Abstract Solitary confinement is proven to have detrimental psychological effects on inmates in prisons. These effects are directly related to the conditions in which the inmates are held, the time spent in segregated housing, and the violation of basic human rights. These effects can be worse in inmates who have been previously diagnosed with a … Read more
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an impairing, potentially chronic disorder that affects a margin of American adults. When people experience exceptionally threatening and distressing events or are under extreme traumatic situations, there is a possibility of one being pushed beyond the ability to cope. PTSD survivors may find it difficult to reveal the precise nature … Read more
Article Critique Begue, L., Busjman, B.J., Zerhouni, O., Subra, B. & Ourabah, M. (2012). Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder’: People who think they are drunk also think they are attractive. British Journal of Psychology 104, 225–234. Summary The experimental study was carried out by university scholars who carried two kinds of … Read more
Gordon Allport was an American psychologist, who is one of the first psychologist to focus on the study of personality. Allport discovered and classifies over fifty definitions of personality, and emphasized on an individual’s traits and their influence on behavior. Allport defined personality to be” the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems … Read more
Philip Zimbardo was born on March 23, 1933 in New York City. Zimbardo attended Brooklyn College and majored in psychology, anthropology, and sociology. He earned his bachelors and Ph.D. from Yale University. Zimbardo taught at Yale, New York City University, and Stanford University. Zimbardo created The Stanford Shyness Clinic and it was developed in 1977 … Read more
In this essay I will discuss my perspective on the Nature vs. Nurture debate in terms of the developmental process of socialization. I will also talk about social development in relation to the philosophical viewpoint that I align with most. The purpose of this reflection is to combine my philosophical viewpoint of child development with … Read more
Are people born inherently evil? Can people become evil? People in the world do bad things all the time, does that mean they were born evil or did they become that way? People are not born evil but being placed in certain environments can cause one to become evil or participate in evil activities. People … Read more
There are several intervention strategies that are administered among the language impaired toddlers and children. One of these strategies used to support production longer and more complex utterances is the Environmental Language Intervention Strategy (ELIS) developed by James D. MacDonald and Judith Presser Blott in 1974. ELIS follows grammar approaches from theorists Lois Bloom (1971), … Read more
Mark is 29 years old and he currently resides at the Wallace of Campsie Hostel for the homeless in Glasgow. He was born in Colmar, France, where he spent the first few months of his life in hospital, due to his mum using heroin while she was pregnant. Mark’s father died of a drug overdose … Read more
Explicit and Implicit attitudes Explicit attitudes are an expression of a response which exists and operates at a conscious level, these attitudes are measured with multi-item self-report scales (Himmelfrab, 1993). According to Devos (2008) an implicit attitude is an assessment of groups or individuals that occurs without a conscious awareness. These attitudes can be both … Read more
Cognitive development begins in childhood, continues throughout a person’s entire life, and can be defined differently by different psychologists. For psychologist Jean Piaget, cognitive development comes down to the cognitive-developmental theory which states that children are constantly actively creating knowledge as they learn and explore their world. Piaget divides this development into four main stages; … Read more
A. Research Problem There once was a man who, for privacy reasons, shall be known as S.B. Blind his entire life, S.B. underwent a relatively new surgery, a common procedure today known as the corneal transplant, to restore his sight. He underwent the surgery and returned finally being able to see after fifty-two years of … Read more
Jay ( 2000), Jay and Janschewitz (2008) study swearing depending on a neuro-psycho-social (NPS) theory that looks at the neurological, psychological, and social reasons. The theory shows that people are used to swear depending on certain factors. These factors can be classified under one of three main factors discussed in the theory. Each of NPS … Read more
Abstract The General Characteristics of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Therapeutical Connections Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of the frequently encountered disorders in clinical area which has been raising awareness in terms of the disturbances it creates in variety of settings from family dysfunction to the general standards of living of a client (Martis et al., 2004). … Read more
Introduction: This investigation will attempt to answer to question, “To what extent is there a correlation between patients suffering from Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD) during adulthood and the level of attachment they experienced as a child?” This question is relevant as Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD) affects nearly 7 million Americans each year, and affects 30% … Read more
