Essays on Human Behavior

Criminologists try to understand human behavior by examining traits and how this affects a person’s behavior. Many of the theories and concepts held by criminologists are based on researches of the social classes in society and how these classes react to stimuli in society. Additionally,...

Women’s rights have increasingly been a hot topic of debate over the years and as recently as 2006, a moment named MeToo surfaced with in the underbelly of the internet. It started as something small on Myspace, where the intended purpose was to raise awareness...

Science is typically understood as a method for producing reliable knowledge by testing falsifiable claims against objective evidence. Psychological phenomena, however, is traditionally taken to be ‘subjective’ and hidden from view. Both science and psychology are complex, multifaceted constructs. The globally accepted definition of science...

A definition for psychology is offered by the American Psychological Association as “the scientific study of the mind and behavior,” but how accurate is this definition? Is psychology really a true science? If so, what aspects are used to classify it as one? Here, we...

This essay is written to understand the nature of human behavior in the context of everyday life using the perspective of Social Exchange Theory and Cognitive Dissonance. Firstly, it will be mentioning about the definition of both the theories. Then, founder of the theories and...

Analysis Levels According to Kloos et al. (2011), the Ecological Systems Theory takes into consideration distinct levels of analysis that individuals come across, each representing a unique environment that helps to shape their behavior. These different levels include the Microlevel, Mesolevel, and Macrolevel, all of...

Introduction What is the risk we take? Are adults any worse than teens? Many adults and teens are engaging in unnecessary risk. This is leading to much debate on why and if there is a way to resolve the issue or at least lessen it....

The aftermath of genocide and mass violence has become a popular topic of interest over time. Genocide and episodes of mass violence have the ability to impact relationships between diverse groups of people and conflict. Genocide has a major impact on nations, ethnic group and...

Every person has a list of attributes that characterizes them, like their way of thinking, the way they act, and how they feel. This is what we call a personality. Through the course of our lives, our personalities develop in many ways, and two of...

Introduction Nature can be defined as to what abilities we present with at birth, ability can be determined by our genes; including those that we develop with age. Both a biological and evolutionary perspective support the model that our behaviour is determined by nature. Nurture...

Viewing human behavior, and society through the lens of economics is an excellent way to understand the world in a more rational, objective way. Looking at Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the first to levels of basic humans needs revolves around economics. The very basis of...

Abstract A study was carried out, testing the effects of self affirmation on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Participants consisted of 540 undergraduate students (141 males and 399 females) from the university of Western Sydney, with their ages ranging from 17 to 71 years. Participants were...

How selfish so ever man be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. That’s what is...

The concepts of self are various defining characteristics that piece together who individuals are and include influences from their environment which affect personal attributes. The intricate and unique interactions experienced help tie together how a person defines their self (Fiske, 2013). Social influences contribute to...

The earliest form of the insanity defense found its footing with 13th, 17th, and 19th century writings from Henry de Bracton, Edward Coke and Matthew Hale, and Henry Roscoe respectively (Maeder, 1985). Bracton, who conducted the first comprehensive study of English law, stated that the...

As stated by Mooney, et al, (2017), the concept of whether people focus on the past, present or future, and how it forms their behavior is referred to as Time Perspective. Zimbardo and Boyd (1999), described Time perspective (TP) as a fundamental dimension in the...

The defects of the general psychological characteristics, behavioral traits, and emotions of humankind all impact a society. In William Golding’s allegory “Lord of the Flies”, a group of schoolboys stranded on an empty Pacific island make way into savagery because of humankind flaws. Golding asserts...

INTRODUCTION We live in the time of information where a question living inside our heads has a tendency to be answered, obviously with the utilization of the most prevalent remote medium of correspondence, the internet. The internet gives all that we have to know, beginning...

Every individual possess the tendency to misbehave at one point or another in their life but it could be controlled and reduced to its minimal point if certain precautions are observed. Continue reading to learn how to naturally behave yourself in public as I would...

Sir Isaac Newton’s first law of motion is that an object in motion stays in motion, and an object at rest stays at rest. Newton wasn’t only a mathematician and physicist, but also a natural philosopher, and to this day his first law still applies,...

Anders Breivik On the 22nd of July 2011, Anders Breivik, a Norwegian man killed 77 people at a Norwegian labour party. It was a tragic event for Norway, as it is mainly known for its calm and quiet nature. This goes to show that even...

Frankenstein and RUR both depict the human behavior with inhuman things and also describe the effects of the work that isolated a human being from society. The isolated world setting of both the books is different but disparity and conduct of humans with their creations...

The Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS-2) is a behavior rating scale that gives a complete assessment of adaptive skills across the lifespan (Harrison & Oakland, 2000). Adaptive skills refer to behavior that enables a person to get along in his or her environment with greatest...

Motivation refers to provocation that controls and guides human behavior. In an executive company setup, motivation could be anything from encouragements, perks, promotion and even encouragement from the boss on completion of a given duty. There was time when money was considered to be the...

Addiction is an uncontrolled urge to engage in unhealthy or harmful behavior. Human beings can become addicted to many different forms of behaviors such as gambling, eating, sex, or reckless behavior, but the term addiction is most commonly used to refer to a physiological state...

I want to talk about a book that has changed my life. It is a book that I value and can classify it as one of the books that have added great value to my life. I would like to quote a great philosopher, Zig...

What happens when one decides to lock up good people in an evil place? Does the good in humanity overcome evil, or does evil succeed? These are a couple of questions psychologist came up with while Stanford University conducted their dramatic experiment in 1971. The...

Models of addiction Models of addiction provide a greater understanding on the underlying issues that influence drug addiction among individuals. There are a number of key processes that provide a greater focus, and understanding under which it is possible to develop a greater understanding under...

There are no selfless good deeds. All so-called “good deeds” are selfish. It is known as psychological egoism. The supporters of the various ethical, moral theories in our world may argue with those statements. A utilitarianist would say that a good deed is represented by...

What is deviance and what does it mean to be deviant? Deviant behavior in terms of broad social conditions is constantly changing. Deviance is not just a matter of numbers nor is what is less common. Deviant acts are not necessarily against the law but...