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Introduction James Mangold’s film “The Girl, Interrupted” was based on the autobiographical book by Susanna Kaysen, who spent two years in a psychiatric hospital. This is the story of a fifteen-year-old girl who spent one year in a psychiatric hospital after trying to commit suicide. The film takes place in...
I chose the Jane Elliott experiment “The Blue Eyes and Brown Eyes Experiment” for this task. I believe that the main problems are some incitements to humiliation by “privileged” children of a group of outsiders and the lack of consent to the passage of this experiment. That directly contradicts Principle...
Machiavelli’s works remain relevant due to the many valuable ideas and theses that have no time frame. In his treatise The Prince, he reveals the difficulties and necessities that a new prince has to face and overcome to achieve greatness and recognition. Mansfield analyzes the ideas of Machiavelli and notes...
Introduction Over recent years, professional identity and development counseling has become crucial in contemporary society. This paper summarizes studies and podcasts highlighting professional identity’s importance, relevant components, and associated challenges. Moreover, it includes an overview of my professional identity development plan and a table detailing vital state-related requirements linked to...
Godinet, M. T., Li, F., & Berg, T. (2014). Early childhood maltreatment and trajectories of behavioral problems: Exploring gender and racial differences. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(3), 544–556. This research paper centers on examining the trajectories of child maltreatment and whether or not early childhood maltreatment (before the age of...
Introduction Poly-substance abuse as an effect of Depression comes along with conduct disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity. All these are mental illnesses. Of the depression disorders, major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common concomitant of poly-substance abuse that is a result of substance dependence. Substance abuse among adolescents can be...
The policy of the agency should include a set of features for promoting trauma-informed care. As a human service professional, I would suggest that the first key component that should be included in the policy is empowerment. Butler et al. (2019) indicate that continuous empowerment and advocacy for vulnerable and...
Depression and other mental conditions are highly prevalent among adolescents, youth, and adults in America. Unfortunately, most treatment initiatives prove unfruitful because psychologists do not tackle the root causes of these conditions or the physical, social, and environmental factors promoting them. For example, psychological violence, especially during childhood, is classified...
Literature search results Author/date Aim of study/paper Type of study/ research design IV/ Covariates/Mediators/Moderators DV/ Outcome Main and secondary findings Strengths Archer, G., et al. (2017). Examining the relationship between experienced childhood abuse and physical functioning in adulthood. Cohort study Poor physical functioning, childhood abuse, neglect. At least 20% of...
Summary Shaping and chaining is an excellent technique that can be used to teach a new skill. There is a wide array of skills that can be taught using this strategy. While it can be difficult for some to learn a skill, others may not experience such difficulties. Schunk (2020)...
The decision-making strategies employed by the human mind are complex, but some researchers, such as Cialdini, identified key shortcuts that influence them. Consequently, numerous studies demonstrated that companies actively employ Cialdini persuasion shortcuts even within the digital environment. One of the studies by Zakharova (2020) found that in the sector...
The sexual life of a person is still a taboo topic for numerous people, and some individuals avoid gaining any new knowledge about it. Nevertheless, currently, the internet offers thousands of reliable sources on sex, and there are even educational quizzes dedicated to the subject. “The Ultimate Sex Quiz” is...
Introduction Background and Overview Although it is an important part of the healthcare and social support systems, the counseling process is normally uncertain and ambiguous and can create anxiety and vulnerability for the practitioners. Developing a good understanding of the self encompasses a unique process of both emotional and experiential...
People do not spend time thinking about the meaning of their fears. Often, fear is seen as a negative emotion that has to be defeated. Since it is viewed as a weakness, people focus on conquering their fears rather than seeking to understand their meaning. Additionally, human beings have an...
In 2019, a scientific article titled “Mindfulness on-the-go: Effects of a mindfulness meditation app on work stress and well-being” was published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology by an American-British team of researchers led by Bostock. It is essential to note the profile orientation of the authoritative journal, which...
Introduction Currently, the workplace plays a crucial role in boosting an institution’s economic output. Thus, this is mainly due to individual employees’ effectiveness, for whom their net contributions amount up to the required type of growth that an organization desires. The nature of the two types of motivation (intrinsic and...
In the modern world, more and more attention is paid to the study of the learning process and the development of the most effective educational techniques. This trend becomes especially important with the spread of the concept of machine learning and the search for new non-standard approaches. Cognitive researchers are...
The reviewed articles were chosen for several reasons. First, they explore different topics in the field of counseling psychology. Second, the articles are recent (published within the last 5 years), and they provide current information on the topics covered. Third, they are a mixture of both scientific studies and professional...
The psychology of risk underlies the understanding and study of various mental perceptions that determine bodily responses to situations that are deemed risky, spanning a risk’s impact recognition and frameworks for making judgments. As a result, the techniques and measures taken are often more objective. They are dependent upon the...
For my final project, I chose a complex theme – psychological help to refugee children. Victims are confused, and refugees and displaced persons need psychological help. As in any emergency, psychological support is one of the essential components in stabilizing the situation. This theme shaped the nature of my entire...
The social science lens focuses on interpersonal relationships and human interactions with social environments. The social sciences encompass a diverse group of disciplines, including political theory, anthropology, sociology, and psychology, addressing the issue of mental wellness from different perspectives. Sociologists and political scientists investigate the role of mental wellness in...
Communication Emotional intelligence (EI) is one’s ability to effectively and correctly perceive, manage, and regulate emotions, and to use that information to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously. EI is embedded in culture, and according to Mohammed (2018), culture affects people’s perception of what constitutes intelligence behavior. The capacity to properly regulate...
Attachment in humans is something each person develops during their childhood. By being close to their parents, being cared for, and interacted with, infants learn to be involved with other people. I think that the most fascinating thing about attachment is that it can be universally observed from every individual....
Human development depends on many internal and external factors and events that affect an entire life. For this reason, scientists have created many developmental theories to explain how certain events or characteristics shape personality from different points of view. In this paper, I will analyze my life in terms of...
Attachment Theory Primarily, Antwone’s traumas began after he was born: his mother was incarcerated, which did not let her take care of Antwone. Moreover, Fisher could never meet his biological father because his ex-girlfriend murdered him (Fisher & Rivas, 2002). It implies that the attachment between Antwone and his parents...
The scholarly article “Applying Developmental Theory and Research to the Creation of Educational Games” in the New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development introduces the history of the developmental theory and principles applied to software for children, which was first made by Seymour Papert. Papert used the approach to modern...
Steve Jobs presented a memorable speech that has been used for academic purposes for several years. At the commencement speech at Stanford, Jobs (2005, 0:04:58- 0:05:16) narrates his story and says, “Of course, it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was...
Parents’ approval and acceptance are the main factors to ensure the stable development of a child’s healthy self-esteem. The children’s path to follow in life depends on the basics of self-esteem that they gain in childhood. However, many adults fall victim to their psychological problems, which are rooted deep in...
Granville Stanley Hall, who is frequently referred to as G. Stanley Hall, warrants mentioning among the fathers of American psychology in general and developmental psychology in particular. As a lecturer, he influenced a considerable range of other psychologists that are currently known as the leading ones. However, the main point...
As is the case in other social sciences, psychology heavily relies on statistical analysis and empirical research to ground its hypotheses and increase its scientifical value. In summarizing some of the most notable articles in the psychological research field, a writer is to take into account the statistical tools it...
Intelligence, as a concept, has become a topic for many debates providing ground for new ideas in psychology. The very notion of intelligence is a point of controversy as there are various definitions, and each of them focuses on different topics. Some researchers suggest that intelligence is a general ability...
Since ancient times, people have tried to capture the most critical moments in civilization’s development through various forms of creativity. Art has been used for dialogue between cultures and, as well as religion, to explain life and natural phenomena that defied scientific justification (Hauser, 2018). Different kinds of art, including...
Introduction Psychology is a scientific discipline that studies individuals’ minds and behavior, including other fields such as human development, health, cognitive process, and social behavior. It is believed to have existed in ancient Greece and Egypt and has been associated with philosophy but became an independent entity later. Psychology is...
Bradley’s article is devoted to the adaptation of immigrants, specifically, their children, to a new society and culture. In most cases, these children face several problems, mostly related to the difference in domestic culture and customs of the “outside” world. More complex conditions for receiving child care and education for...
Human brains’ cognitive functions and abilities of the neural system are enormous comparing to the majority of other mammals. Myriads of intricate connections of neurons and the plasticity of various brain structures underline humankind’s theoretical and practical achievements. Finally, the emergence of numerous cultures, complex societal arrangements, and tangible achievements...
Introduction The phenomenon of abuse towards children has been a significant topic of research for numerous scholars throughout the world. Such manifestations as sexual and emotional violence cause various negative ramifications for the victims, originating with physical and psychological suffering. Although several theoretical and legal resolutions were suggested to battle...
Introduction The process of recovery after trauma has been studied for decades, its diverse aspects have been explored in detail. Positive psychological change, also referred to as post-traumatic growth (PTG), is one of the favorable outcomes that is quite common as between 53% and 83% of people who have faced...
The topic for my research is the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention therapy on the mental health of ethnic minority adolescents. Research has shown that mindfulness-based intervention treatment can help improve the management of several mental health conditions such as stress and emotion regulation in ethnic minority youths (Fung et al.,...
Introduction Clinical psychologists apply different models to every unique case based on how appropriate they are to resolving their clients’ problems. Structural family therapy (SFT) and solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) are among the models widely applied by clinical psychologists. Although their focus is similar, the two models utilize different methods...
Background The chosen theory for consideration in this paper is the theory of mind (ToM), originally developed by David Premack and Guyn Woodruff in 1978. ToM has gained traction over the years, especially in the field of psychology. Psychologists rely on this theory to assess an individual’s “degree of capacity...
The debate related to the more influential factor on human behavior has been holding for a long time. The nature-nurture dichotomy is an oversimplified strategy that identifies the human origins of development and behavior by utilizing two main principles (Honeycutt, 2019). According to this dichotomy, ‘nature’ refers to hereditary factors...
Milestone One The wellness concept has been present in the public consciousness for over 50 years. With the evolution of society, the development of technology, social relations, and the increase in life expectancy, the idea that a person should cultivate their physical form seems logical. Wellness means not just taking...
The phenomenon of procrastination is understood as the tendency to put things off, leading to psychological problems. Comparing procrastination with laziness is incorrect since the procrastinator does not rest but wastes energy on unnecessary actions instead of investing resources in what needs to be done. On the one hand, it...
Introduction Multimodal experts and parents are needed to help children and people with developmental or intellectual disabilities in all aspects of adaptive development. Throughout an individual’s lifetime, there are frequently several areas of need that are recognized in a shifting context. Individuals with developmental impairments have cognitive deficits in at...
In the analyzed video case of teaching linear measurement, four teacher behaviors indicating her expertise in her student’s developmental stage have been observed. First, the teacher asked if the student knew about the instrument they were to work with during the lesson. Second, she made sure that the student understood...
In teaching children with autism or autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), using prompts is vital. Prompts allow preschool learners to engage in problem-solving, thus building the necessary skillset and progressing to the next developmental stage. In the video titled “ABA Autism Training – Chapter 3 – Prompting,” several main types of...
Introduction The report specifies the hypotheses that facets explain variances in crystallized and fluid intelligence better than domains do and that personality traits are more strongly related to crystallized than to fluid intelligence. The Big Five framework is used as a rationale to justify the offered ideas based on past...
Intersectionality is an identity concept that acknowledges the multidimensionality and complexity of people’s lives. This concept theorizes that the social oppression experienced by individuals emerges from an intersection of different oppressive identities and social inequalities instead of singular sidelined identities (Rai et al. 2). Rai et al. propose that institutions,...
Domestic abuse can lead to mental instability that may affect a victim’s actions and conduct. According to Bland and Ariel (2020), a sufferer might experience temporary insanity that makes them commit deeds such as murder. A long history of violence is possible to interfere with a victim’s sound decision-making process....
Over the past decades, scientists worldwide have become increasingly vocal and alarmed about the dangers facing the younger generation – children, teenagers and young adults. Teenage alcoholism is different from adult alcoholism. Considering the unstable psyche of the adolescent, there is a rapid reaction to addiction and psychiatric disorders. Growth...
Introduction During the historical development, many theories and practices have arisen regarding human psychology. One of the basic books is the Bible, while theories put forward by modern and historical authors often gain and lose their popularity. One of the well-known theories is the theory of the tendencies of human...
The debate about nature and nurture is one of the most important controversies associated with human life. On the one hand, human behavior is determined by natural factors: genes embedded in them. Based on this, they acquire certain character traits and inclinations that affect all areas of life. On the...
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is one of the ten personality disorders contained in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). It is typically characterized by a persistent, inflated feeling of self-importance, expressed through excessive desire for admiration or attention and lacking empathy for others....
Age psychology studies the process of development of mental functions and personality throughout a person’s life. The main difference between the direction of age psychology from another direction is that it focuses on the dynamics of age change. Each period of growing up is determined by the level of social...
Introduction In modern society, the number of minors with deviant behavior is increasing, which is one of the most urgent psychological and pedagogical problems. George (2018) states that approximately 20% of the school-age population experiences a mental, emotional, social, or behavioral disorder. There is a large number of reasons for...
Introduction The concept of wellness still exists among the families, but they manage challenges in life. Wellness requires balancing different life dimensions such as emotions, social, spiritual, environmental, financial, occupational, physical, and intellectual. All those dimensions of wellness are somehow interrelated and crucial to a fulfilling life. The idea of...
Introduction In the past couple of years, the concept of theoretical orientation has brought several controversies. Amongst the many psychological theories, an individual can best establish effective personal change through particular psychotherapy. Many psychotherapists have remained fervent on a specific school of thought where a given theory is best suited...
Background Nikola Tesla is supposed to be more of a legend than a man, but people evaluate his personality through warped and distorted lenses. His fascinating scientific inventions and works were studied and assessed elaborately and meticulously. No one questions the epochal value of these electric inventions because the sphere...
Psychological egoism is one of the most discussed issues of all time. Philosophers, sociologists, cultural figures, and eminent scholars attempt to reveal the reasons for the egoistic nature of humans, explain its necessity, or in the opposite, its negative influence on society. This essay will examine the rationale under the...
The adolescent stage is critical and requires significant self-growth to stabilize the future. The stabilization of human beings appears in a different perspective of themselves is identity formation. Adolescents advance an active sense of self, individuality, personality, and connection with other people. It is influenced by several factors such as...
Understanding the stages of child development is vital for an adult to determine his needs. A grown-up must adequately respond to the behavior and perception of the baby since it is very different. The study of the factors influencing the behavior of children shows two main categories, nature and nurture....
Jennifer Claire Noesen’s article “The Intern and the Challenging Client” discusses clinical treatment for sexually and physically abused kids. However, the author pays special attention to children who hail from families struggling the domestic violence and substance abuse. Noesen offers a closer look at the host of issues that interns...
Introduction Species often have to live in a hostile environment, and humans are no exception. People have developed instruments to cope with this issue for thousands of years. It has been acknowledged that “stress response is one of nature’s fundamental survival mechanisms” (Dhabhar, 2018, p. 175). Stress is the major...
Introduction In early care and education, individuals make an effort to an entire family engagement. Therefore, it is essential to understand the frequency with which they face emotional problems and challenges with over-demanding families. In most cases, young people have issues with their closest peers. These events usually lead to...
Researchers have employed different approaches to analyzing intergenerational relationships in families. The life-course theory stemmed from several longitudinal studies held in the first part and the middle of the twentieth century (Elder, 1998). Elder (1998) states that the wealth of the obtained data-enabled scholars to identify the relationship between socioeconomic...
Introduction In modern psychology, the forms of Therapy differ substantially in their strengths, weaknesses, and approaches to providing psychological services to marginalized people. This paper provides a comparative analysis of three of these types, namely Gestalt therapy, Person-centered Therapy, and Feminist Therapy. It accounts for the pros and cons of...
George Herbert Mead claimed that an individual could become an object to themselves. Mead developed the concept of self with the idea in mind of ‘Me and I’ (Segre, 2014). The author argues that a person turns into an object of themselves if one conforms to society’s pressure. Mead articulated...
Introduction Self-concept is among the most critical aspect of interpersonal communication, whereas, unlike self-efficacy and self-esteem, it focuses on the general idea of who one thinks he or she is. My ten selected characteristics, which will allow me to win the Remarkable Race, are assertiveness, openness, extraversion, determination, cooperativeness, competitiveness,...
Introduction Jürgen Habermas is renowned as one of the most significant societal philosophers globally. Habermas has established communication action, which helps to refurbish and convey cultural awareness to achieve mutual understanding. In this event, individuals create personalities and also a coordinate movement towards solidarity and social interaction. The theory has...
Introduction The active pace of modern life often leads to changes in the human condition, fatigue, and the need for rest. Factors such as the complexity of work, outlook, and lifestyle contribute to stress. If stress and fatigue are ignored, it can lead to such nasty consequences as emotional burnout...
A Question to the Client Hello, my name is Name, and I am one of the social workers here at the center. I am going to perform some assessments with you to collect information about what is happening to you and what resources we can put in use to provide...
Deviant behavior, understood as a violation of social norms has become widespread in recent years and has put this problem in the center of attention of sociologists, social psychologists, and doctors. Sociological theories consider deviant behavior in the context of social processes and norms established within a given society. Social...
Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD for short, is a mental health issue. The disorder can negatively impact the lives of affected individuals. Thereby, active research is currently conducted in the scientific community to investigate ADHD effects and causation and seek effective treatment methods. As with any mental health problem with...
Introduction The Sandy Hook mass shooting, which took place on December 14, 2012, in an elementary school in Connecticut, was a tragedy which appalled the whole nation and revived the debate about gun-control issues in the U.S. This attack claimed the lives of twenty-six people, most of whom were children...
Introduction The building blocks of self-determination theory include autonomy, competence, and relatedness. This theory postulates that people are inherently curious and look for choice in their pursuits. Of the three fundamental needs, relatedness has the most substantial contribution to the motivation of individuals compared to autonomy and competence. Autonomy The...
“Ethical Problems in Psychiatric Research” article was published by Lehrman and Sharav in The Journal of Mental Health Administration in 1997, addressing the morality of experiments on patients with low mental capacity. The scientific work analyzed several intervention cases for treatment like NIMH-funded research and projects exploring schizophrenia where individuals’...
Game theory is a framework that helps to make decisions in situations where two or more players compete. Game theory is used in a wide variety of fields, including business, finance, economics, political science, and psychology (Harrington, 2015). The present paper provides five examples of how game theory explained my...
The chosen poster is made by Grace DiDomenico and Hannah S. Snyder for the Psychology conference held at Brandeis University in 2020. It presents the research about effortful control problems and stress that were equally elevated in depressed college students. Information about the research’s topic, background, methodology, results, conclusions, and...
The period of adolescence is one of the most fundamental stages of human mental and physical development. During this time, the socialization process slowly starts to have a lesser influence on the individual than in childhood. New perspectives and views could be formed while a person interacts with peers, social...
In her essay, “Abuse of an unnamed wife: Is she familiar?”, Liz Moore thoroughly analyzes the phenomenon of psychological abuse on the basis of “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This short story addresses a young, newly married woman who moves with her husband, John, and his sister,...
Existential therapy is a distinctive form of psychotherapy that focuses on the existence of human beings as a whole. It utilizes a positive approach from a philosophical point of view and emphasizes on human conditions. The therapy has a positive direction and commends human abilities and aspirations while encouraging them...
Attachment theory presupposes that a child’s interactions with other people influence its development from a very young age, making an impact on their perception, thinking and behavior. John Bowlby clarifies that this concerns the real experiences and interactions, not imaginary ones, and that they are in effect long before the...
The Application of Attachment Theory for the Case Study of Brady Attachment theory is a major factor in the development of adolescents, during which the majority of the behavioral and cognitive structure is established. Formulated by psychologist John Bowlby, it points out the fact that the deviations in social, emotional,...
Lifespan development relates to the changes and growth people undergo from the time they are conceived to the end of their physical life. Several theories and models have been developed and used to explain the physical, cognitive, psychological, social, and behavioral changes that occur between a person’s conception to his...
In many countries of the world, there is a process of global population aging. Many scientists today are trying to invent drugs foraging to avoid death or delay it. Therefore, it is essential to study the general laws of the aging process, its causes and mechanisms, and possible ways to...
This post will discuss two developmental theories, Erickson’s psychosocial development, and Kohlberg’s moral development. Erickson argues that personality development is divided into eight stages and focuses on developing the I of the individual. The first two stages are for very young children; hence I don’t remember them. In the third...
Introduction Each person has a variety of experiences and events in their life, both in the past and the future. Meetings, partings, interactions, things we do, and things we learn – they all become a part of the whole that each person represents. In large part, people are shaped by...
Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory Learning, according to Bandura, involves more than merely a shift in attitude. Learning is the acquisition of knowledge and the development of conduct based on that knowledge (Basri et al., 2020). Bandura believes that the challenge of thought phenomena is overvalued or only partially studied,...
Groups and meetings are events which are mainly created by individuals to put in efforts together and work towards achieving the same objective. Group work and meeting are only effective when the group members and the group leaders follow the required guidelines for a successful meeting. In the case of...
To build a robust therapeutic alliance with the student, I would demonstrate genuine concern, empathy, and unconditional positive regard for the pupil. A strong relationship between a healthcare professional and client forms the foundation for effective treatment. It reflects the collaborative nature of therapy, particularly regarding the quality of interactions...
People live in society and constantly interact with one another. One form of interaction is help; it is when a person contributes their time and abilities to ensure someone else’s success. The motivation to assist others may differ, as it can be done out of pure selflessness or have ulterior...
The study conducted by Bishop and Gagne (2018) focused on the topic of depression and anxiety and the difficulties they cause in the decision-making process. The authors reviewed the pieces of evidence that show which of the computations that support decision-making are altered in cases of anxiety and depression. The...
Introduction Social psychology is a separate branch within this science, which explores how different social events and influences reflect on people’s ways of thinking and behavior. As society is an integral part of each person’s life, and communication with others is a basic need, these occasions tend to have a...
The study used various data collection methods to gather data from existing archive sources. First, document and records review was used as the primary data collection method to facilitate the entire study. A significant part of the data came from existing written records and reports regarding depression and other mental...
There are lessons that people can learn from history, especially from states: harmful effects of dehumanization during wartime and aggression in the bipolar world. In this paper, I will demonstrate these lessons using studies of Vietnam and the Cold Wars through the prism of Albert Bandura’s theory. Albert Bandura is...
Introduction Unlike material things such as cars or furniture, emotions are harder to fix. Having to deal with various feelings on one’s own can be challenging and lead to adverse psychological outcomes due to burnout from keeping everything to oneself. Therefore, expressing one’s feelings to another person, as exemplified by...
The Family Crucible is a book that portrays the importance of therapy to solve an estranged family relationship. In their book, Dr. Napier and Whitaker feature the Brice family comprised of five, the parents (mother and father), a teenage daughter, their son eleven, and a daughter, six years old. Their...
A child’s development from birth to adulthood is one of the most complex journeys in the human experience. In order to facilitate healthy development not only must the child learn skills that will aid him in surviving the world around him, he also requires constant guidance from a parental figure....
Case overview When speaking of any children-parents relationship paradigm, it is of paramount importance to define the desirable outcome of psychological intervention. Considering Brent’s case, it may be outlined that the primary goal of the therapy is to improve Brent’s relationship with his father and help him become more conscious...
In her TED talk, McGonigal reveals crucial information regarding the effects of stress on the human body. She shows that it is beneficial for people to recognize the positive impact of stress in order to reduce its adverse effects (TED, 2013). This revelation is a significant breakthrough that can benefit...
There is no single theory that can give a comprehensive idea of human lifespan development. To get a more or less complete picture of it, it is important to get acquainted with several theories that are expressed in the type of periodization. This paper aims to compare and contrast two...
The interaction of a child with the outside world occurs according to different principles than that of adults. While the finished product is essential for most of them, children think and perceive the world around them differently. Although exercises, such as games, help children develop motor skills, children do not...
