Category: Psychology

Psychology researchers frequently encounter data management problems due to social desirability bias. Social desirability bias is the methodical mistake that is caused by the intention of participants in a study to respond to interview questions in a manner they believe protect their social interest. The main concept in the theory is that the respondent is…

Table of Contents Experiment 1 Experiment 2 Experiment 4 Sensory adaptation Sensory systems involved in the experiment Adaptation and evolution References Experiment 1 The rate of coarseness during the initial rub was seven, on a scale of 1-7, depicting a very rough surface. On the second rubbing attempt however, the perception of coarseness reduces to…

The article written by Jennifer Curry and Laura Choate (2010) is aimed at discussing the oversexualization of adolescent girls. In particular, these authors argue that continuous exposure to sexualized images or stereotypes can harm the development of these girls. For example, they can assess themselves only in term of their attractiveness, beauty or ability to…

Cognitive biases are a group of biases faced when conducting an emotional research. Cognitive biases are any biases introduced by cognitive reasoning and emotion (Zambardino & Goodfellow 2007). Therefore, cognitive biases are errors in research introduced when information is processed through cognitive filters resulting in misinterpretation of what is real. There are two types of…

The scholars of psychology have always been trying to explore the spectacle of emotions characterized by distinctive facial expressions. Face has been the point of concentration during such investigative studies when conducted by social psychologists. However, other sources of information were also analyzed comparative to face reading by various investigators of different psychological fields. Such…

In the early 1990s, many scholars of developmental psychology, disenchanted by the antimentalistic and biases of behavioral psychology and shortcoming of Piaget’s theory, shifted to cognitive psychology and computer science to seek new thoughts and insights about children’s thinking. Computer systems that rely on mathematically programmed operations to offer solutions enabled these researchers to formulate…

Table of Contents Introduction Reflective Learning Journal Prejudice and Discrimination Attraction and Close Relationships Conclusion References Introduction What is a Learning Journal? A learning journal shows a set of collected works, thoughts, notes, and other relevant course materials gathered after a period of learning course contents. One may intend to use the journal to improve…

Table of Contents Introduction Results Discussion Conclusion References Introduction The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test refers to a psychology-based appraisal tool used to evaluate the degree to which people perceive the world. It comprises four psychological functions by which people perceive the world. These functions include sensation, thinking, feeling, and intuition. In the test, these…

Table of Contents Definition of the Environmental psychology Discipline Theoretical approaches Importance of research in the field of environmental psychology Conclusion Reference Definition of the Environmental psychology Discipline Environmental psychology refers to an interdisciplinary area which is centered on the relationship between the human-beings and their environment. This field describes the phrase environment extensively, comprising…

Attitudes change over a given period of time. The process of attitude change is dependent on variables that exist in the daily lives of people and related to the process of socialization as well. Human nature is social, and therefore, the process of change of attitude is highly influenced by this factor as it is…