Essays on Psychology

Kuther and Morgan’s book Careers in Psychology: Opportunities in a Changing World and Gina Smith’s video are both useful materials, especially regarding clinical and counselling psychology. While Kuther and Morgan focus more on the foundation of the career, Smith tends to focus on a masters and PhD levels in clinical...

Autism in childrenProfessor Eugene Bleuler has immensely contributed to the study and research of schizophrenia. According to him, schizophrenia is a severe disorder which directly affects how an individual think, acts, relates to others or even perceives reality. Schizophrenia is the most severe and chronic of all the mental illnesses...

Description – this technique involves the awareness and knowledge of one’s own memory. When individuals are aware of the information they have mastered, they can use metamemory to remember and structure the learning process. As such, students can use the technique to assess whether they know all the terms learnt...

Regular exercise enhances body functioning and fitness. It has profound positive impacts on depression, anxiety, stress, hence it is an effective way of improving an individual’s mental well-being. Surveys show that modest amount of exercise is critical in enhancing memory, boosting mood and relieving stress. Therefore, it is necessary that...

Brain Growth and Cognitive Development Brain growth is related to cognitive development. Cognitive development involves the psychological and neurological growth which is evaluated basing on the level of perception, conception, language and information processing to indicate brain growth. Cognitive development progresses with brain development which means that it develops with age...

The book beyond the pleasure principle was written in 1920 by Sigmund Freud; it marked a significant turn to his theoretical approaches. Previously, the author attributed human actions to sexual instincts (libido or Eros), but with this book, Freud went above the simple pleasure principle and developed his theory with...

Speed driving is one of the common behaviors among young drivers. A report by Constantinou et al.  (2011) reveals that speeding is common among young adults in the society. Although most of them engage in speed driving out of naivety, there is the need for the society to look at...

Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory states that individuals’ behaviors are influenced by their surroundings. The hypothesis suggests that people learn through observation, modeling, and imitation. People learn new behaviors from the people they interact with and situations they find themselves in. They use this information as a guide for their...

The workplace may at times tend to be very stressful, leading to a negative effect on the output and general performance of an organization. However, an employer should always try to find suitable ways to motivate employees to avoid this kind of situation. To achieve the above, managers strive to...

The drawing is beautiful! The drawing is incredibly beautiful! How will a child with self-esteem perceive the person’s comment about her drawing? Brummelman, Thomaes, de Castro, Overbeek, and Bushman, attempted to explore the impact of inflated praise of children with low-self-esteem in the article titled ““That’s Not Just Beautiful—That’s Incredibly...

The paper aims to present a review of the study conducted by Brummelman, Thomaes, Orobio de Castro, Overbeek, and Bushman (2014) which studies the effects of exaggerated praise on youngsters, of both high self-worth and low self-esteem. The paper starts off by describing the parenting and teaching styles of the...

Psychology can be referred to as the science of mind, as well as, behavior. It is important to note that these include the thoughts and any type of both conscious and unconscious phenomena (Anderson 1985). As an academic discipline, psychology seeks to understand the various properties of the brain and...