Category: Psychology

Cognitive theories are theories which aim to provide insight into how we process information, that is, how we learn. Anderson ( 1976, 1983) proposed two kinds of memory: declarative memory containing domain knowledge and production memory containing procedural knowledge. Most of the major theories concerning cognition agree that there are three areas of memory involved:…

Human Development The moral development stages as depicted by Kohlberg represent the key psychological theory characteristics. According to this theory, six stages of development could be identified as far as moral reasoning is concerned, based on a perspective of ethical behavior. For all of the six different stages, there is seen an increasing level of…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body References: Introduction Motivation is the psychological attribute that stirs up an individual to take action in order to achieve a desired objective, the motive for the action or simply that, which provides the rationale and course of activities. This dissertation illustrates the occurrences that transpire inside the brain when…

Table of Contents Introduction Psychoanalytic model Conclusion References and bibliography Introduction Adulthood evolves from childhood and therefore, the latter stages of life are influenced by the earlier experiences. Anxiety is caused when id impulses are expressed in behavior, and individuals express unconscious id through defense mechanisms. An abnormal behavior can be defined as “behavioral, emotional,…

The issue of love is so complex that many scholars, playwrights and poets alike are completely baffled by it. So much so that the great bard Shakespeare had to ask, “what tis to love?” (Fisher, 2004). One can only infer that the same question had baffled many before his time. At the moment, researchers are…

Psychology is an indispensable and integral part of politics. Politicians use psychological tactics to captivate the minds of the voters and beat their political opponents for them to win an election. Since voters have psychological needs that are political, a politician employs psychological tactics in satisfying them. A politician who successfully satisfies voters is the…

Table of Contents Rossman Adult Learning Inventory Adult Development Theories Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood Old and New Rules Rossman Adult Learning Inventory The principle aspect of the adult learning process is considered to be group orientation. Adult Learning Inventory is analyzed through the basic approaches to the learning process; it was stated…

Table of Contents Processing efficiency theory Attentional control theory Conscious processing hypothesis Theory of ironic effects Catastrophe models Reference List Processing efficiency theory This theory was offered by Eysenck in 1982 and was later developed by this and other scientists, including Calvo and Derakshan (Chong, 2003). The theory is based on the assumption that there…

Table of Contents Introduction Learning and Cognition Conclusion Reference List Introduction According to Kimble (1961), learning is taken as the process that brings in a relatively permanent alteration in behavior or potentiality in behavior as a result of reinforcement. For leaning to take place there must be a permanent change in the behavior. Therefore learning…

Table of Contents Hebb’s influence on Neurological Scientific Research Evolutionary Psychology Biological Boundaries of Learning References Hebb was one of the greatest individuals who made many contributions to the field of Neurological scientific research. He was the founder of some of the most used themes in behavioral neuroscience (Hebb, 1949). He also had his way…