Psychology Essays and Term Papers

the effects of stress, this can be done either psychologically or physiologically. It refers to a range of techniques to help reduce our stress levels. The psychological method involves stress inoculation and increasing hardiness, whereas the physiologi…

acts that end in death('Suicide,' Compton's). After a series of traumatic events, normal coping abilities can be pushed over the edge; the result may be suicide. In each year, an average of 30,000 suicide deaths occur in the United States.…

Piaget and Vygotsky Tiffany Dadula 980 031 406 Prof. Isaac Smith PSY 302 March 25, 2004 <Tab/> Everyday life is characterized by conscious purpose. From reaching for food to designing an experiment,…

from serious muscle pain, lack of sleep, anxiety, fatigue and several other symptoms, these people suffer from a disease called fibromyalgia. Yes, it is true that lots of people suffer from some of these signs but not on a daily basis. People with…

effect our own personalities or future behaviors? Behaviorists such as B.F.Skinner believe that responses to our behaviors can reinforce and weaken our desire to repeat the behavior. Positive and negative reinforcements are types of responses to our…

Association has called it 'a temporary condition of altered attention in the subject that may be induced by another person,' (Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia) but there is still much about hypnosis that is not understood. Because it resembles…

I thought to be quite fascinating. It talked about people who have a brain that functions like two different people inside of the brain. This is of course the Split-Brain Personality. As I studied this topic in more detail I found it to be quite…

from which nearly 10% of Americans suffer. It, unlike other afflictions, is associated with a wide variety of circumstances. Many war veterans suffer from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. However, a new group of people are quickly emerging as common…

recalling past experiences. A repressed memory, is one that is retained in the sub conscious mind, in which one is not aware of it but where it can still affect both conscious thoughts, memory, and behavior. When memory is distorted, the result…

has been the role of the memory in the life of the individual and the group, or more precisely - the lack and excess of memory. Memory is something very unreliable, because it causes the same kind of decay that invades our physical bodies, undermining…