Pyschology Essays
Teen Suicide
Teen Suicide The purpose of this paper is to explain the causes of teen suicide. This paper will include statistics and some background information on suicide survivors. Also this report will discuss some warning signs of teen suicide. It is important to take the subject of suicide seriously. It doesn’t seem right that a teenager, who has lived for such a short time, would choose to die, but those who can’t get over their depression sometimes do. Teen suicide is the ...
The Biological Medical Model of Abnormality
The Biological Medical Model of Abnormality The Biological approach to abnormality regards a mental disorder as an ‘illness’ rather then a ‘disease.’ This is because mental disorders are thought to be related to the physical structure and functioning of the brain. According to this model of abnormality, mental disorders are thought to have an organic basis, such as a brain tumour. The biological understanding of mental disorders include the role played by biochemicals....
How Does the Brain Perceive
How Does the Brain Perceive How does a human hear? When an object makes a noise, it sends vibrations (better known as sound waves) speeding through the air. These vibrations are then funneled into your ear canal by your outer ear. As the vibrations move into your middle ear, they hit your eardrum and cause it to vibrate as well. This sets off a chain reaction of vibrations. Your eardrum, which is smaller and thinner than the nail on your pinky finger, vibrates the three smallest...
I Love You More Today Than Yesterday Review
I Love You More Today Than Yesterday Review A Review of “ ‘I Love You More Today Than Yesterday’: Romantic Partner’s Perceptions of Changes in Love and Related Affect Over Time” As intimate relationships grow over time, the romantic partners’ feelings toward each other will most likely change. In this four year, five wave, longitudinal study intimate couples provided reports on their perceived changes of their level of love, satisfaction, and commitment along with...
Identity
Identity What influences a person’s identity? Is it their homes, parents, religion, or maybe where they live? When do they get one? Do they get it when they understand right from wrong, or when they can read, or are they born with it? Everyone has one and nobody has the same, is there a point in everyone’s life when they get one? A person’s identity is his own, nobody put it there and nobody can take it out. Everyone in this world has a different identity because t...
In Groups We Shrink
In Groups We Shrink The main position in, In Groups We Shrink, is so true when applied to situations of aggregation of a large number of people. As stated in, In Groups We Shrink, in large groups we are reluctant to deviate from the norm, however, if alone we often act without even hesitating. We can apply this to everyday situations as with, The Lottery. Why are people so hesitant to act out when in large groups? There may be a broad spectrum of reasons from the mentality of &#...
Infant Speech
Infant Speech Since the day we are born we are introduced to speech and language. When we are around 1 or 2 years of age we being to talk. Did you ever stop and think how we really learn how to talk and learn language? People, might think they have an answer to this question. They might answer it yea, your parents thought us how to talk. Those people are right in some ways. My quote from Meyers is from chapter 3 where he states “children are active thinkers, constantly t...
Intelligence
Intelligence According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, intelligence is described as the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria. Many psychologists have their own view on what intelligence really is and the debate over its true definition is very controversial. Most agree, however, that intelligence measures our ability to adapt to challenges. Intelligence varies for every person. It has bee...
Interpersonal Communications
Interpersonal Communications Question #1 is the perfect question to answer, in fact, an opertune matter happened between my son, my wife and I, that exhibited all the differences between verbal and nonverbal communication between two very important people in my life. What is the difference between verbal and nonverbal communication? To understand the definition between the two we must first understand the definition of the word “communication.” Websters defines th...
Language is Communication
Language is Communication When we think of an intelligent being we think of someone like us, a creature that is able to think and communicate effectively . Communication or language is a process every child learns from birth, and we continue to use it until our death. The structure of our language gives us the ability for abstract thinking. Because of this we are able to expand our knowledge and evolve as a society. Language is a system of terms that are used in a particular ...
Left and Right Brain
Left and Right Brain The article in which I chose to examine is called Right Brain, Left Brain: Fact and Fiction, written by Jerre Levy. In the past fifteen years or so there has been a lot of talk of left brain and right brain people. Levy’s reason for righting this article was clearly to stop the misconceptions and show the truth about how our brain hemispheres operate. Levy first explores the myth of the left brain and right brain theory. She states that generally peopl...
Memory
Memory There has been much research into the ways which our “memory” actually stores information in our brains. One of the original theories is Crain and Lockhart’s Levels of Processing Model, which represented the memory of a series of stores and boxes with a fairly linear progression from sensory information to short term store to long term memory. They proposed that the different levels of memory were due to the different levels of “processing”, but found it very ...
Motivation
Motivation Ever since the beginning of time, all people have been motivated. Motivated to succeed, motivated to conquer, and motivated to be the best. But what is this thing we call motivation? Motivation is the energizing and directing of behavior, the force behind our yearning for food, our longing for sexual intimacy, and our desire to achieve. There are different theories concerning our motivated behavior. Instincts were one of the theories under Darwin’s influence, early...
Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy Narcolepsy is a disease that has been on the receiving end of many jokes in our society. Yet it is a serious and life altering disease that is no laughing matter to the 1,000 in every 2,000 people in the U.S. that have it. I was drawn to this article because a former supervisor that I worked with had this disease. She was prescribed the drug Ritalin. It always impressed me that she could confront an angry client or give a speech without succumbing to the sympt...
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder, also known as OCD causes people to suffer in silence and secrecy and can destroy relationships and the ability to work. It may bring on shame, ridicule, anger, and intolerance from friends and family. Although it has been reported in children, it strikes most often during adolescence or young adult years. The illness can affect people in any income bracket, of any race, gender, or ethnic group and in any occupation. I...
On Narcissism Psychological Theories and Therapeutic
On Narcissism - Psychological Theories and Therapeutic Interventions in the Narcissistic Disorders Introduction Understanding the Narcissistic Phenomenon The so called ‘narcissistic personality disorder’ is a complex and often misunderstood disorder. The cardinal feature of the narcissistic personality is the grandiose sense of self importance, but paradoxically underneath this grandiosity the narcissist suffers from a chronically fragile low self esteem. The grandiosi...
Once Upon A Psychological Theory
Once Upon A Psychological Theory Once Upon A Psychological Theory An Analysis of Psychological Hypotheses in Fairy Tales and Their Affect on Childhood Development INDEX I. Personal Statement II. Introduction III. Piaget A. Childhood Development i. Sensory-Motor Stage ii. Preoperational Stage ii. Stage Of Concrete Operations iii. Stage Of Formal Operations IV. Erikson A. Autonomy And Social Development i. Theory ii. “The Goose Girl” V. Freud A. The Id, The Ego And The Supe...
Organization of Memory
Organization of Memory A considerable amount of research has been carried out on the nature and structure of memory, its functions and processes but recently, psychologists such as Schank (1975) have started to conduct empirical studies on the organisation of memory. This essay will examine one of the more recent developments in the organisation of memory, the schema theory. According to Gross (1999) the organisation of memory involves two main concepts. These are the forma...
Pathology arise out of the Existential Predicaments of Life
Pathology arise out of the Existential Predicaments of Life. Concepts of pathology, as treated by the traditions of clinical psychology and psychiatry, define what is ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ in human behaviour. Various psychological paradigms exist today, each emphasising diverse ways of defining and treating psyopathology. Most commonly utilised is the medical model which is limited in many respects, criticised for reducing patients problems to a list of pathological sy...
Depression
Depression Depression is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a profound and long-lasting sadness or despair. It affects approximately 18 million people in the United States every year and not all of them are old enough to vote. Everyone experiences some unhappiness, often as a result of a change, either in the form of a setback or a loss. The painful feelings that accompany these events are usually appropriate, necessary, and transitory and can even present an opportunity ...
Detecting and Describing Preventive Intervention Effects
Detecting and Describing Preventive Intervention Effects Detecting and Describing Preventive Intervention Effects in a Universal School-Based Randomized Trial Targeting Delinquent and Violent BehaviorMike Stoolmiller Oregon Social Learning Center Eugene, Oregon J. Mark Eddy Oregon Social Learning Center Eugene, Oregon John B. Reid Oregon Social Learning Center Eugene, Oregon INTRODUCTION I chose to summarize this article regarding the study of measurement of child aggression ...
Differences Between Counseling and Psychotherapy
Differences Between Counseling and Psychotherapy Counseling Theories August 3, 1995 Running head: Coun. v. Psychotherapy Counseling v. psychotherapy is there a difference between the two? This paper will attempt to prove that there are several differences between counseling and psychotherapy. While counseling and psychotherapy have several different elements in each, the following information will also attempt to show the reader that there are some areas where the two overlap. A...
Does the mass media cause undesireable social consequences with specific reference to pornography
Does the mass media cause undesireable social consequences with specific reference to pornography It started by way of messengers and scribes, evolved through the presentation of newspapers and radio, brought us together with television, and now serves us world-wide via the ever-popular Internet. It is the mass media, and even from the earliest days of its existence, it has contributed greatly in ways that both enlighten and enrich society, and ways that deteriorate and perplex ...
Dreaming
Dreaming Why do we dream? Are they instructions from the spiritual world or just deep, hidden wishes that can be used to unlock the secrets of the unconscious mind? Nobody knows for sure. One theory that is prevalent today is that dreams result from the physiological “exercise” of the synapses of the brain. There is no proven fact on why we dream, which is why there are so many theories on the topic. There is Freud’s theory that dreams carry our hidden desires ...
Dreams
Dreams “I don’t use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.” (Escher) Why do we dream? Are they instructions from the spiritual world or just deep, hidden wishes that can be used to unlock the secrets of the unconscious mind? Nobody knows for sure. One theory that is prevalent today is that dreams result from the physiological “exercise” of the synapses of the brain. There is no proven fact on why we dream, which is why there are so many theories o...