Essays on Psychology

The food issue I have selected is about obesity among children. According to research, obesity is getting worse in children today. Experts are putting the blame on a society which has continued to encourage the consumption of junk food in spite of the overwhelming proof about its health risks and...

Strict parents do not give room for negotiation with their children.Once they have decided on something it is done. Imagine the beginning of summer vacation, you miss one curfew and the rest of your summer you are punished and cannot leave your house. Being teenagers we have absolutely no clue...

A Long Way Gone is a story that looks at the accounts of the child, Ismael as he grew up. The book reports the habit developed by the child to remain strong despite the challenges that came his way. The story is about a young boy Ismael who becomes a...

Introduction [Hook] Barbie doll; the molded plastic statuette has become an icon for little girls across the world since its debut. From 1959, the product line of Barbie doll has recorded huge sales in the toy industry. [Problem] Unfortunately, Barbie has created controversies over the unrealistic ultra-slim figure presented by the...

Teenage pregnancy is a situation where a female individual becomes pregnant at an early age of between thirteen to nineteen years. At this age, they are still very young to be called a parent since they have not yet attained adulthood stage. They can be intentional pregnancy or unintentional where...

Oedipus the King is a powerful Greek play written by Sophocles. In the play, the oracles predict the future of the characters, yet the characters try their best to fight against their fate. Oedipus is a mythical king who struggles to find his identity as he tries to run away...

According to Einstein: The Many Shapes of Intelligence According to Einstein, the best way to identify intelligence is through imagination. Intelligence comes in many different shapes, sizes, and forms and none supersedes the other. Further, human beings express intelligence in many ways. If everyone pursued the same form of intelligence, there...

Childhood Days in Mexico There are a myriad of things that differentiate us as individual human beings. Among these things is our childhood. This is since we all experienced different and unique backgrounds that ultimately set us apart from each other. For my part, my days in Mexico have been of...

A pragmatic and timely solution in the provision of sound mental health care to children entails formulation of regulations and policies that allow parents, caregivers and early childhood-based institutions the capability for early identification, monitoring, and treatment of children with mental disorders. If detected at an early age, treatment can...

The book Childhood in a Global Perspective is a compelling new book that talks about a unique worldview perception about the lives of children across the world. The book focusses on explaining how the perspective of childhood is being fundamentally reshaped. The author notes that the reshaping of the notions...

The Personality Test The personality test is one of the many psychological tests that are undertaken to help an individual identity their character and human constructs. It is a method self-assessment that has been developed in the 1920s and has undergone rapid improvement over the decades into the standard that is...

The first problem: Should college athletes be paid salaries? The first problem is whether college athletes need to be paid salaries on not. One side may argue that college athletes are in campuses to pursue academics rather than sports, and therefore should not receive payments for taking part in competitive sports....