Essays on Psychology

Presentation: A 7-month old previously healthy fully vaccinated girl presents to the emergency department with poor oral intake. The mother reports that 3 days prior to presentation, the patient became fussier than usual and was also refusing to eat solids. She was taken to her…

In the past, leadership and management positions were reserved for those considered to have high cognitive intelligence and/or technical acumen. In the past two decades, the importance of emotional intelligence has become more widely accepted and recognized. Goleman (2014) suggests of emotional intelligence, “Without it,…

What I am going to talk about is probably a little bit of a difficult topic. Because everyone has different perspectives, making a clear conclusion might be hard for him or her. However, The examples of my personal experience and morality that are related to…

Children at the age of 6, already have 95% of the adult sized brain. Although this is the case, brain development in adolescents develop from back to front. Since the prefrontal cortex is last to develop in the adolescent’s brain, their decision-making abilities to plan,…

Autobiographical Memories and Moral Agency Humans are moral beings, thus knowing the differences between right and wrong must be learned, as this is vital for the development of moral agency. Over the years, numerous scientists have become interested in researching aspects of the development of…

Technology is everywhere and it is not going away anytime soon. Technology have adapted very fast in our life. It has only been about fifteen years but it’s already a backbone for the young generation. On average, people look at their phone ten to fifteen…

According to The Oxford, Dictionary Bullying is defined as the use of superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force them to do something. Bullying is one of the aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance….

In everyone life, there is a memorable childhood experience. There could be many experiences or just one. These journeys can be good or bad and possibly end up beneficial or not. I have had a few bad ones as well, as some good ones. However,…

“Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong” – Gandhi. Is humankind not strong enough to use it? From the evolution of life till date, history is peppered with strong footprints of violence in one form or the other. From the life lived by the early…

When you think about therapy, the image that often comes to mind is of a person lounging on a chaise longue, pouring out their woes and worries, whilst the therapist, with a blank expression, responds with phrases like “and how does that make you feel?”….