Psychology Essays

Both A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman depict characters who become victims of their own delusions. Blanche in Streetcar loses touch with reality, leading to her downfall as she fabricates a false image of success. Similarly, the main character in Death of a Salesman also succumbs to […]

As Ray Bradbury once said, “Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. ” In his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey depicts this arbitrary line between sane and insane. By elucidating the oppressive role of the mental institution and portraying its patients as more eccentric than […]

Insanity: The Mental Illness of Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily” Insanity is defined as a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder. In “A Rose for Emily”, the main character, Emily Grierson, displays behavior that can categorized by the reader as insane. The story tells the readers that Emily […]

To Be Or Not To Be In The Wallpaper: Insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper And Hamlet Madness, psychopathology, craziness, derangement, and lunacy are all terms that have a definition that is similar to that of insanity. This theme of insanity is compellingly common between Hamlet by William Shakespeare and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins […]

In Cosi, a semi- autographical play by Louis Nowra, various characters are faced with challenges that exist in real life and throughout the play some characters rise to the challenges put before them and overcome them, while others fail. Using that concept Louis Nowra hopes to communicate the challenges that people must undergo in their […]

Hamlet’s Sanity Is Hamlet insane? That is the question. Literary scholars have debated this question for more than 400 years. Throughout the play “Hamlet,” by William Shakespeare, there are questions of whether Hamlet is sane or not. In general there two types of theories about him, one is that he suffers from some sort of […]

Madness is the condition of mind that eliminates rational thinking, resulting in an individual’s lack of proper understanding about their surroundings. The text examines the theme of madness in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It suggests that individuals who have undergone traumatic events may resort to madness as a means of escaping their harsh reality. The protagonist, […]

The Auteur theory asserts three concrete concepts of film making by directors. A bad director lacks technical knowhow, fails to connect his thoughts with the film and does not embrace the glory of cinematography as an art. In cinematography, film productions mostly rely on the thematic as well as stylistic consistencies that help the director […]

There are many influences on the developing child which originate from the outside the immediate family structure (Murray, 1985). One of these influences is television. Since the 1960’s there has been much debate focusing on the impact of violence on television on the aggressive behaviour in children. It will be shown in this essay that […]

Human Kinds Ultimate Struggle According to Sigmund Freud’s essay, Civilization and Its Discontents, human kind has been confronted by many different struggles. Although these struggles do come in many shapes and sizes, there is one that stands out from the rest. This main struggle makes itself known through human kind’s everlasting conflict concerning instinct and […]

Level Three Leadership is explained by James G. Clawson and through lectures in class as discovering the VABEs of the individuals you lead. Even though these individuals Values, Assumptions, Beliefs, and Expectations (VABEs) are unobservable, they are essential in knowing your employees’ behaviors. I have learned to indentify personal VABEs within my own experiences and […]

By the time an American child reaches 18 years of age, they will have been exposed to 16,000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence (United States 2). In the past three decades, over a thousand investigations by significant medical and public health organizations have demonstrated that media violence does indeed affect children (Steyer 72). […]

In the world of sports today there is a constant theme in every sport aggression and violence. Aggression can be shown in a lot of different ways in sports. In baseball aggression can be throwing a pitch inside to a player or sliding into second base and taking the second baseman or short stop out. […]

The influence of media violence on society is a growing concern for researchers. George Gerbner defined “cultivation” as the establishment and maintenance of fixed social norms, which has raised questions about the potential impact of video games, television shows, and expensive films on people’s actions and behaviors. The topic has been debated since the inception […]

1. Abstract The area of research is on the factors that cause and propagate the current social group dynamic trends that are prevalent within the United States International University Nairobi campus ( hereby referred to as USIU). It would be prudent to first define what this paper terms as social group dynamics. This term will […]

The EEOC defines Sexual Harassment as unwanted sexual advances from one person to another, which is classified into two categories: quid pro quo and hostile environment. Quid pro quo involves using sexual behavior as leverage for employment, while hostile environment refers to any sexual conduct that hinders job performance or creates an intimidating or offensive […]

Starting her catering business in Westport, Connecticut in 1976, Martha Stewart’s journey has been one of entrepreneurial success, leading to her ownership of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MOMS), a multimedia and merchandising company still expanding today. Factors contributing to her entrepreneurship include American and New York cultures in the 1970s, the growing DIY industry, and […]

As we navigate through life, numerous societal concerns confront us. Among these issues, one that requires urgent change is the mistreatment of homosexuals through bullying. This social menace poses a grave threat to our communities and is pervasive worldwide. Sadly, bullying commences early, with even preschoolers susceptible, worsening significantly throughout adolescence. Typically, the victims of […]

Why Is this topic Interesting to me and how do I feel about It? The topic of teen dating violence is interesting to me because many adolescents are affected regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, culture or economic status. The age groups of females sixteen to twenty-four are most open to attack to intimate partner […]

The coping strategies include active coping, planning, suppression of competing activities, restraint coping, seeking social support for instrumental reasons and emotional reasons, positive reinterpretation and growth, acceptance, turning to religion, focus on and venting of emotions, denial, behavioral disengagement, mental disengagement and alcohol-drug disengagement. Passive behavior resulting from exposure to unavoidable aversive events leads to […]

Despite facing challenging situations, some individuals maintain a calm, positive, and confident vibe. Conversely, those who have high levels of Discomfort tend to feel stressed and emotionally unsettled. They possess worrisome thoughts about the upcoming day and experience disappointments quickly when their expectations aren’t met. Consequently, they often seek comfort and support to alleviate their […]

This can be done through restraints or methods of persuasion or bullying. The signs and symptoms could be unexpected or explicit sexual behavior or language, certain injuries specifically in the genital or anal region, there could also be difficulty in sitting or walking. Emotional/psychological abuse can be done verbally. It can be threatening, humiliating and […]