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Improving Rene Descartes' Psychology Limitations with the 'Conscious Mental State' of William James

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

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...

Creativity and Cognitive Psychology

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

Relationship Between Adolescence and Horror Films

In five pages this paper considers Aristotle's genre definition and the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud in this examinatio...

A Case Study of Psychology and Adult Development

This paper consists of eleven pages and involves an interview with a seventy eight year old female adult that is subsequently comp...

Psychosocial Development of Infants and Toddlers and Erik Erikson

In ten pages the play and psychological theories of development devised by Erik Erikson are considered along with the implications...

Robert Beck's A Sociological and Psychological Look at Pimp The Story of My Life

In nine pages Beck's story is examined within the context of psychological and sociological perspectives with social deviance role...

Children of Parents Who Are Incarcerated

In four pages this essay considers the more than 1.5 million children whose parents are presently incarcerated and examines statis...

Theories of Child Development

what is good or bad for childrens development is riddled with methodological flaws and the results subject to many different, even...

Jung's Collective Unconscious and Psyche Reconciliation

In five pages this paper discusses the psychological theories of Carl Jung as they pertain to the collective unconscious, archaic ...

Grief, Mourning, and Psychology

In seven pages this paper examines grief and mourning processes of people in this overview of Carl Jung's psychological theories. ...

Erik Erikson's Identity Youth and Crisis

In six pages this paper examines Erikson's eight psychosocial developmental stages, explanations, and theories as they appear in t...

Unique Murderers and Criminological Explanations

an early incident sent Gacy to prison for molesting a teenager and then his wife divorced him (1997). After he served a short pris...

The Trajectories and Paths of Adolescent Development

In eight pages the psychological theory of trajectories and paths as they relate to adolescent development are presented along wit...

Aging Theories

of mid-life to the later years of life (Atchley, 2002). In fact, Atchley (2002) argues that continuity is the most substantial st...

Behaviorism

to demonstrate that negative exposure at an early age can determine the onset of phobias. Watson developed along this Behaviorist...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Mentally Ill Individuals, Dreams, and the Theories of Carl Jung

account but does not negate the deep dark crevices of the mind that dreams grow in. Everyone has had a horrific nightmare a...

Parent and Child According to the Attachment Theory

how the child or infant would react to separation based on the initial strength of the attachment experienced with the mother. T...

A Psychological Profile of Madonna

This paper examines various aspects of the life, personality, and behaviors of the pop star Madonna. The author utilizes the psyc...

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...

Psychology and the Place of Sigmund Freud

in psychology over the years. Freuds tradition envelopes the idea that childhood is very significant and that the mind is compris...

Approaches to Counseling

The student might surmise the technique most applicable to all populations as being the concept of behavioral therapy, which takes...

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...