Psychology Essays

The author describes the mental illness which is known to upend individuals’ life drastically. It deters an individual from adopting the normal way of life. In most cases, mental illness symptoms are incredibly distressing to the victim and the society. The experience and effect of mental disorder to victims and the society differ from one culture to another 

The author of the paper explains that the registration is free and people only require creating a username with the password or simply go into the chat rooms and talk with people about what one is going through. There is no compulsory attendance and the chat rooms are open 24 hours.

As the standard of an ideal body today, in many cases, is impossible to achieve, many women turn to drastic measures in order to achieve that body. Some writers claim that body dissatisfaction only affects women, but studies have shown that men too suffer from body dissatisfaction, although this issue has not been getting as much attention as it has amongst women. 

This discussion talks that stress is only bad for you when it causes emotional distress but if it is a source of motivation it is not bad. It depends on one`s perception of the stressor if it is a source of motivation to the individual it does not bring about physiological arousal or emotional anxiety.

Information sought and its availability come from different sources and it is presented in different perspectives that may provide needed information satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily. Academic community’s view of knowledge and information acquisition differs largely with the perception that may be present in media or other social institutions. 

As the discussion stresses, the Psychoanalytic theory, proposed by Sigmund Freud, asserts that all human beings have criminal tendencies. The process of socialization, however, curbs these tendencies by the maturity of internal reins that are acquired through childhood incidences.  The improperly socialized child will develop direct anti-social urges.

The author states that the theory of evolution is the brainchild of Charles Darwin and professionals in the discipline of evolutionary psychology refers to him as the father of evolutionary psychology. According to him, species that adapt to environmental challenges in the best way possible have the ability to reproduce and survive.

The author states that most pedophiles are associated with children molestation although not all have the intention of molesting children. Pedophilic behaviors are by excess testosterone hormone which caused weird sexual behaviors. Pedophiles are into four distinct groups: exclusive homosexual, exclusively heterosexual, non-exclusive homosexual.

However, there is an evident discrepancy between the definition of torture and the parameters used in determining the severity of pain on someone’s body. Notably, people who have not experienced pain are likely to underestimate such pain. On the contrary, people who have experienced pain, even in its mild form have a strong opinion against torture.

There are two theories that touch on identity and intelligence that are critical to the discussion on human adulthood development. Moreover, the first theory comes from Erik Erikson in which he discusses the intimacy versus isolation concept to identify and emotional development. 

According to the paper, one-day Assef and his friends saw Hassan and Amir walking on the street. Assef threw a stone from the back of the two boys to interrupt their movement, with the intention of stopping them. Assef asked his friends, “If I paid you to be my friends, would you really be my friends or servants?

The author states that planned exercise programs are beneficial for achieving and maintaining long-term weight loss by increasing the energy expenditure and metabolization of fat leading to decreased risk of obesity. However, the lean body mass (protein mass) is preserved and the Basal metabolic rate is increased.

From this paper, it is clear that the family determines a child’s race, class, religion, language etc. all of which contribute greatly to the child’s self-concept. Of the many different associations, we form over the course of the lifespan. There are four main parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and disengaged.

This research will begin with the statement that the normal animal response to danger is either flight or fight. When we get hurt, we either run away, or we try to beat what hurt us. When those fail, we are left helpless at the mercy of whoever is threatening us. There are many reactions to such a situation. It can range from rage to tears, or even withdrawal.

This discussion talks that Garner recognizes the concept of tough empathy, and he defines it as the ability to care intensively for workers. The main aim of tough empathy is to use real-life applications in solving employee’s problems. The concept of tough empathy involves allowing people to acquire what they need, and not what they want.

The personality test allows the psychologists to get answers that are very precise to the standardized questions. All the respondents who respond to the test will answer the same questions and will have to select their answers from the same range of options. Precision will, therefore, have an improvement.

The parents want to keep their children before their eyes; as such type of closeness keeps them satisfied and happy in respect of health and security of the children. It has often been found that if children get late from school or playground, the parents become anxious and restless till they return home and are close to the eyes of their parents

Most emotionally abused women experience psychological problems for a long time after the end of the abusive relationships. Researches show that about 35 percent of females go through emotional mistreatment. The authors have tried to prove this by comparing outcomes of forgiveness therapy with other types of treatments such as the interpersonal skill building.

The situation that appears crucial to me is of giving a presentation in front of my class. I prepared thoroughly for the presentation and intended my classmates to appreciate me for my hard work. I also wanted my instructor to commend me for my struggle. However, after giving the presentation, the instructor was not that much happy 

John Nash won the Nobel Prize in Economics due to his game theory together with Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi back in 1994. Like most genius people, John Nash flirted back and forth between brilliance and madness many times. He suffered from paranoid schizophrenia which is a mental illness characterized by a combination of paranoia and schizophrenia.

The author of the paper states that the fluency of reading was interrupted by a change in the phoneme arrangement that was only comprised of eight, of a possible forty-four phonemes. Comparing the actual article from the test article, gave me a chance to comprehend the message contained in the text.

 There is an even bigger concern. Research has shown that when a household has violence in it, it tends to continue through the generations (Markowitz 211). Children who, today, begin adopting aggression as a result of watching television violence will probably pass these attitudes to their children. 

This essay discusses violence, that has accompanied media on the way of developing from Ancient Greek dramas to modern shooting video games and thus, scholars who speak quite differently on the harmfulness of violence in the media all agree that concerning are those new advanced ways in which violence’s spread, not the violence context itself.

 Various procedures were used throughout the study. Self-report inventories were distributed, giving participants the opportunity to check off symptoms that they felt they displayed in relation to Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Neuropsychological measures were undergone that detected impulsivity and inattention related to ADHD. 

The author states that it is a misguided belief in society that rock music maintains the ability to make, proverbially, a good child go bad. This belief is usually carried in older Americans who were raised to believe in the dangers of provocative or sexual behaviors during a time period where children were generally seen and not necessarily heard.

As the discussion outlines, the rescue team comprised of individuals who were trained to encounter such and other dangerous situations on a regular basis; and would have the right responses to the situation. They were more likely that the average bystander to know what to do in the given situation; and had the training to do so. 

This essay stresses that there is wide-ranging speculation on which therapeutic component is missing or missed by this group, and therapists will often try alternate forms of treatment when something fails. Experiencing and expressing emotions in healthy ways are learned skills. Interventions like experiential work, dialectical behavior therapy etc.

The left hemisphere is dominant for speech in right-handed people. Lateralization has been observed in aspects other than language as well such as sensory and behavioural modalities. The primary objective of this study is to determine whether early experience has a role in the development of the sensory process and lateralization in the brain.  

As the paper outlines, a person’s view of pain, as well as its interpretation, may influence the meaning of pain. Sensitivity conveys information to the brain regarding the point of origin, the amount as well as the nature of pain. The emotional reaction to feelings and perception indicates the amount of pain experienced by a person.

The study hypothesized that rehearsal and emotional inhibition would be related to greater perceived stress and higher levels of health complaints and that aggressive control and benign control would be related to lower perceived stress and lower levels of health complaints. 327 Singaporean adults participated in the study.

The author of the paper states that communication process can be explained by a variety of different theoretical frameworks. It is a process of sending and receiving messages. It requires at least two ‘contribute’ for the reciprocal process as a part of “ongoing and dynamic sequence of events”.

 The last principle that I find important to a leader is an authority. Authority is the act of having power over the others and being able to give orders and commands (McLaughlin, n.d). One gains influence by acting in a manner that shows that they are in authority or have power over the rest. People tend to take orders from those that are above them.

In this hypothetical case study, four individuals will seek a promotion in their place of employment.  Motivations and emotional concepts will determine behavior and attitude in seeking this position.  The effect of their environment that they create for themselves within their personal psychology will predispose them to behave in certain ways 

According to the paper, the basis of the results gave the researchers a reason to put in their conclusion that in social research studies, researchers must be highly mindful of the composition of their sample size. Since there has been proof of cultural and social distance among respondents, any wrong selection process can result in biases in the trend of data to be collected. 

The study leads to the conclusion that decisions that young people make on the kinds of foods they buy are largely not based on their thinking and reasoning alone. Rather, most of these young people are influenced by what their peers tell them. It is therefore important that parents and teachers will give children the kind of training that will make them independent thinkers.

The reason for the selection of racism for the case study is due to the important role it has played in American History and is a vice that exists in America. Constitutional racism forms exist in the United States and manifest in jobs, housing, educational discrimination, segmentation in the labour market.   

The article asserts that the enemies of every nation are not their foes; instead, they are things that lie within the country’s borders. The writer says that cocaine is one of the deadliest enemies that affect the youths of the US. He explicates how a police officer displays cocaine on a table and equates them to babies laid on christening dresses

As a result, the paper aims to expound on the issues and highlight the consequences it has for women and society. Specifically, the paper will address violence as a key thing that has faced women for a long period. Such focus will be on sexual abuse such as rape, lack of equal rights, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, violations. 

The author concludes that it is important to mention that transformation of morality in today's society is inevitable, though its complete disappearance is impossible. Ethical values have been stored for hundreds of years and continue to be the integral part of today’s life, forming a positive moral character of our people and country as a whole

The process of serial killer criminal profiling is by far common in practice than first thought. Determining the MO and the signature are parts of profiling. In 1970, the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI developed a profiling process, and Ted Budy was the first serial killer to have the profiling conducted on

This research will begin with the statement that interrogations by police typically entail various interrogation approaches and in worst case situations, the suspects have to deal with false evidence and suggestive questions among other ploys. An approach that is familiar with interrogation texts is the Reid approach that entails nine steps that seek to obtain confessions from suspects.

In accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (APA, 2000) An assessment of the overall functionality of the patient, Isabella should range between 50 to 41 on the GAF scale. This is a judgment based on the degree of interference her symptoms exert in terms of her social and academic pursuits.

The author explains that the person who is responsible for examining evidence in any crime scene in order to develop a criminal profile is called a criminal profiler. They are the main party in criminal profiling, and their main aim is the construction of accurate descriptions of the perpetrator.

This paper illustrates that a few researches focus on the effects of legal and political issues that threaten the sense security of the family members in a same-sex parenting relationship. The research has indicated that there is no significant difference in the successful growth and stability of children of same-sex households from those raised in households with opposite-sex parenting. 

CThe opponents of censorship argue that censorship may affect the quality and meaning of a performance and that is not necessary for an educated society. People who are able to think for themselves will not be poorly affected. However, censorship has been very helpful in the past. It has a lot of benefits that save and protect the ideals of the society.

 Humour is stated as a unique human quality that has the capacity to affect one’s choice of mate. Various studies have been conducted to ascertain the correctness of this statement, with the majority of them leaning towards the correctness of the statement. The import of humor is seen in the nurturing and negating of social bonds.

The limited field research was an attempt to assess various understandings and experiences in different work settings. Workers were generally asked to rate their job satisfaction as well as satisfaction with workplace environments on a scale of 1-10 and also how they are expected to present themselves to customers.  

The article deals with the application of self-efficacy theory in career counseling. In addition, the research demonstrated that the barriers came from social stereotypes about women’s inferiority in math and technical domains. Also, the self-efficacy theory explained the emergence of the barriers.

 A particular definition of emotion is hard to come by but the general direction given by scientists such as Cornelius (1996) comes across as a mental state which is affected by changes in the environment or the nervous system and creates a psychological response for the person going through that emotion. 

The author states that Maryanna found a business opportunity in this area and focused her idea on helping parents pick the best name for their children. She identified with parents who wanted to assure the best for their children in a world where competition among peers is high. One could say that her business idea was customer driven.