Essays on Psychology

Forensic psychologists are professionals who specialize in applying their knowledge in psychology to legal matters. Forensic psychologists work in public service, academia, and the private sector. Some routine engagements include the application of clinical skills such as evaluation and treatment in different forensic settings such as juvenile detention centers, courthouses,...

The field of psychology generally deals with the study of the human mind with a focus on human behavior and personality (Csikszentmihalyi, 2014). Practitioners in this discipline help understand human behavior, memory, and mental health disorders. Psychology is a relatively broad field of study and practice as practitioners work in...

In the discussion surrounding psychological testing, there is always a need to establish a distinction between personality tests and ability tests. Personality tests are centered on the process of measuring personal strengths, personality traits, symptoms of distress, attitudinal characteristics, and dynamic motivation. On the other hand, ability tests entail a...

Indiscriminate friendliness refers to either overfriendliness or friendly behavior in children as they seek attention an approval from any adult including strangers. It also refers to diminished social behavior and disinhibited attachment of a child by showing overfriendly behavior toward adult figures. Indiscriminately friendliness is not classified as normal behavior...

The article “The risk of eating disorders in adolescence and its associated with the impact of the socio-cultural attitudes towards appearance” as written by Mustata Andreea-Elena best describes the association of eating disorders to social pressures. From the article, it can be understood how adolescents have a higher risk of...

How Achievement Motivation is affected by Socioeconomic Background, Race, and Family Structure Motivation is defined as the driving force behind an individual s actions, which can facilitate achievement of goals. People tend to take risk and perform dangerous activities to meet their needs and fulfill their interests. One expects negative and...

Literature Gap and Research Method The literature gap that needs to be studied is determining the roles of locus parental control, the social interaction level and parental cognition on behavioral development among autistic children and the subsequent stress and depression among the parents of such children. Since the report sort...

Infant Health and Stanley Greenspan Infant health is one of the most significant aspects of understanding the human development across lifespan. The fact that the health of the infant affects their development into adulthood implies that there is always a need to consider the implication of the learning process in infancy...

In the current society, children are raised in a technological world. Having a mobile phone and means to access internet has become a ‘basic ‘need for most children especially in adolescent years. Parents are sometimes out of options and compelled to buy and allow access to mobile devices and internet....

Journals are very important because they provide information to the readers. Different journal articles cover different topics in the modern society. These articles can range from political matters, medical issues, agricultural and political matters among others. Other journals can cover more than one topic in their articles. Psychological journals are...

            An individual’s personality is the uniqueness of his/her character which is the interaction of thought process and behavior in a psychophysical system (Ryckman, 2012 p.4). Personality is influenced by biological the environment which allows the aspect sociocultural development. Various personality theories exist with different approaches in explaining human behavior...

Psychology of personality uses some of the highly regarded and most used trait theories to explain human traits. According to Allen and DeYoung (2017), knowledge about people’s characteristics is imperative for determining individual traits which are not directly observable. In particular, psychologists often make conclusions about an individual personality by...