Essays and Research Papers on Social Psychology

A 7 page paper that begins with an introduction to Piaget and Erikson. The essay first outlines and comments about Piaget's stages of cognitive development, followed by an outline and description of Erikson's stages of psychosocial development. The writer then comments on specific issues, such as empirical evidence for theories, which is better for social ...

This 10 page paper focuses on the book called The Lucifer Effect. Why people commit evil acts is the focus of discussion. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper that presents an argument for and against teenagers working part-time while still in high school. The writer's point of view is that teens should be allowed to work under certain conditions and within certain parameters. Arguments for and against this position are presented. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page discussion of how a mother can employ psychological theory to effect positive behavioral changes in her son. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 10 page paper that reports and describes Hans Selye's, the father or modern stress theory, ideas and explanations of stress, including physical and psychological responses to stressors. The writer includes the evolution of PTSD from its origins in the Civil War as Soldier's Heart and traumatic neurosis. Physiological and psychological responses to stress are ...

A 4 page paper that introduces and discusses shyness as a problem that affects most of the population and social phobia, which is called social anxiety disorder. The paper emphasizes children and adolescents. The writer also comments on the modified Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for children and adolescents and the Social Reticence Scale. Bibliography ...

3 pages in length. Aggressive drivers behave as if their presence on the road and ability to reach their destination are the only things that hold any importance; as such, they drive erratically, follow too close, honk, swerve in and out of traffic, travel well beyond the posted speed limit, flash their brights into ...

A 16 page paper. The first step in learning how to resolve conflict is gaining knowledge about the types of conflict. After we have knowledge about the types of conflict, we need to gain knowledge about different modes of responding to conflict situations. We also need to know what our own tendencies are when ...

3 pages in length. The writer provides a brief fictional example of how the Ego mediates between the ID and Superego, as well as discusses two types of defense mechanisms. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper the reports the observation of an eight-year-old girl in five settings. The observer then analyzes the child according to several theorists, including Piaget, Vygotsky and Erikson. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 22-page paper provides a literature analysis about the emotional and psychological stresses people are likely to undergo followed by a job termination. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

A 7 page consideration of promiscuity, prostitution, and homosexuality. This paper argues that these behaviors are immoral because they come with great societal costs. The views of John Stewart Mill regarding morality are used to support this argument.

A 4 page analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work The Crack-Up. No additional sources cited.

3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how eliminating three work-related stressors improves mental and physical health. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page paper. The paper begins with a very brief synopsis of this film. The writer reports and explains the stages in the group development process. How these stages re observed in the Dead Poets Society is explained with examples from the movie. Bibliography lists 1 source.

7 pages in length. The Amish, whose culture has been defined as living simply within an otherwise complicated world, have eschewed such damaging progression, choosing instead to maintain their simple and fulfilling existence amidst constant scorn and contempt from the outside society, a reality of culture conflict they have come to accept as an ...

3 pages in length. Whitehead's (1997) interpretation of the prevalence of divorce being another casualty of today's throwaway society is both astute and appropriate; that family dynamics also becomes a victim to this mentality is truly the most important argument of all when it comes to calculating the detrimental impact of divorce.

3 pages in length. Personal identity - or rather the endless search for it - is the primary theme in Elliott's Better Than Well. Effectively tapping into what has become nothing short of an all-consuming fixation of self-improvement, the author delves deeply into America's perceived need to constantly repair a broken psyche by ...

This 7 page paper considers the theories of personalist John MacMurray in relations to the Jewish holocaust. The author contends that not only did the Jews suffer this crisis, so too did the Nazis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper that explains what family life cycle stages are and emphasizes the fourth stage, Families with School children. The case looks at a family with a chronically ill child and how that does or does not impact the family life cycle stage. Includes interview questions and hypothetical responses. Bibliography lists 7 ...

A 3 page paper which looks at the definition of emotional intelligence, its relevance to cognition and social interaction, and how an individual might enhance their EI quotient. The bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4-page paper presents Erikson's psychosocial/lifecycle theories, and correlates them to characters on television shows and in ads. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper which examines how divorce affects children and basically whether a single parent or two parent family is better for children. The paper focuses on how a healthy two parent family is best. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. The human species is hard-wired in such a way that no amount of civilized existence can purge what are the most deep-seated of tendencies. On the surface, an individual is repulsed at the idea of killing another person and may even assert that only the criminal element is able ...

This 5 page paper reviews the four levels of language, sound, meaning, syntax and pragmatics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.