Category: Psychology

The stages of change are psychological stages that psychotherapists use to assess and evaluate psychological progress of patients under psychotherapy. Assessing the patients’ psychological stages and customizing psychotherapy to be in line with their psychological progress, significantly enhances the outcomes of any psychotherapy. According to varied psychotherapy models, change in behavior undergoes six consecutive stages,…

Sensation and perception of colors is the human ability to differentiate diverse spectral properties of lights or objects. The ability of the eyes to sense colors and the mental capacity to perceive certain colors depends on the brightness of the colors on objects. According to color vision theories, “…trichromacy, opponency adaptation, and color constancy are…

Table of Contents Introduction Behaviorism theory of psychology Cognitive theory of psychology Humanistic theory of psychology Reference List Introduction An understanding of the historical perspectives of psychology is useful in helping us to better appreciate the modern day psychology. The essay endeavors to examine three theories of psychology: behaviorism, cognitive, and humanistic. Further, the essay…

The study conducted by Linares, Heeren, Bronfman, Zuckerman, Augustyn and Tronick in 2001 investigated the role of maternal distress and exposure to community violence on early child development behaviors. In this study, the hypothesis that community violence has a direct effect on early child problematic behaviors regardless of the effects of maternal socio-economic stress and…

Human instincts are the innate characteristics that determine specific behaviors while instincts are innate abilities of human beings or animals, which enable them to adapt to diverse and changing environmental conditions for survival purposes. Human beings or animals respond to unique environments depending on the instincts that direct them. For example, when a baby is…

When people move to a new environment, they might experience a sense of discomfort. Consider a situation when a person enters a room that has an extremely foul smell. Initially the environment is overwhelming and the person feels like vomiting. However, with perseverance the foul smell seem to reduce in intensity and no longer overwhelms…

Stage One of the creative process, according to author Keith Sawyer, is Preparation. This stage offers the creative person two important tools: the language with which to create, and the context for that what he or she creates. Preparation involves research into what has come before. In the case of a painter, for example, research…

History of human sexuality have always been associated with the imposition of social taboo, moral biases and prejudices that prevent people to understand their biology, physiology, and psychology. Anti-propaganda of sexual relations, however, did not contribute positively to the discovery of some questions about human behavior patterns and about the main principles of biological and…

Table of Contents Introduction Analysis of Lisbeth’s Traits Based on Personality Theories Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Personality theories are conceptions that have been propagated by psychologists and academicians from time immemorial. The attempt at defining personality is guided by the intent of trying to understand and explain the psychological distinctiveness and similarities that people exhibit.…

The cocaine usage affects the brain activity and neurotransmission. The purpose of the given research was to define how these reactions influence overall function of the brain and its particular segments. The cocaine use (especially repeated) leads to certain reactions in the midbrain (neuroadaptations). The neuroadaptation in dopaminergic function leads to the decrease of sensitivity,…