Category: Psychology

  • The Ability to Take Risks Intelligently

    One thing that successful people have in common is the ability to comfortably take risks. It is important to improve one’s risk-taking ability to improve performance. The ability to take risks intelligently is a vital component for success and a big factor in determining the levels of achievement. People who do not perform well in…

  • Child Development: Psychological Factors and Theories

    The development of a child depends on several factors that have been the subject matter of psychology through the centuries. There are diverse ways in which the development of a child can be looked at therefore the theoretical bases of the topic differ considerably. Various factors such as the psychological environment, the influence of the…

  • Behavior and Mind: The Roots of Modern Psychology

    Table of Contents Article Summary Article Critique Reference Article Summary The article “Behavior and Mind: The Roots of Modern Psychology” by Dennis Delprato is a book review that analyses the ideas of Rachlin on contemporary psychology. Delprato states that Rachlin placed the modern psychological sciences into two categories i.e. cognitive or physiological psychology and teleological…

  • Typology of Psychological Disorders and Their Treatment

    Table of Contents Typology of Psychological Disorders Psychological Conditions: Exploring the Reasons Mood Disorders Treatment of Psychological Disorders Works Cited Typology of Psychological Disorders The modern psychologists differentiate a wide variety of complicated mental disorders, which hinder the quality of human intellectual abilities as well as stimulate various health complications. Specifically, such groups of psychological…

  • Sexual behavior problems of adolescents

    Table of Contents Research Topic The Ethical Aspects of the study Strengths, Limitations, and Suggestions Design Participants Data Quality & Collection Data Analysis Summary of Research Critique Reference List Research Topic The critique article for this paper is the article titled “An exploration of counselor experiences of adolescents with sexual behavior problems”, by Chassman et…

  • Alfred Adler’s individual psychology

    Table of Contents Major Principles of the Theory Differences between Gender and culture Personality Development Changes in Personality over the Lifespan Individual Psychology in the Modern World References Major Principles of the Theory In his work of developing classical Adlerian psychology, Adler emphasized seven major principles which include; utility of the individual. According to this…

  • Assessing Treatment Effectiveness

    Table of Contents Response 1 Response 2 Response 3 Response 4 Response 5 References Response 1 It is true that such regression might be caused by unconscious underlying feelings concerning the divorce. He also might feel hidden sense of guilt. In addition, he was moved to an alternate school. Probably, his aggression toward his peers…

  • Bystander Intervention in Emergencies

    Following the tragic murder of Kitty Genovese, social psychologists Bibb Latane’ and John Darley did a series of innovative experiments to test the effects of bystanders on decisions to intervene in an emergency. The main issue and the hypotheses tested by the experimenters The main issue of the experiment carried out by Latane and Darley…

  • Impatience Behavior for Self Modification

    Table of Contents Introduction The Target Behavior Self Modification Conclusion References Introduction Impatience can have two contrasting meanings depending on the desired results. On the one hand, it could be the eagerness for change. On the contrary, it could mean intolerance of anything that prevents the desired outcome. In both cases, one would still earn…

  • Occupational and Biomechanical Analyses of Texting

    Table of Contents Brief Description of Occupation Meaning of the Occupation Roles and Habits Environment Occupational Performance References Brief Description of Occupation The occupation is writing and sending a text message with the help of a smartphone. This occupation is performed by Dianne Andrews, who is 42 years old and was diagnosed with seropositive rheumatoid…