The Present-Day Forms of Discontent in Culture - François Richard (2011) - Is the current discontent in our culture an extension of the Freudian concept of the superego or is it stemming from somewhere else?
Book review - 2 pages - Psychology
This article, published in the journal of psychoanalytical studies in 2011 by François Richard, sets out to analyse the current forms of discontent in culture from the point of view of psychoanalysis, specifically through the lenses of Sigmund Freud. The question at the heart of the article is...
Mental health in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a community cohort study - Jia et al. (2020) - Validated measures of mental health
Text analysis - 2 pages - Psychology
The paper titled "Mental health in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a community cohort study" by Jia et al. provides an in-depth analysis of the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK population. The study is based on a large community cohort of...
TED, How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime - Nadine Burke Harris (2014); The linguistic genius of babies - Patricia Kuhl (2010); What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness - Robert Waldinger (2015); The mysterious working of the adolescent brain - Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (2012); The power of believing that you can improve - Carol Dweck (2014); Psychology Today, This Is Your Child's Brain on Video Games - Victoria L. Dunckley (2016)
Book review - 5 pages - Psychology
After watching each TED Talk, from a list of 5 videos, and reading an article from Psychology Today, the document offers a summary and a brief analysis that integrates the science behind. Here is the list: TED, How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime - Nadine Burke Harris (2014);...
Finding A Mutually Satisfactory Argument in Negotiations
Course material - 1 pages - Psychology
It is vital to note that negotiating parties have multiple interests, and this should be identified and talked about clearly. Identification of interests begins with a review of basic needs and in the current case; these include economic well-being, a sense of belonging, security, and...
Transmitting Aggression through the Imitation of Aggressive Models - Albert Bandura (1961)
Book review - 3 pages - Psychology
Aggression in its multiple dimensions is a significant behavioural problem in the world currently. In the history of psychology, aggression stands out as a widely researched topic, particularly by social psychologists whose primary goal is to define it and study its causes. While there is a long...
Summary and analysis of 6 TED talks
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Psychology
This document contains an analysis and a summary of the following Ted Talks : - https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_the_psychology_of_your_future_self#t-100222 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUKhMUZnLuw -...
How to Find Resilience after a Traumatic Domestic Violence?
Litterature review - 7 pages - Psychology
This work is a great opportunity to explore an area that is debated more every day in the media, but that required a deeper psychological analysis to understand causes and to provide keys for wellbeing relief. Domestic violence, the traumas that it causes and how we deal with them in our...
Assessment of Performance of Executive Function Tasks Between Bilinguals and Monolinguals
Presentation - 5 pages - Psychology
This work was born out of a reflection on whether the ability to speak more than one language actually confers better cognitive functioning after finding that the extensive research that has been conducted on how the use of both languages can affect some executive control functions were...
English Homework in Psychology
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Psychology
Neuropsychoanalysis might be able to bring a "sketch of inner life" where emotions and so on are not only expressed by patterns and numbers. The combination of neuroscience and psychoanalysis express together the human mind and should be considered and used together as complementary.
To What Extent Does the Expression of Emotions Influence Relationships?
Thesis - 3 pages - Psychology
Emotions play an important role in our daily lives, they are affecting everything from our behavior to our decisions, and contribute to the construction of our own- identity. So they represent a crucial part of the communication between humans and relationships are based on communication,...
Developmental Psychology Quiz
Tutorials/exercises - 10 pages - Psychology
This document is a 50-question quiz on developmental psychology, covering topics such as intelligence development, the oral stage, reflexes in infants, attachment, language development, motor and postural development, and growth. The quiz includes questions on the theories of Jean Piaget, Lev...
How to read Gustav Jung?
Practical guide - 7 pages - Psychology
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychologist who lived from 1875 to 1961. His fame and status are second only to Sigmund Freud concerning the establishment of psychology as a field of knowledge. Jung is largely responsible for the term "Complex or Complexes" being used in the English language. And...
Are beautiful politicians more likely to win?
Tutorials/exercises - 13 pages - Psychology
The paper deals with the question : "Are beautiful politicians more likely to win?", a homework made for a Political Psychology class. We're interested to learn how nonverbal cues impact the voters, even when they do not intend to do so. The paper explores how attractiveness can impact...
Counsellling
Study guide - 4 pages - Psychology
This is a short essay summarising and highlighting the differences and similarities between counselling psychology, clinical psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.
Psychology - Discuss the Advantages and Disadvantages that Narrowband Theories of Personality have Over Traditional Trait Theories
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Discuss the Advantages and Disadvantages that Narrowband Theories of Personality have Over Traditional Trait Theories - Exam Question Prep Essay
Psychology - With Reference to Trait Theory, Discuss the Differences Between the Idiographic and Nomothetic Approach to Personality
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
With Reference to Trait Theory, Discuss the Differences Between the Idiographic and Nomothetic Approach to Personality - Exam Prep Essay
Psychology - Discuss how Personality and Situational Factors Interact to Determine an Individual's Behaviour. Refer to Empirical Evidence in your Answer
Essay - 3 pages - Psychology
Discuss how Personality and Situational Factors Interact to Determine an Individual's Behaviour. Refer to Empirical Evidence in your Answer - Exam Prep Essay
Psychology - Compare and Critically Evaluate Freud's Topographical and Structural Models of Personality
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Psychology
Compare and Critically Evaluate Freud's Topographical and Structural Models of Personality - Exam Prep Essay
Health Psychology at the National Level (UK): Identify a major health issue in the United Kingdom and discuss how Health Psychology might address this concern.
Case study - 9 pages - Psychology
Essay detailing and discussing the obesity epidemic in the U.K, and the possible steps that need to be taken to address it.
Critically evaluate associative learning accounts of the acquisition of phobias
Text analysis - 9 pages - Psychology
Critical evaluation of the cognitive approach to the acquisition of phobias, including an extensive list of references.
Sociology: Rent Boys
Essay - 44 pages - Psychology
This is a final year dissertation for a Sociology degree. The topic is Rent Boys and the study is the social construction of male prostitution. It is a study investigating the causes that lead to male prostitution and a look into the industry and it explores the background of various young men...
The principle of influence
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Whether it's advertising, political speeches or even simple exchanges between people, we are constantly bombarded by an infinite number of persuasive messages. This persuasive power is used to convince us to think, do, or feel something. For more than 60 years, researchers have been studying...
Psychology of Serial Killers
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Serial Killers are commonly characterized as individuals who have killed at least three individuals over a period generally over one month (Singer & Hensley 2004 461) with a space in the middle of each kill, and whose purpose behind killing can be pegged to mental reasons. This paper will discuss...
The concepts of accelerated learning and mind-body enhancements
Case study - 34 pages - Psychology
How did Bulgarian Ivan Barzakov bring the roots of Superlearning to America? Answer: Ivan Barzakov wanted to escape the yoke of the Communist oppression in Bulgaria and go to America. This entailed swimming for seven miles in the open, cold, shark-infested waters of the Adriatic sea and onto the...
The depressive state: eternal melancholia to deep despair
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Mental and emotional health is a factor that is often ignored and overlooked in our society. It is seen as unimportant, when it is in fact one of the most important components to achieving and living a healthy life. Many people consider mental and emotional health to be an optional part of caring...
The beholder - Erotica and pornography
Essay - 1 pages - Psychology
Erotica and pornography are terms that are often used interchangeably. Their definitions are certainly similar; they are both materials which depict erotic behavior and are meant to cause sexual excitement. However, while they're defined as similar, the way they carry out these definitions...
The rise of mental descent - A stressful era
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Happiness may be good for one's health, but seeking it may not be. There are many factors that people must consider before even considering whether they are happy or not. Typically, stress is a factor that is seem as a barrier to satisfaction. Since stress is part of everyone's life,...
Middle aged children development issues
Essay - 5 pages - Psychology
Conventionally, for individuals to succeed in life they ought to have achieved academically, flexibility and willingness both in college and in career and a positive behavior. Consequently, school counseling for the middle-aged aims at promoting and enhancing the success of pupils in future by...
Community health needs assessment
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) are a vital tool in identifying the most prioritized health needs of a community and aligning the required resources and partners to address this needs(Judith & Chere, 2013). A well-structured CHNAs will provide very valuable data to direct resources...
Observation of various life stages
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
The field of growth and progressacrossthe humanlifethat include physical, cognitive, intellectual, social, perceptual, personality and emotional growth is developmental psychology.(In Fiske.2010).This is important in order to understand how humans learn, mature and adapt. Life has various stages...
