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Death, Beyond, and Dreaming

In eight pages this paper examines what is revealed about death and beyond through dreaming with various psychological and theolog...

An Overview of Autism

In six pages the topic of autism is explored in terms of history, symptoms, social and psychological characteristics, research, th...

Narcissistic Disorders, Theories, and Interventions

In thirty pages the disorder known as narcissism is analyzed in terms of the various psychological theories associated with it and...

Twelve Step Meeting Philosophy

saying the above statement. The names change and the nature of the addiction changes with the substance, but the goal and reward ...

B.F. Skinner's Contributions

Law of Effect. In the Law of Effect positive effects serve to strengthen the stimulus/response connection while negative effects ...

Is It Possible to Be Born a Criminal?

strange and terrible" (Lanier and Henry, p. 94). Interestingly, this theory was supported by sociologist Richard Dugdale, who art...

Utilizing the Id, Ego, and Superego

the superego drove the subconscious. According to Freud, it is these three forces that need to get along in order for us to functi...

An At-Risk Brooklyn Youth Case Study

involved in drug dealing and in fact, by the time he would turn 14 years old, would carry a gun ("Shawn," 1993). By the time he is...

Virginia Axline's Dibs in Search of Self

When he does venture out to join a playgroup, he is unresponsive. He is only capable of communicating in monosyllables and in stri...

Creativity and Cognitive Psychology

Creativity is examines in seven pages within the context of cognitive psychological functionality with various topical theories su...

Comparison of Gestalt and Behaviorism

(1969 as Overskeid, 1995) states: "Behavior which is exclusively shaped by ... contingencies is perhaps the closest one can come t...

Violence in Children and Psychosocial Theory

In six pages this paper examines violence and its subculture in a consideration of real life cases and discussion of various socio...

African American Community, Important Theories of Psychology, and the Causes and Effects of Neglect and Oppression

1998). What these factors are telling many within the mental health community it that the majority of African Americans are living...

Youth Work Value and Attributes

economic standing. All that began changing in the early 1990s, with the result that between 1995 and 1999 - years in which many o...

Imprisoned Child Molesters and Theories of Psychology

response to how the person was treated when he was a child? Is their a deep psychological deviancy that sees a child as an appropr...

Psychological Profile of Osama bin Laden

when the Taliban took control of the cities. Some would say that this is reminiscent of Stalins control of all literature and idea...

Gage, Galton and Biopsychosocial Approach

This research paper concerns the biopsychosocial approach and the case of Phineas Gage and the theories of Francis Galton, which w...

Motivation In The Workplace From A Psychological Perspective

Wealth of Nations claimed that this division of labour created the wealth in the United Kingdom. This model of man was one that cl...

Crime and Substance Abuse

the increased propensity of our nations youth to use drugs can be traced back to the same root reasons as the other problems which...

Major Pedagogical and Educational Psychology Theories

the use of rewards" (Seamons, 2002). Perennialism comes out of the struggle to reconcile Idealism and Realism; the middle positio...

Love Theories

to break up that civilization into smaller units. The point being, love is doomed because society requires multiple, sanitized re...

B.F. Skinner and William James

prominent philosopher, Carl Lange, was coining his own version of that theory. The resulting combination became known as the Jame...

the theores behind hate crimes

that the victims group membership is the cause for prejudice or hate crime" (Sun, 2008). This puts the motive for the crime precis...

Intimate Relationships and Psychological Abuse

In ten pages this study examines intimate relationships and the incidence of psychological abuse and includes causes, abuser trait...

Structuralism, Functionalism and Behavioralism

this state functions, that is, "the role it plays," within the system to which the individual belongs (Levin, 2004). For example...

Why Violence IS So Prevalent In Sports

very heart of causal processes (Bandura, 1986). Emphasizing the notion of learned expectations, this theory is closely associated...

Degeneration and Psychopathy and Their Points of Convergence

for something. Thus, even when they are proven to be utter rubbish, we still continue to support them because it seems that they s...

Autism: How Developmental Psychology Can Inform Practice

and after the training sessions, with results being virtually the same (Chin et al, 2000). Theory of mind, the ability to attribu...

Listening to Color

afraid of certain colors, and therefore it falls to an interior designer to educate them on the psychology of color and to underst...

Comparing Structuralism, Functionalism and Evolutionism

A 3 page research paper that briefly contrasts and compares these three early psychological theories, which were formulated soon ...