Psychology paper samples

On the whole, testing became an essential element of life applied in various spheres. The main objective of testing is provision with additional information which may be extremely important and crucial in different situations. Nowadays, tests affect professional and school experience of individuals because education and human resource professionals often draw out conclusions regarding concre... read more

The given study assesses the impact of different constraints on caged mink living on fur farms. Researches put forward an idea that fur-farmed mink experience serious difficulties adapting to captivity. This idea greatly differs from the widely accepted notion according to which caged mink species are well adapted to their artificial environment of fur farms. New concept that was proposed po... read more

Abstract

Behaviorism is a branch of psychology which was developed from a lot of ideas, put forth by numerous scientists, at times contradicting and denying each other. In the current paper we compare and contrast the perspectives of prominent psychologists - John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner and those of Edward C. Tolman. Watson is known as the originator of behaviorism who clai... read more

Today’s CEO’s definitely receive too much for their managerial performance. The recent protests in the USA arranged by the Occupy the Wall Street Movement proved this right. There is a tremendous difference between the CEO remunerations and staff salaries in many corporations. Such gaps naturally provoke protests, dissatisfaction and conflicts in the workplace. Therefore, corporations shoul... read more

Originally, the word “theory” is related to the Greek verb “theorein”, meaning “to view”, “to observe”. Thus, the etymological background of the word allows us to define the concept as “observation”. But modern definition is narrowed to the meaning to “scientific knowledge” as being opposed to religious of artistic assumption (Zima, 2007).

Hypothesis, in its turn, appears to be ... read more

Verbally, significance means something important for the research, while in statistics, significance means something true, not necessarily important. There are many opinions among scientists on the scientific value of a significance test. The vast majority of scientists criticize the use of significance test advising to return to more scientific methods of data analysis. The first point is t... read more

Sigmund Freud is well known as a father of psychoanalysis. In the psychosexual theory the concept of the libido plays central role. Libido is usually explained a sexual drive of a person towards the person. Freud worked out psychosexual stages of personality development. Every stage is characterized by the cathexis of specific human organ or an erogenous zone. As the child is developing into... read more

Introduction

Statement of Purpose

The goal of this Critical Thinking Book Report (CBRT) is to examine the interconnection between the concept of innate and learned gender qualities. Therefore, this book is investigated in order to define the core options about the protagonist’s feelings about the situation of the transgendered condition and its comprehension in the ... read more

Spanking as punishment: parents are allowed to use corporal punishment as long as it does not leave injuries (starting with marks of any kind). Do you agree with this? If not what punishments should be put in place

Spanking as a Form of Punishment

Corporal punishment (CP) is implied as “the usage of physical force with... read more

As it is stated by Merriam Webster Dictionary, homophobia is “irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals (Homophobia).”

Advantages and disadvantages of conducting focus groups to research homophobia

The advantages are:

Recognition of authority role of a moderato... read more