“You will be successful” or “I cannot wait to see where you will end up” these are the sentences that usually are told to people that are believed to become successful in life. I have always been told that I will be the one in…
Essays on Psychological Theories
Most people believe that success in life is directly correlated to IQ, their level of intelligence. Actually, this is not true and “Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman is the book that proves this fact. Instead of relying only on our intellectual capacity, we should also…
John Watson (1878 – 1958), an American psychologist who was deeply influenced by a Russian psychologist, Ivan Pavlov, who is also a behaviourist. Watson further developed his ideology towards psychology mainly based on Pavlov’s works. Watson is known for his famous yet controversial experiment, the…
In 1920, most psychologist are well versed with Sigmund Freud (1856) psychoanalysis theory where the focus is on the unconscious mind rather than the conscious mind. It is built on the idea that human’s behaviour is determined by the experiences from their past that are…
There have been many historical experiments on human behavior, however we are going to be focussing on the earliest, to the most controversial, the most successful experiments in history. Over time there have been human behavior experiments that still help psychology experts to this day,…
In this essay, I will be explaining whether Descartes has good arguments to support his dualism or not. In the first section, I will outline the kind of Dualism of mind and body that Descartes endorsed and I will also explain Leibniz’s Law as it…
Could the case of Phineas Gage be explained equally well by Cartesian Dualism and Reductive Physicalism- or perhaps neither can explain it? And if so, what does that suggest about the relation between a philosophical ‘theory’ designed to make sense of the relation between mind…
n individual ‘s personality is the combination of traits and patterns that influence their behavior, through, motivation, and emotion. It drives individual to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways, in essence, it is what makes each individual unique. Over time, these patterns strongly…
Hypomnemata In the contemporary world, an artefact offers a high –fidelity experience. In essence, artefacts refer to objects made specifically for subsequent or later use. Communication-related artefacts can be defined as infrastructures that are made up of various components that work together as one. My…
Freud’s structure of the mind empathize that the unconscious mind is the repressed thought of our mind and have great relation to our libido. He saw the psyche structured into three parts: id, ego and superego. These three parts are like an “iceberg model”. Ego…
Inspired by Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality, thinkers like Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, and later Karen Horney developed their own Neoanalytical theories which incorporated some of Freud’s ideas, but dismissed others; adapting their theories to incorporate their own beliefs about personality and behavior—notably, they all…
Pain There are two reasons why one person comes to another for help; either he has some kind of pain (suffering, discomfort, problem) or he is causing someone else to have such pain who is in turn compelling him to do something about that problem…
Bullying behaviours across schools worldwide however, educational psychologists and educational officials have been considering different interventions to reduce bullying and eventually be able to prevent the bullying interaction from occurring. This study proposes an intervention which uses a combination of the intergroup approach and increasing…
In this critical reflection I will consider Abraham Maslow’s learning theory called Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It consists of five needs which he strongly argues are needed to learn. I will also consider Howard Gardner’s learning theory of multiple intelligences. He argues that we are…
This assessment will discuss Claire’s case in detail, such as, the main aspects, which is suffering from dyslexia, preparing for her GCSE’S, taking the bus to school every day and living with her dad and her younger brother. This will be linked to the current…
