Essays on Psychology

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...

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....

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...

In Freudian Dream Research In Freudian dream research, content is both latent and manifest in a dream that is, the hidden interpretation of the dream and the dream itself as it is recalled. Throughout different stages of sleep, dreams manifest the involuntary events within the mind. Sigmund Freud, a psychologist made...

Adolescence is the stage in life that lasts from puberty to full adult status. Adolescence largely describes the developmental change from childhood to adulthood, which is commonly perceived as the teenage years lasting between 13 and 19. However, the changes that do signal the beginning of the transition, both psychological...

The Physical, Cognitive, Emotional and Social Developmental Aspects of a Young Child The physical development of a young child called Marx (not his real name) is characterized by changes in the growth of the brain, excellent motor skills, and health. On the other hand, the cognitive concept of Marx entails the...

Psychology is one of the broad career fields that offer different types pathways that a psychologist can pursue and follow for professionalism. Each and every career line in psychology has its expectations and different activities are needed to build it (Davey, 2011). This paper focusses on the counselling career in...

Maslow Hierarchical needs theory is a motivation theory comprising of a five-tier model in psychology. The theory states that human beings have an inherent desire to achieve specific needs. Additionally, some of the requirements take precedence over other needs. The five-tier model is made up of physiological needs, safety needs,...

 The human body displays various reactions that are characterized by opposing tendencies. Such tendencies affect flight and fight reactions, feeling hungry, and nerve firing among many other body processes. This paper will use psychological and physical mechanisms to explain how various opposing processes apply to the automatic nervous system, color...

Currently, the American Psychology Association (APA) have become more strict with ethical rules and regulations unlike in the past where psychologist like Stanley Milligram from Yale University had an opportunity to conduct experiments which would be today considered unethical. The Milligram experiment was one held to test obedience to authority...

Birrer, Daniel, Philipp R thlin, and Gareth Morgan. Mindfulness to Enhance Athletic Performance: Theoretical Considerations and Possible Impact Mechanisms. Mindfulness 2012: 235-246. Web. This article is important to the assignment at hand because it discusses not only the concept of mindfulness but also the different problems sports people face...

Reliability Reliability involves the standards of quality of measurements, it can be described as the repeatability or the consistency of the measurements obtained. The interrater reliability indices focus on the ratings or judgments across judges or raters. Using the modern test theory and reliability generalization, the stability of ratings obtained by...