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Descartes' Psychology and the 'Conscious Mental State' Theory of William James

This paper examines the 'constant mental state' theory of psychology William James created to improve the theoretical limitations ...

Scientific Psychology and the Negative Consequences of Dualism of Mind and Body

In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...

Loneliness in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

In two pages an analysis of Eric P. Levy's article entitled 'The Psychology of Loneliness in Wuthering Heights' is presented in tw...

Overview of Childrearing

Childrearing is considered in terms of parenting psychology, parent and child relationship significance, problems and solutions in...

Psychology and Its Philosophical Foundations

In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...

Psychology and Personality Theory

eye, inasmuch as such representatives of the psychology field contend that man is an inherently negative entity rooted in aggressi...

Field of Forensic Psychology

Forensic psychology is examined in this fifteen page overview that includes criminology theories, law, applications, and case stud...

Senior Citizens and Euthanasia

In twelve pages senior citizens are the focus of this examination of euthanasia with ethics and psychology considered along with t...

Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn and Human Motivation

his cold-hearted analysis of the warmest human emotion. To many people, the basic behaviorist outlook has always seemed to be mora...

The 'Science' of Human Behavior According to B.F. Skinner

or punish it. If a given behavior results in an effect that the organism likes, this behavior will be repeated. If the effect is ...

Understanding Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of generating greater understanding in a consideration of psychology and symb...

Overview of Sports Psychology

In eight pages this paper discusses sports psychology in a consideration of various issues and techniques including athletic per...

Birth Order Influences Upon Education and Social Behavior

In five pages this paper assesses the study, asks questions, and draws conclusion based upon Russell Travis' and Vandana Kohli's a...

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch

is blunt when she explains to Martin why their marriage has failed: "Its partly my being so much older and being a sort of mother...

Psychology History

In twenty pages this paper discusses psychology in an historical overview that includes discipline and considers theoretical evolu...

Drug Addiction Treatment Through Developmental Psychology

In twelve pages this paper examines how developmental psychology has proven effective in drug addiction treatment therapy. Ten so...

Existential Psychology and Existentialism

In twelve pages this research paper considers existential psychology and existentialism in an examination of definitions and writi...

Consumer Behavior

they have always purchased (Postrel, 2009). Consumers can no longer purchase a simple chocolate bar or a package of laundry deterg...

The Psychological Contributions of Mary Whiton Calkins

College, where she majored in classics and philosophy, having been inspired in both fields by an earlier family trip to Greece (Fu...

Statistics in Psychology: Descriptive and Inferential

10 anxiety" is higher than "level 6 anxiety", there is no exact quantifiable distance between the levels; we simply know that one ...

Ethical Evaluations in the Field of Psychology

application of principles and codes of conduct must be linked to the belief that these support an ethical and wise course of actio...

Psychological Hypothesis Testing

experimentation and inferential statistics (Jamison, 2012). The first of the five steps of hypothesis testing is to "state the re...

Developmental Psychology - Observations

I readily agreed. Right away, I began noticing that childhood development principles were playing out before my eyes. According t...

Helping Children Adjust to Divorce, Positive Psychology

characterized by hostility tended to exhibit decreased emotional wellbeing (Baxter, Weston and Qu, 2011). This study shows that th...

How Social Psychology Differs

counseling psychology and clinical practice. It differs from personality psychology because it focuses more on the influences of ...

The Theories of Carl Rogers

relationship (Capuzzi & Gross, 2006). Rogers defined a method for achieving an atmosphere that was conducive to healing ...

Advertising and Its Relation to Psychology, Sociology, and Mass Communications

or negatively (Bharadwaj, Tuli, & Bonfrer, 2011). Moreover, both systematic and idiosyncratic risks can be managed effectively thr...

Socrates, Rationalism, Behaviorism and Psychology

always do the good" and, therefore, is someone goes astray, it is because they lack the knowledge of how to "act rightly" (Shiraev...

Forensic Psychology and Juvenile Justice

Abstract This paper provides an overview of the multitude of roles forensic psychologist play...

A New Kind of Psychology

disseminating positive psychology interventions to communities and organizations; and establishing schools and families who focus ...