Essays on Psychology

Emotional intelligence, commonly abbreviated as EQ, refers to the ability of an individual to recognize, comprehend and manage their own emotions and those of others. also, it includes the ability to understand the effect that their own emotions have towards others. Emotional Intelligence can be understood through tests and undertaking...

Many organizations are reluctant to hire candidates with disabilities claiming they would cost them more and continue to deny people with disabilities employment opportunities. However, increased awareness about hiring and accommodations for people with disabilities have made many employers more willing to consider this population when hiring. Despite the increased...

Agriculture refers to the art of science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock in order to sustain and enhance life. Over the years, agriculture has evolved from the basic forms of using simple tools of farming and keeping a few...

Friendship is a relationship between people with mutual affection. Friendship goes beyond association it is a powerful form of interpersonal bond. Various academic fields have tried to study friendship, some of these fields include; equity theory, attachment styles, social exchange theory and relational dialectics. Despite having various forms of friendships,...

The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment The author of the article “The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment” describes a study that was conducted in 1971 by Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues to examine the impact of perceived power (Konnikova, 2015). Background of the Experiment The background of the experiment...

Play is the theoretical form of learning where ideologies restrict one’s behavior and identity. Play is usually perceived to be a deviation from a commitment to social relationships (Landreth, 2011). The society labels play in adulthood while play associates with happiness in childhood.  Researchers analyze play beyond the specifications of...

Miscommunication and its Causes Miscommunication occurs almost on a daily basis due to poor communication skills and misunderstanding. Am experiencing miscommunications when I engage in different things while communicating for instance when I am drafting an email while listening to music. I have also found myself experiencing miscommunications when I engage...

In this article, I will analyze a relationship that I had with my college school friend. This will be based on Knapp s Model of Relational Development, which is an archetypal of phases through which a relationship undergoes. I will address the five stages of coming together as well as...

One of the basic steps in understanding communication is to view it as peoples process instead of a language process. Thus, if an individual is to make improvements in his communication process, he/she ought to first improve his/her interpersonal relationship. Changing the degree of the defensive behavior is one...

According to Wessels and Trainin (2014), there are tendencies for teachers to overlook the fact that not all families share the same linguistic, social, and cultural practices of book reading that many middle-class US families have”. The above notion is correct based on the factor the United States consists of...

Emotional Intelligence and Effective Communication Emotional intelligence and effective communication are key topics of concern to many organizations in the world (Jorfi et al. 82). The relation between the duo plays a vital role in the success and growth of organizations. Goleman defines emotional intelligence as the ability to recognize and...

After watching the video, my understanding of racial bigotry expanded to the fact that it affects not just the color of the skin. To these young girls, the prejudices that have been imposed by the skin color affects their definition of beauty, the normal daily choice of fashion and even...