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Empathy: The Heart of the Consultation ‘Empathy is at the heart of the consultation’ – this was the theme of the seminar (I attended) at **** (place)  on **** (date). Empathy is, essentially, an innate attribute – some may say intelligence – that we all share, but which, through both effort and a willingness to … Continue reading Empathy Seminar review, 350 words →

Melanie Klein has made a significant contribution to the advancement of psycho-analytic theory and practice during the 20th century, following in the wake of Sigmund Freud. As such, her work addresses the absorbing question of how best to represent human nature. The major tenets of her theoretical framework of psycho-analysis can be identified and evaluated, … Continue reading Melanie Klein: an Overview, 2000 words →

Essay Title: Assume you are writing to a non-psychologist friend and you want to describe cognitive psychology to them. Do so in no more than 800 words, avoiding technical jargon.   Broadbent (1958) and Neisser (1967) provided the principal starting points for cognitive psychology – a subject that has over the past fifty years developed … Continue reading Cognitive Psychology, 800 word overview →

There are significant differences between ego and task orientations in relations to sports motivational psychology and its various applications. Egoism is an ethical theory of human behavioural motivation which regards the needs of the self as the centre of human motivation (Cashmore 2002:96). Self-interest, (as distinct from selfishness), is deemed to be the primary mechanism … Continue reading Sport Psychology 1500 words: differences between ego and task orientations in relations to sports motivational psychology →

Inductive and Deductive Approaches to Research: Article Review The objective of this paper is to discuss the inductive and deductive approaches to research. The paper will later narrow its focus to an article that has done a research on current affairs. In this article, the research method will be identified and described. Specifically the paper … Continue reading Research Methods Essay, 3000 words →

PROBLEMS WITH NATURAL ANGER If we work and live around other people, we get angry about twenty times every day. And yet many people would swear they seldom get angry at all. We tend to be so afraid of our anger that, as a culture, we pretend it isn’t there. OBSTACLES Our anger is there … Continue reading Anger and Depression, 4500 words, Counselling Analysis →

Discuss and evaluate Freud’s view that the study of the unconscious leads to a better understanding of human behaviour                    1.0. INTRODUCTION Human behaviour is a direct manifestation of biological, psychological, sociological, humanistic, and spiritual aspects of a human being (Understanding Human Behaviour and its Existence nd).These five aspects interact with one another, in … Continue reading Discuss and evaluate Freud’s view that the study of the unconscious leads to a better understanding of human behaviour 1500 words →

Essay Title: Pervin (2003) distinguishes three basic approaches to personality research. Critically evaluate these and their strengths and limitations.   One side of the definitional debate concerning the nature of human personality has focused on the relative importance of attributing psychophysical systems to personality, the hardware of human personality if you will, replete with its … Continue reading Personality Types Degree Essay 2000 words →

Critically discuss the factors that encourage the development of language skills in children There are many factors that encourage the development of language skills in children and these factors are a highly contested issue within developmental psychology. There is also great debate as to whether language development is caused by nature or nurture, whether children … Continue reading Critically discuss the factors that encourage the development of language skills in children 2500 words →

             HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT                      AND GEORGE KELLY’S            PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES                                                   TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………………….3 George Kelly’s First Theory……………………………………………..3 George Kelly’s Second Theory…………………………………………..5 George Kelly’s Third Theory…………………………………………….9 George Kelly’s Fourth Theory……………………………………………9 Conclusion………………………………………………………………..11 References…………………………………………………………………………………….12                               Briefly describe the nature of … Continue reading HR Management – George Kelly’s Psychological Theories 2500 words degree level →

  Write a 2 page essay that discusses both sides of the nature-nuture argument. That is write one essay that reasonably supports the nature side and then write a second essay that supports the nurture side. Refer to the assigned readings when necessary.2. Write a 2 page essay that discusses when ethnocentrism is good (as … Continue reading Nature v Nurture + Ethnocentrism 1000 words →

ALFRED ADLER AND HIS PERSONALITY                                  THEORY   Table of Contents Biography………………………………………………………………..3 Alfred Adler’s Personality Theory………………………………………4 2.1. Aspects of Alfred Alder’s Theory………………………………………6    2.1.1. The Development of Personality…………………………………….. 6 2.1.2. Striving Towards Superiority…………………………………………7 2.1.3. Psychological Health………………………………………………….9 (i) Healthy Inferiority feelings…………………………………………….9 (ii) Positive fictional finalism …………………………………………………………..11          (iii) Absence of Idealism and Perfectionism……………………………..11     2.1.4. Unity … Continue reading Alfred Adler Personality Theory 3000 words – degree level pass →

Give an analysis of TWO of Freud’s case studies as ‘modernist narrative’, using Little Hans and Dora.   ‘Modernism’ as a term has been defined and redefined in various and contested ways. As Peter Childs argues, “it is a contentious term and should not be discussed without a sense of the literary, historical and political … Continue reading 3000 words Psychology: FREUD – analysis of 2 case studies →

Essay Title: Assume you are writing to a non-psychologist friend and you want to describe cognitive psychology to them. Do so in no more than 800 words, avoiding technical jargon.   Broadbent (1958) and Neisser (1967) provided the principal starting points for cognitive psychology – a subject that has over the past fifty years developed … Continue reading Cognitive Psychology 800 words →

Are males who are manipulative more attractive to females? Manipulation can be in the form of deception, coercion, distractions and other methods to influence the knowledge or actions of others to fulfil one’s own purpose (Whiten & Byrne, 1988a, 1988b, as cited by Sterelny, K & Fitness, 2003) and has been related to the Machiavellian … Continue reading Are Males who Manipulate More Attractive to Females 2700 words Essay →

What are people’s beliefs of mental illness? The general public are often wrong about mental illness and this leads to stigmatisation of people who suffer from mental illnesses. The present study aimed to explore what are people’s beliefs of mental illness and so a semi-structured interview was performed on one participant. The data obtained from … Continue reading What are People’s Beliefs about Mental Illness – Research Proposal 1500 words →

Critical evaluation of the paper: The role of working memory in supporting drivers’ situation awareness for surrounding traffic. In the last few decades there has been an increasingly large amount of empirical research conducted on the relationship between working memory, such as, the visuo-spatial sketchpad, phonological loop and the central executive, on situation awareness (Groeger, … Continue reading Critical Evaluation of Article re Drivers’ Memort and Traffic Safety 3500 words →

Discussion 1)  Ascertaining Children’s Self perceptions of the their hand-writing prowess The task involved gathering data from children which reflected their self-perceptions of their own hand-writing. Next, teacher perceptions of the same pupils’ hand-writing were collected. Finally, both sets of perceptions of pupil hand-writing would be compared against the standardised data provided by administering the … Continue reading MA Psychology Discussion 2000 words →

ESSAY 1: Children’s social and cognitive development.   Children’s social and cognitive development can be witnessed in the context of schooling and the ways culture has been found to shape cognition. Following from Bishop’s (1988 in Abreu and Cline 2003:11) discoveries that “mathematics needs to be understood as a kind of cultural knowledge” and Vygotsky’s … Continue reading Children’s Psychology 2 x 1000 word essays →

‘There is a lot to be gained by studying a topic in psychology from more than one perspective.’ Discuss this claim drawing on chapters 2 and 3 from book 2 to illustrate your points.     There are many different perspectives in psychology that aim to study and understand a particular topic in relation to the … Continue reading Studying Psychology 2500 words →

How do adults perceive that significant others in their lives have affected their development? A qualitative study.         Attachment is a very important factor in human development. What is more, parents and other caregivers are important in attachment and exploration of the world, though, factors of attachment theory may not be transposed … Continue reading Qualitative Essay – Psychology – 4000 words →

        ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY THE IRISH PERSPECTIVE   I pledge that I have complied with the [name of college]_________________in this work   ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY THE IRISH PERSPECTIVE INTRODUCTION The line between ethical and unethical behaviour in psychology is so thin that it is often hard … Continue reading Ethics/Law is Psychotherapy in Ireland 2000 words →

‘There is a lot to be gained by studying a topic in psychology from more than one perspective.’ Discuss this claim drawing on chapters 2 and 3 from book 2 to illustrate your points.     There are many different perspectives in psychology that aim to study and understand a particular topic in relation to the … Continue reading Studying Psychology 1500 words →

Sociology of Culture and Subculture   Youth Subcultures   Critically discuss Hebdige’s definition of Subculture in relation to a youth culture of your choice.   In order to explore the topic of youth subcultures, this essay will first of all outline Dick Hebdige’s classic definition of subculture as that resistant to and subversive of the … Continue reading Proposal – employer-employee relationships 2500 words →

Sociology of Culture and Subculture   Youth Subcultures   Critically discuss Hebdige’s definition of Subculture in relation to a youth culture of your choice.   In order to explore the topic of youth subcultures, this essay will first of all outline Dick Hebdige’s classic definition of subculture as that resistant to and subversive of the … Continue reading Hebdige’s Definition of Youth Subculture 3000 words →

How do adults perceive that significant others in their lives have affected their development? A qualitative study.         Attachment is a very important factor in human development. What is more parents and other caregivers are important in attachment and exploration of the world, though, factors of attachment theory may not be transposed … Continue reading Relationships – Significant Others Essay – 2500 words →

  The Role of Psychological Contracts in Employer-Employee Relations   Name: Instructor: Institution       A paper Submitted to (Your School) In Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the (Degree).   Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………….….………3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Literature review….………………………………………………………………..……..6 Definition of relational contract………….………………..…….……..……6 Methodology……………………………………………….………………………….………..8 Findings/Results……………..………………………………………………………….……..9 Conclusions………………………………………………..…………………………..……….10 Limitations……………………………………………………………………………………11 Recommendations………………………………………………………………………..12 References…………………………………………………………………………..13 Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………………………14         … Continue reading Psychological Contracts between Employer and Employee 2500 words →