable. The vastness of this mental illness is such that nearly six million people across the United States are diagnosed on a yearly basis, a statistic ...

This 4 page paper examines the Scission Whites Illusion; looks at what it is, how it is perceived, how the illusion works and what it indicates about the underlying perceptual system. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 7 page research paper that addresses several questions on memory, cognition, artificial intelligence and computer simulation and the future of these topics. The amount of time that people devote to media is also discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 6 page paper examines studies on punishment and evaluates how punishment psychologically impacts children in America. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

7 pages in length. The global society is comprised of myriad subgroups that reflect offshoot populations demarcated by a specific characteristic; whether deliberately formed as a way in which to draw together those who are of the same ilk as with religious factions or manifestly established because of a socially fringed connotation, subgroups ultimately ...

This 5 page paper discusses the idea of defamiliarization, and how it can be applied to the act of putting on a pair of pants. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

8 pages in length. Animals have a unique way of drawing out the best in people; their nonjudgmental, soothing and uplifting qualities make humans gravitate toward them without really knowing why. This inherent affinity is of a particular benefit to those who have mental or emotional problems that prevent them from interacting with others ...

6 pages in length. Knowing what foretells one person going through a midlife crisis and another successfully bypassing it is not as clear-cut as it may seem. Myriad physiological, psychological and environment components play concurrent roles from what occurred - or did not occur - very early in life, develops through each subsequent ...