Psychology Essays

Title: Theories and studies about reducing racial prejudice
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Everyone has a race or ethnic group that they see themselves as being part of. On the other hand, not all people are exposed to stinging words or physical harm from a prejudiced individual because of...

Title: Eriksons Psychosocial Theory and Tajfels Social Identity
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Part I. This essay provides concise descriptions of two paradigms used to explore identity, Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory and Tajfel’s Social Identity Theory (SIT). It then explores how ea...

Title: How to approach a child with autism properly
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: The idea of being polite or that which designate the point of politeness to others is a great virtue to begin with. In that essence, when dealing and attending to or with people or a child with autist...

Title: Effects Of Light On Internal Body Systems Psychology Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: This report will consider if there is sufficient evidence to link natural lighting provision to the mental health and general well being of building occupants. It also considers spectral content when ...

Title: How do nerve cells work, and why is it important for psychologists
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: The biology of psychology, explains a lot about human behaviour. ‘Everything psychological is stimulated biologically’. An interesting fact about the information systems of humans and anim...

Title: A Background on Emotional Intelligence and IQ
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: For many years lots of emphasis has been put on certain aspects of intelligence such as spatial skills, math skills, logical reasoning, verbal skills understanding analogies etc. Researchers were comp...

Title: Death of a child and the impact to parental grief
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Adulthood is the stage in the human lifespan that captures the stages of acquiring independence from the family of origin, establishing loving relationships and having and raising children.  When ad...

Title: Parental divorce and self esteem ratings among students
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: It is well documented that children of divorce have an increased risk of lower levels of self-esteem in both childhood, adolescence and even in adult life (Kurtz, 1994). The overall national divorce r...

Title: Social factors that influence interpersonal attraction
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Interpersonal attraction is an attraction which does not only lead to friendship but to romance as well. This is considered to be an agent which brings two people together and prevents separation. Thi...

Title: Abnormal Psychology: A Look At Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that traps people in endless cycles of repetitive thoughts and behaviors (Bates, 2009). A person with OCD is plagued with recurring and distr...

Title: The Social Development Autobiography Psychology Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: In the book titled, Social and personality development, David Shaffer conveys that modern researchers view families as a complex social system or network of reciprocal relationships that are constantl...

Title: Fixed and random effects of panel data analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Panel data (also known as longitudinal or cross-sectional time-series data) is a dataset in which the behavior of entities are observed across time. With panel data you can include variables at differ...

Title: An Introduction To Sleep Disorders And Somnambulism Psychology Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Sleep disorder can be defined as sleep difficulty or disruption of sleep. Sleep disorder that have reached a very serious level can cause emotionally or psychologically disturbance to that person. Fur...