Essays on Psychology

Over the years, respect of children rights has been one of the social issues that most people feel it should be addressed because irrespective of having government and non-governmental organizations that support the well-being of the young ones, their rights are sometimes overlooked. Undertaking service learning on this topic is...

A Psychosocial Theory Concept Paper – AnnotatedBibliography Dissanayake, E. (2017). Ethology, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Play: Insights into the Evolutionary Origin of the Arts. American Journal of Play, 9(2), 143-168. The article provides a deep description of the theory of human evolution and its relation to ethology, which is the study of social...

People often create a positive correlation between themselves and their specific social clusters where they project themselves into the group. This phenomenon occurs since they have a more direct access to their behaviors, preferences, and attitudes as compared to the rather incomplete, less reliable and inaccessible traits about their groups....

Child Abuse and Neglect Child abuse is any action performed by a parent, guardian, or caregiver that cause serious physical, sexual or emotional harm to a child. On the other hand, child neglect refers to maltreatment of a child due to failure by parent, guardian or caregiver to provide needed care....

While raising kids bi-culturally allows them many positives, this way of bringing them up also subjects them to many issues. Millions of Americans are first or second generation people. Children who are raised by parents that are foreigners often find themselves hanging between two cultures; that of their parents and...

This chapter’s ‘Doing Sociological Research Box’ highlights the changing sexual norms in contemporary society as teens are somewhat more sexuality conservative. In my opinion, the theory that explains such changes is the Social Norms theory, which posits that people's behaviors get influenced by misperceptions of their peers' actions and thinking....

In my view, researchers have no right to keep their identity concealed from their subjects. That is because for any research to be conducted, there has to be an informed consent between the researcher and the subject that covers the various procedures to be followed in the research process. Besides,...

The Child's Conception of the World by Jean Piaget The Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget’s The Child’s Conception of the World publication in 1896 to 1980, was the interesting event in the historical timeline. The publication prompted the study of cognitive behavior in growth and development. An insight in the criminal justice...

Obedience and Conformity Obedience is the process of complying with commands that are given by a figure in authority. It is some form of social influence so that a person acts responding to another person that happens to be in authority. Sociology states that the individual cannot act in this manner...

Culture and Social Behavior Culture refers to the specific way in which people think, act and believe. It also incorporates the people’s use of physical objects and art to describe their way of life as acquired from society collectively. Social forces are an effective desire that leads to social action (Mooney,...

Every day, every person gets a different opinion and attitudes towards the world around them. Our opinions about ideas, opinions, events, people or objects contribute in a great way in the way we live and socialize with each other. It is essential to learn about the different types of attitude...

Introduction With today’s technology, cyberbullying has become easier than ever, and children and youth of this generation do not need to have a personal confrontation. The use of internet has become one of the most vital factors of the information source and a platform where people can share or communicate their...