Category: Psychology

Psychology is a branch in science that has been evolving greatly with time and with the intervention of many individuals and institutions. Mary Whiton Calkins played a great role in this field. She is believed to have helped improve the psychology field in immense ways and had to go through many struggles to achieve what…

Table of Contents Types of psychological disorders Somatoform Disorders Works Cited Psychological disorders are set of mental illnesses that primarily cause distress to individuals’ hence, negatively affecting all spheres of their lives. These disorders are manifested by a set of behavioural or psychological symptoms exhibited by individuals under undue distress. In most cases, psychological disorders…

Table of Contents Operational definition Symptoms Reducing incidences References This is has been confirmed to be a problem that causes relapse in former inmates who might be mentally ill and addicted. Research has proven that, at the moment, 60% of inmates have been in jail before and post incarceration syndrome is evident to be the…

The availability of basic shelter is critical in the life of mentally challenged persons. It is essential that this basic human need be availed to them because most of them are not in a position to provide it for themselves. The shelter should also be able to accommodate their shortcomings and protect them from discrimination…

Table of Contents Cognitive behavioural therapy Alcohol abuse and violence Positive and negative reinforcement Reference List Anxiety disorders continue to affect millions of people around the world annually. In America, an estimated 41 million adults are affected making them live in fear and uncertainty (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, p. 34). Anxiety disorders manifest themselves for…

Table of Contents Introduction Towards Understanding the Myth Critiquing the Myth Conclusion Reference List Introduction Today, more than ever before, most parents have accepted the notion that the first three years of a child’s life are critically important in determining whether or not the child will mature into an individual of high mental and cognitive…

Thumb-sucking (sensual sucking) in children as a sexual expression Freud’s second presumption on sexuality provides exhaustive information on why human beings must consider sexuality during the upbringing stage. I have realized the essence of educating children about their sexuality during their tender years. This circumstance is possible when the child begins to attend school. It…

Since psychology studies the human mind and behavior of people and thus it incorporates and implements various scientific fields and methods to do so. One of this discipline’s branches, evolutionary psychology, states that people’s actions and decisions are primarily defined by instincts formed over millions of years that our ancestors developed (George et al., 2020).…

Drawing ability in terms of psychological development study. The development of a person can be traced on different levels. One of such levels is people’s ability to draw and the attitude to drawing. It goes without saying that if a person is drawing a bit worse than Leonardo da Vinci it is possible to speak…

Today the statistics that characterize Americans’ intensity of work and proportion between work and leisure have made researchers to talk about the phenomenon of “workaholism”; the title of this notion is so similar to those given to dramatic diseases that one has opportunity to imagine how serious it is. In his Are Americans Workaholics –…