Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde wrote An Ideal Husband in 1895, during the decade known as the “Yellow” or “Naughty Nineties”, a movement with its roots in dandyism and decadence, the twilight years of England’s Victorian era, reflecting decay and scandal . Some biographers suggest that Wilde might have been inspired by a […]
Child Development Stages and Milestones
Ruffin (2009) defines development as change or growth that occurs in a child during the life span from birth to adolescence. He elaborated that this change occurs in an orderly sequence, involving physical, cognitive, and emotional development. These three main areas of child development involve developmental changes which take place in a predictable pattern (age […]
Counseling methods used in substance abuse treatment
Therapy techniques have become increasingly important methods in the treatment of people with various forms of substance abuse (“SA”) issues. Particularly in an age of managed care 1 , the pressure to provide quick but intensive solutions to them is intense. Fortunately, there are several schools of counseling whose techniques are amenable to these requirements. […]
Charles Dickens’ Hard Times Essay examples
Charles Dickens’ Hard TimesThe book “Hard Times” was written in 1854. It was written in weeklyinstalments in a magazine called Household Words. This is like anormal soap but was weekly. The magazine was owned by Charles Dickensas he was a journalist. The book was written at the time of theIndustrial Revolution. This was when factories […]
Biopsychosocial Perspectives of Learning
John Sweeney Abstract Human-beings are ever learning throughout their lifetime. Many processes go into the formation of the material in which they learn. There are many aspects in learning from biological to psychological factors as well as social and environmental factors. Some learning is inherited genetically for survival while other forms of learning are through […]
Arguments For and Against Personality Predictors
Arguments in favour Anyone seeking to measure personality has an abundance of useful psychometric instruments at their disposal, include the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) (e.g. Archer, 2005), the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) (Watkins et al, 1997), the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) (Myers & McCauley, 1985; McCrae & Costa, 1989), and the, […]
A psychoanalysis review of obsessional psyche
Obsessions are repetitive, uninvited belief, metaphors, or impulses that the qualities finds unacceptable and/or revolting. They are among the most distressing psychological evils and can be mentally exhausting. Struggling against obsessions is a lonely, reserved movement. The three focal themes of obsessions are unacceptable aggressive, sexual, or blasphemous view. These surplus distressed the being, gross, […]
An Experiment Investigating the Effect of Leading Questions
Abstract The aim of this experiment was to investigate the influence of leading questions on the recall of an event, in this case recall is measured by perceived speed of a car accident. The investigation is a replication of an experiment on the interaction between language and memory done by Loftus and Palmer (1974). The […]
Factors of Body Image
Body Image The title slide of the topic of body image carries a wonderful message. This message was undoubtedly my reaction after watching the complete video. The message was as clear as the day. “Don’t let “Ideal” get in the way of real health”. With the hip and happening trend of staying in shape gaining […]
A critical review of replicating Milgrim
With the present day’s strict ethical guidelines and rules in psychology, it would appear almost impossible that one of the most valuable experiments ever carried out in social psychology would be approved to be replicated. Reason being the amount of deception used and the emotional stress inflicted on participants. Nonetheless, one of Stanley Milgrim’s (1974) […]