Category: Psychology

  • Personality Assessment: Behavioral & Social Learning Approaches

    Table of Contents Introduction Main Body Conclusion References Introduction Theoretical explanations of the learning process have concerned experimental psychologists for well over 100 years and have been a dominant theme in psychology. Researchers suppose that people possess instinctual motives, but the important factors of our behavior are learned. Drives of behavior typically motivate us; our…

  • Is There a Particular Attachment Style Linked With Conduct Disordered Children

    Table of Contents Introduction Justification of the study Literature review based on strengths and relevance of the study Areas of contention and weaknesses Results and Findings Conclusion References Introduction Unsecure attachment disorders are complications that affect holistic development of children in various settings. The complications are currently affecting many children including adults due to poor…

  • Inter-Group Interactions and Coping Processes

    Table of Contents Technical aspects of the article The analysis of the argument and the manner of its presentation The suggestions for further research References Technical aspects of the article The authors of the article under consideration are Gerald Delelis and Caroline Desombre, and the article under consideration is entitles as “Inter-group interactions and coping:…

  • Child Development and Evolutionary Psychology

    Authors offer the approach to explaining human ontogeny in terms of the evolutionary perspective and argue that evolutionary psychology can be extremely helpful in explaining childhood development. They also state that adaptive mechanisms and reasons for children’s maladjustment to the modern environment can be well seen as an outcome of evolutionary processes that occur throughout…

  • Personality Traits Overview

    Human beings show great variations in terms of their personality traits mainly because of the differences in genes. Traits could be defined as the consistent prototypes of behavior, idea, and feeling, which differ from one individual to the other. Based on this definition, personality traits are often stable and vary from one individual to the…

  • Compulsive Buying Behaviour for Self-Actualization

    Table of Contents Methodology Results Discussion Conclusion References Methodology Reasoning for choice of research method The study was based on two qualitative research paradigms defined by the grounded theory and the ethnographic approaches. The aim was to systematically analyse consumer behaviour with excessive spending habits. The framework of the study was defined by the study…

  • Child Psychology. “Music Lessons Enhance IQ” by Schellenberg

    Schellenberg (2004) discusses the impact of music lessons on the IQ indicators in his article “Music Lessons Enhance IQ” and proves its significant correlation on the practical experiment held with the total number of 144 6-year-old children. The initial thesis of the author is the proposed correlation between systematic attendance of music lessons and temporary…

  • Defence Mechanisms in Borowski’s Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber

    Human organism easily adapts to practically all the environments. It is able to survive on scarce food and water supplies and gets used to cold or unbearable heat. Such conditions harden people and make them more endurable. However, among those things which are destructive for people’s health, stress is the most dangerous. There is no…

  • Psychology. “Self-Esteem” Book by Dr. Matthew McKay

    Table of Contents Introduction Main text Conclusion References Introduction One of the greatest problems that harass people with low self esteem is their exaggerated self-criticism. Dr. Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning in their book Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem teach readers how to overcome the critic…

  • Evolutionary Psychology: Short-term Mating in Men

    Buss came up with a theory that aimed at resolving a contextual-evolutionary problem, which is related to mating strategies among individuals. The study established that both men and women have evolved some psychological systems that characterize both short and long-term strategies. His study revealed that human beings tend to resolve short-term mating issues as opposed…