Cultural differences in emotion recognition and expression

Some societal factors could influence our ability to process faces, and facial recognition could in turn predict social intelligence. In 2010, Johnston et al conducted an experiment in which they asked participants to view photographs of subjects showing varying levels of smiles and were asked things like which of the subjects they “would talk about … Read more

Impact of Bullying on Today’s Youth

Merely a week into the 2017 school year, Abel Cedeno, a twelfth-grade student from the Bronx, New York, fatally stabbed a classmate and caused serious injury to another in school. Abel claimed that he was the victim of taunting and bullying and subject to relentless homophobic slurs. He was charged with murder, attempted murder, and … Read more

C-IQ Assessment

A C-IQ Assessment measures a person’s criminal intelligence by looking at behavior such as predatory skills, ability to compartmentalize, narcissistic immunity, and an ability to pose as what they are not. C-IQ should be approached in a similar manner, if not the same way as psychopathy by looking at several areas and the use of … Read more

Psychological Studies That Give Insight into the Human Mind

Study #1- The Milgrim Experiment What Sparked the Study? This experiment was initiated by Stanley Milgrim, a psychologist at Yale University. His goal was to focus on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. He examined the defenses of “obedience” as justifications from WW2 and wanted to see how it correlated to the … Read more

Hyper-masculinity

Hyper-masculinity is an extreme form of masculine gender ideology and is comprised of a cluster of beliefs that includes toughness, violence, dangerousness, and calloused attitudes towards women and sex (Zaitchik and Mosher 1993). Advertising is believed to play a role in the construction of hyper-masculinity (Kilbourne 1999). Examination of advertisements aimed at both men and … Read more

LOCUS OF CONTROL 2

Introduction Locus of control describes how a person views the world and their place in it. There are considered to be two types of locus of control. Internal – when an individual perceives life’s successes and failures depend on their own preparedness, education and skills, and external – one believes luck, social status and the … Read more

Influences of daily weather on mood

  ‘I feel depressed because it is raining again’ or ‘I feel so happy because the sun is shining’. Does this sound familiar? Both are expressions, which indicate that people believe the weather could influence their humor and/or emotions. Does indeed the weather influence emotions? Is the weather able to influence certain decisions individuals make … Read more

Social Policy and Psychology: Points of collusion

It takes little to realize that every social issue has a psychological dimension rooted to it. Social issues are controversial because they are associated with policies that regulate or influence human behavior. How a state educates, houses and otherwise cares for its citizens is an issue that relates to human needs, wants and capabilities. How … Read more

Cognitive Therapy

Cognitive behaves as a system of psychotherapy, emerged in the 60’s, XX century. Aaron Beck, driven by theoretical concerns, and lending of academic psychology the scientific methodology, empirical studies conducted with the intention of confirming psychoanalytical principles, in particular the motivational psychoanalytic model of depression as retroflex aggression of the individual against each other in … Read more

Manipulation

People have expectation to fulfill needs according to their wish but some people use dishonest methods to met needs and wishes. They are called Manipulators. Manipulation is like a hidden weapon use indirectly or covertly to someone. Deception and being abusive are common strategies of manipulators. Manipulator behavior often seem kind, gentle and friendly, it … Read more

New Aged Music and Memory Retention

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE This chapter presents previous studies on New Aged Music and Memory Retention. This review of related literature will provide a support on whether Steven Halpern on New Aged Music has a significant effect on Memory Retention. New Age Music “Music is good for you. You learn best when you’re relaxed. Your … Read more

Homosexual depressed adolescent boys – suicide

Introduction The research proposal that I’m doing is homosexual depressed adolescent boys are more likely than homosexual depressed adolescent girls to commit suicide. Why is that? I believe going as far back as I can remember it was always more accepting for two women to be together than it is for two men. You always … Read more

ENHANCING INSTRUCTIONAL EFFICIENCY THROUGH GENERALIZATION AND INSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK

A SINGLE-SUBJECT STUDY WITH CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION Abstract The purpose of this study was to analyze (a) the acquisition and maintenance effects of the simultaneous prompting (SP) procedure on teaching to name objects to two participants with mental retardation, (b) the effects of multiple exemplar approach for generalizing the acquired skills over three non-trained … Read more

DISCUSSION ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR

INTRODUCTION The function of the school as an institution forming and educating children according to the will of the people and mould the country’s vision is a task which is the most challenging. All parties involved in the school institutions such as the government, administrators, teachers, parents and students assume greater responsibility in the success … Read more