Psychology Essays

Swami Vivekananda, originally named Narendranath Dutta, was born in Calcutta on January 12th, 1863. His father, Vishwanath Dutta, was an Attorney-at-law at the High Court of Calcutta and had proficiency in English and Persian. Naren’s upbringing and character were greatly influenced by his mother, who was a devout woman. She taught him English and later […]

In the essay “The Step Not Taken” by Paul D’Angelo, the narrator takes the reader on his personal journey to find a satisfactory way to respond to another’s suffering. This story follows the basic plot structure of a monomyth: the separation, the struggle and initiation and the return and reintegration. In the beginning of the […]

Mental Models refer to the representation, image, or schemes that humans have regarding how they perceive and understand the world around them. A mental model is our internal understanding of how something works. It consists of ideas, beliefs, and verbal descriptions that we consciously or unconsciously have acquired from our own experiences. These mental models […]

There are five modifiers of voluntary Act. These are Ignorance, concupiscence, fear, violence and habits. When we say ignorance, it is lack of knowledge which man ought to have of his moral duties and responsibilities. Concupiscence which is also called as passions, it has strong tendencies towards the possession of something good. Fear refers to […]

Most colleges and universities teach cause and effect thinking at the expense of paradoxical thinking which might be a negative impact in these students life. By stating this we are not saying that the cause and effect teaching is bad, but it diminishes the opportunities of a student thinking outside of the box. Paradoxical thinking […]

If to think or in the process of thought is doing logic problems, or if thinking is a habitual response to actions for example, flinching when a baseball comes too close, or eating with a knife and fork, then one can think without language. But, on the other hand, if by thinking you mean an […]

By mental states we are referring to ideas, beliefs, emotions and the like. By physical states, we are referring to neuron interaction and connections. Substance Dualists claim that we have a separate mind and brain, where as reductive physicalists state that there is no mind as such – only a brain and brain states. As […]

Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), a notable Cuban surrealist artist, garnered attention due to his distinctive approach that blended his cultural roots with the societal themes that motivated him. Having traveled extensively throughout his life, artist Lam had the opportunity to learn from some of the world’s most renowned artists, including Pablo Picasso. Today, Lam is recognized […]

Etienne Bonnot De Condillac writes in An Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge that “in order to develop the real cause of the progress of the imagination, contemplation and memory, we must inquire what assistance these operations derive from the use of signs” (51). Condillac speculates that the senses, used to recognize signs, lead […]

All the poems are about the relationship between parent and child. It evolves around the emotions that connect parent and child and the love or hate that evolves around them.The situation in ‘My Father Thought it Queer’ shows the relationship between Father and Son. We perceive the son’s assertion of independence and the Father’s disapproval. […]

Different. That’s what individuality is. A person trying to distinguish himself from others that’s what individuality is all about. In the excerpt “Black Boy” by Richard Wright and “Coming of Age in Mississippi” by Anne Moody, Wright and Moody tried very hard to achieve individuality. Wright and Moody both had personal experience with people trying […]

Sunlight punched through the forest canopy above as he made his way towards the sound of water bubbling and trickling away to the west, stronger than ever due to the previous rain shower. The ground squelched under foot as he walked purposefully towards the centre of the ravine. The foliage on the ground was so […]

As he fell, in a split second his emotions raced through denial, panic, terror, and acceptance. Having rapidly and undeniably admitted to himself that in a few seconds he would be dead, acceptance of the inevitable allowed him to clear his mind of all the petty thoughts and worries. No need to speak to his […]

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, we are prompted to consider the relationship between John and the female speaker. The speaker feels compelled to write down her thoughts and emotions, but John considers her writing to be ‘absurd’. This raises questions about why writing is important to the speaker and whether the […]

This poem has three sections, although it is only split into two stanzas. There are two parts of English, with a foreign language sandwiched in between. There is no rhyme scheme in the poem and no deliberate rhythm. It is written just like somebody speaking, and indeed when it starts with, “You ask me what […]

“When the Bomb Drops” is about a lady trying to chooses a family who live on her road to share her bomb shelter with. She uses a process of exclusion rather than including and through this she portrays her character as a narrow- minded, snobbish housewife. “Those people without an inside loo should be crossed […]

In order to make a good hypnotic suggestion the therapist should understand the workings of the conscious and the subconscious mind. They need to be aware of the role of the Conscious Critical Faculty (CCF) and the importance of recognising a client’s beliefs.They must have a congruent belief in what they are saying in order […]

What do we mean when we speak of creativity? Can creativity be promoted, developed and expanded through play? Are some ways of playing more creative than others? Throughout this assignment I will be focusing on these three questions. I will begin by exploring theory and educators’ perceptions and understanding of creative play. As an assessor […]

This essay discusses the nature of attitudes and their reliability when used to predict behaviour. Using various sources, an in depth look is taken at the problems defining attitude. The theories regarding the formation of attitudes are discussed, as well as the inherent problems in accurately measuring and reporting attitudes. The reliability of attitude to […]

In this essay, I will firstly examine certain definitional problems with the term attitude, suggesting that discrepancies arise from the fact that describing an attitude will always involve interpretation. It follows that an attitude is an essentially subjective phenomenon, and that any attempt to define an attitude as theoretical constructs, at whatever level of abstraction, […]

Modern sociology originated out of a season of rapid, accelerated change in Europe, which was characterised by radical revolutions in philosophy, science, politics and society, and included the period known as the Enlightenment. In this essay I will focus on the Enlightenment and discuss the key ideas of this movement. Prior to the Enlightenment, the […]

Metaphors are omnipresent in language, the title of this essay, for example, contains a metaphor, but for the sake of accuracy, let us define exactly what a metaphor is. According to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, metaphor is “a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea […]