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Projective versus Objective Tests

This paper begins with an overview of the history of personality assessment. The writer then explains the differences between obje...

Case Studies: Mental Illness and Treatments

are dysfunctional if their recall leads to distressing and/or dysfunctional responses (Paunovic, 2010). There are two major comp...

Biography of Fidel Castro

a "Jew, because he had never been christened," young Fidel thought they were referring to a noisy bird that was known by that name...

More Recent Personality Theory

high degree of agreeableness would be seen as good natured, sympathetic, tolerant, and courteous. A low degree of agreeableness wo...

Cognitive Therapy and Personality Disorder

hopelessness; he feels he is not good enough and not worthy. (2) affectivity (i.e., the range, intensity, liability, and appropri...

Teamwork Intervention

to be targeted. Aligned with the ideas of Watson et al, this is most likely to be occurring in a team where there are diverse pers...

Impacts of Dispositional Theories on Personality and Interpersonal Relationships

not simply reflective of a given culture (Feist & Feist, 2009). Both Eysenck and McCrae and Costa maintained the importance of ge...

Borderline Personality Disorder, An Overview

Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) defines borderline personality disorder (BPD) by listing nine diagnostic criteria, which...

Scene Analysis, Election (1999)

who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jim Taylor, is a comedy that satires an election for student government president, which is ...

Environment and Genetics - The Development of Personality

in personalities into "types", one must understand that doing so is necessarily limiting, and that these "types" are simply a cons...

Teenage Years

want to be. They may experiment with a number of attitudes, values, and personalities trying to find something that will fit and t...

Defense Mechanisms

unconscious is the source of all motives, some of which would not be acceptable in society so humans deny or disguise these motiva...

Psychoanalytic Social Theory vs Interpersonal Theory

a conscious level. In fact Sullivan thought that tensions were most often a distortion of reality (Feist & Feist, 2009). This sugg...

Major Theories in Psychology

Though Freud focused a considerable amount of research on the way in which biological and psychological motivations determined spe...

Fatal Attraction and Borderline Personality Disorder

(BPD) is subject to period of extreme emotional turmoil, as these individuals tend to see themselves in a distorted fashion, which...

The Motivations of Aspiring Actors

The writer discusses some of the influences which may motivate young people to become actors fore stage or film. External and int...

Psychodynamic, Humanist, Family Systems

This essay explores the different models in clinical psychology. Major contributors to each orientation are identified along with ...

Interpersonal Theory and Psychoanalytic Social Theory

is satisfied, the need no longer exists until the next time. An interpersonal need such as the need for tenderness and nurturance ...

Jung's Archetypes

the influence of these assessments on defining personality. Introduction Different theories have been presented to demonstra...

Case of Postpartum Depression

In a paper of four pages, the author identifies mental health issues, including borderline personality disorder and postpartum dep...

MMPI Introduction

This essay discusses the MMPI, the Multiphasic Personality Inventory, including a description of the subscales and validity compon...

Aztec Emperor, Montezuma

This research paper discusses features that characterized the rule of Montezuma and how these personality traits influenced the Sp...

Integration of Christian Approaches to Counseling

This essay presents an thorough examination of a student's personal philosophy towards counseling and how Christian principles can...

Friendship in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

between Hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin is the primary focus of the trilogy, but there is also an interesting dynamic of thei...

Case Study on the 2005 Wage Dispute Between the National Hockey League Players Association and Team Owners

tensions on both sides of the bargaining table are bound to be running high. The owners felt passionately that a $42.5 million sa...

Consumer Purchasing Decision Making

buy what theyve always purchased (Postrel, 2009). A consumer cannot even buy a simple chocolate bar anymore nor can they just go b...

Role of Orality in Personality Development

early childhood experiences and, again, prioritize the mother-infant relationship as pivotal to later development. In other words,...

Psychology As A Career

of a few areas of practice. Because the elderly population is growing so fast, those trained in geropsychology may have less chall...

Erikson and Adolescent Identity Crisis

the crises facing the individual at subsequent stages. Each individual must, basically, "pass eight great tests" and anticipation ...

Views of Human Nature and Their Impact on Social Work

to be just that. If they expect the clients to be worthy people who need help, they will find people that they can help. The human...