Psychology paper samples

Small talk

The weather is nice today, isn’t it?

Did you find the way here easily?

Picture of the patient

What is your name?

What is your occupation?

How old are you?

What activities do you enjoy?

What is your marital status?

Do you have any children?

How many chil... read more

Anna O. was a pseudonym of Josef Breuer’s patient and her case was published in the book Studies of Hysteria, the result of collaboration with Sigmund Freud. This patient’s real name was Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-Jewish feminist. Her problems were caused by her father’s illness. Her symptoms were in “nervous cough”, squinting, partial paralysis, vis... read more

Introduction

Child development psychologists consider personal development from two polar perspectives: continuous and discontinuous. The former ones argue that developmental process undergoes gradual changes based on accumulated experiences and skills, while the latter ones are deeply convinced that this process is influenced by c... read more

Review is based upon the research of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Ontario, Canada) about psychological aspects of women’s alcoholism and possible consequences.

To begin with, the relationships between mental health and substance use are complex and difficult to state. Some individuals with complicated mental is... read more

The primary objective of choosing the future career is mainly to set ones future according to the life style, level of knowledge and cognitive skills, preferences and some motivations, consciousness, etc. This paper is going to discuss the IT career as a major, its analysis, as well as Psychological, Biological and Sociological influences of the choice.

It is common that not eac... read more

AbstractSenior citizens of the USA have been in the focus of interest of a substantial number of studies throughout social sciences. In spite of such a popularity of this topic, little attention has been paid to the cultural characteristics of senior citizens. The following essay takes into account cultural diversity and illustrates that there are some very serious differences inside the gro... read more

Measures

Reaction of the participants can be identified as mild, tolerant, rule, and aggressive. Each of the identifications are measured from 1 to 4 points accordingly.

Conditions

The participants are provided with the first questionnaire at the beginning of the working day (not right after coming at work... read more

Abstract

Body language has been playing an important role in the development of understanding of people’s thoughts and ideas. Body language includes different gestures, movements, and face expressions that tell about human’s feelings and emotions that cannot be described via means of words. People have to learn body language in order to control personal signs and movements when ... read more

Sensation and perception are crucial for enabling us to establish contact with the outside world. The former is generally defined as the process of delivering information from the surrounding world to the body and to the brain (Myers, 2009). This process is considered to be passive because one does not have to consciously engage himself into the process of “sensing.” Generally, any discussio... read more

Punishment is basically an external action that is performed towards an individual as a result of their negatively-perceived behavior or separate deed. Punishment is implemented in order to reduce the chances of individual’s repeating a behavior that is interpreted negatively (Holth, 2005). There is an ongoing debate about the effectiveness and reason... read more