In October 2009, Russell Williams being a 46 year old decorated colonel air force pilot and commanding officer of the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) in Trenton, Ontario. Williams being apart of the largest air forces base in Canada, he was known as “shining bright star,”...
The Freudian Psychology, named this due to the vast amount of work put in by Sigmund Freud. He theorised that an individual’s behaviour was made more form psychological factors than biological ones or environmental factors. He argued that individuals are born with these basic needs...
The process of parenting can be divided into different parenting styles. They usually were used in psychology these days and are based totally on the work of Diana Baumrind, a developmental psychologist at the University of California at Berkeley, in the 1960s. Maccoby and Martin also...
In this essay, I am going to decipher if psychoanalytical thought can aid theological thought in wishing to offer an answer to human suffering and help followers of Christianity escape a life of hopelessness. I will assess if Freud’s clinical psychoanalysis could save humans from...
The article, Femininity, was written by Sigmund Freud and was published in 1933. In this article, Freud mentions his ideas about women’s sexual based problems, women wish to have a penis and them feeling deficient to not having a penis, the relation of those problems...
Cognitive development, socio-emotional adjustment, behavioral adaptation and health status can all be influenced by family and other social factors. Understanding this and basic psychological needs plays a big part to the clinical child psychology world. Child psychology covers a wide variety of different factors that...
A worldview is a foundation where we view reality and make sense of life and the world, it also gives us confidence and hope for the future. For example, I believe God made us and I believe we are God’s children, one of my best-loved...
Child psychology deals with how children grow not only physically but encompasses their mental, emotional, and social development. Historically, children were often viewed simply as smaller versions of adults however Jean Piaget suggested that children actually think differently than adults. There is several school of thoughts as to...
Psychologists take different approaches when attempting to understand human behavior. For instance, psychologists taking the biological approach assume that differences in behavior can be understood in terms of genes, brain structure, and hormones, which can predispose a person to particular health conditions. The biological approach...
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist and philosopher and a founder of the field of cognitive science. He has a nature theory that children are prewired for the development of language, and the environment in which they live triggers its emergence. According to Chomsky children...
“Master of Suspense”, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock is one of the British directors and producers in the world. He was raised by his rigorous and religious Catholic parents, Emma Jane and William Hitchcock, who believed by the punishment from God. Moreover, in Alfred Hitchcock’s childhood, he...
Genie was strapped to a potty chair and neglected by her father. Her father kept her and her mother in a ‘protective custody’ where they were ‘virtual prisoners’ to his gross interpretation of a habitable and nurturing environment. Consequently, Genie grew up, neglected and socially...
Dysfunctional families to this day have a vast impact on shaping individuals’ identities. Family issues had a high impact on suicide rates in 2019. With attempts being significantly higher as the years go on. In 2018 alone “there were 3,046 deaths by suicide with an...
Introduction to Personal Development Plan Personal Development Plan (PDP) refers to activities that improve self-knowledge and identity, develop talents and potential, build human capital and employability, enhance the quality of life and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations. The concept is not limited...
Introduction The concept of self is continuously evolving, and is shaped and reshaped through experience. It is an important milestone that must be achieved as it establishes a sense of competence and identity. Previous research has suggested the extent to which self-esteem and development are...
Ever wondered why the people around you are so different from each other? Ever felt why you are not able to socialize as good as one of your friends who does it so easily? All these could be the result of the childhood experiences each...
Since the 1990’s and early 2000’s and up until now, the childhood experience has changed drastically. Those growing up in the 90’s and early 2000’s, also known as millennials, can remember coming home after a day at school and hurriedly finishing up their nightly homework...
Emerging adulthood is a specific period between late adolescence and adulthood. People in this group range between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. During this time frame, individuals juggle their obligations and responsibilities in a way that pushes them both psychologically and psychosocially. How these...
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He/She is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” – Ronald Reagan. A leader must have in their toolbox a focus on maintaining relationships and entertaining networking opportunities;...