Category: Psychology

Table of Contents Introduction How the study was conducted Results of the study Conclusions and recommendations References Introduction This evaluation is based on a journal article entitled Reduced Psychological Distress in Racial and Ethnic Minority Students Practicing the Transcendental Mediation Program. It was a research conducted and documented by Elder et al. (2011). The research…

Table of Contents Description of the papers Comparison Continuities and discontinuities References Description of the papers The psychological concept under analysis is intelligence as seen through the operant conditioning lens. In 1898 one of the pioneers of operant conditioning – Edward Thorndike – wrote an article called “Animal intelligence: an experimental study of the associate…

Table of Contents Introduction Connections between Readings New Novel Extension Connections between Findings, Arguments and Theory Reference Introduction Implicit attitudes in children develop according to their surroundings. These surroundings range from cultural processes, which the child undergoes, to the intergroup and child preferences as he or she grows up. Age is not an important determinant…

Сognitive factors affecting language development in children with intellectual disabilities Language development in young children who have intellectual disabilities is often delayed. This delay has time and again been attributed to cognitive disabilities. Such cognitive disabilities include Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, specific language impairments among other disabilities. Botting, Conti-Ramsden and Hick (2005) believe that some…

Table of Contents Introduction The perspective of John B. Watson B.F Skinner’s perspective Edward Tolman’s perspective Conclusion References Introduction Perspectives of psychology have evolved in the same degree that the field of psychology has evolved over the years. However, theories that form the foundation of psychology have not changed since development. These perspectives contain core…

Background Although children have similar growth and development patterns, different parents across the world employ different parenting styles due to differences in cultural beliefs, values, and practices. Differences in cultural beliefs, values, and practices are responsible for cross-cultural differences in parenting styles that significantly influence how children grow and develop in various societal environments. Across…

Table of Contents Ethical Aspect of the study Strengths, Limitations and Suggestions Design Participants Data Quality Analysis References Ethical Aspect of the study Psychologists view forgiveness and reconciliation as two parallel phenomena; this difference, they say, is adaptive, such that one may forgive a deceased person without necessarily returning into (the) relationship (Frise & McMinn,…

Table of Contents Introduction The meaning of Empathy Connection between empathy and life in Richmond, Virginia Importance of empathy Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The rising economic hardships have forced many people to spend more time on hobbies and careers with little attention to other people’s lives. This means that they have no time left to…

Table of Contents Introduction Classical conditioning A visit to the dentist experiment Baby and mother experiment Operant conditioning Reinforcement Negative reinforcement Punishment Conclusion Reference List Introduction Scholars dealing with human and animal behavior have come up with different theories to explain how behavior is acquired or how it becomes extinct. Such scholars include BF Skinner,…

Introduction In the psychological studies concerned with the behaviour of human beings and their reactions to different situations, there is one character present in human beings that is of great interest to scholars and researchers. This is the degree to which the way different individuals believe in themselves and seek to control the things that…