Essays on Psychology

Teenagers and Evolution Teenagers are products of mutations, which occurred in earlier centuries. As the film notes, the human brain has evolved three times since creation, that is, about three million years ago and after 300,000 years ago. However, these two changes only added up about 50 percent of the size...

This research review aims to examine the impacts rewards have on the students' urge in education especially in their long-term memory. Students who are extrinsically motivated to study tend to be superficial in their studies especially by choosing tasks which are exemplary simple and spend little time on them. Rewards...

Mindset and Teaching Excellence Mindset plays a great role in shaping the act of teaching. Teaching excellence depends on the mindset of a teacher. There are two types of mindset; the growth and fixed. Sometimes a teacher may find himself with a fixed mindset depending on their goal. If a teacher...

Friendship is a fundamental aspect of human life as it plays a crucial role in the overall wellbeing of person. Existence of friends in an individual’s life is not only vital for the social-being of the individual but also the health of the individual. In quite a number of studies...

According to Smolensky and Dupoux (2009), cognitive development is the psychological development and neurological development from childhood to adulthood. It is how a person perceives and acquires an understanding of the surrounding based on the interaction of learned factors and genetic. Cognitive development increases with age as awareness of the...

The central focus of my academic paper is age group 2-6 years – Early Childhood Stage of Child Development. I gained many insights during research, especially from in-depth reading of chapter 10, Berk and Meyers’ “Infants, Children, and Adolescents” 2016, 8th edition. I extend my deep appreciation for this book’s...

Ideally, toddlers under the age of 5 years are exposed to multiple cases of poverty, family violence, food shortages as well as healthcare concerns that shape their lives as they grow in the societies. Such environments play fundamental roles in the development of character and personality among these children as...

The Concept of Coaching Adolescents The concept of coaching adolescents is not new to me because I too received coaching during that stage of my life. What strikes me the most from the readings is the idea that the emotional health of children affects their character. A child’s emotional stability affects...

Depression and Its Impact Depression is a serious mental health issue that affects millions of people across the world. The World Health Organization ranks depression as the most prevalent cause of disability worldwide. The condition interferes with people's social functioning and if necessary interventions are not taken, it changes the lifestyle...

According to Freud, defense mechanisms refer to cognitive and psychological strategies unconsciously employed by an individual to assist them in dealing with anxiety brought about by unacceptable feelings and thoughts (Freud 3). They arise in people when one is triggered or threatened by feelings of guilt or anxiety. In Freudian psychology,...

Consciousness in Psychology Consciousness in psychology refers to an individual’s awareness of one’s thoughts, what is in their memory, what they feel and their environment. What this means therefore is that consciousness can be perceived as the knowledge that an individual has about their surrounding both internal and external. If an...

Introduction Functionalism and structuralism were the first schools of thought in psychology. They are understood through a consideration of historical and the social contexts of their development. AS an independent discipline, psychology was founded by Wilhelm, a Germany scholar in 1879. He explained psychology as a study of conscious experience which...