Essays on Psychological Theories

All individuals differentiate in regards to how they process information in their surrounding environment. The processing of this information may be influenced by their social environment which includes their parents, their siblings, friends, or teachers. These relationships in the social environment are vital in the...

There are many aspects that go into the development of a child in order for them to grow into proper adults. Around age four to five years old, an important social-cognitive behavior occurs that allow the child to no longer think in an egocentrically fashion...

The ‘causal theory’ of mind as defended by Lewis and Armstrong aims at explaining the causal relation between mental representation of certain things and people’s behavior or other forms of physical realization in the external world. In particular, Armstrong is successful in addressing many logical...

Summary In these contemporary times, values hold a conspicuous place both in business ethics and in organization theory. However, there persists two considerable bewilderments; viz., firstly, about what these values are and secondly, what role they play in these theories. Therefore, need of the hour...

Conflict resolution stories encompass the emotion and personality of negotiation. Underneath their surface-level representations of proceedings, they disclose the underlying conventions of the disagreeing parties, their anticipations of individually and the other party, and the parts they give for themselves. Knowing the means in which...

Theory Erik Erikson is a psychoanalytical theorist that studied the stages of development from a psychosocial perspective. Psychoanalytical theories focus primarily on the unconscious mind and are heavily emotion based. These theorists believe that early childhood shapes and determines how successful an individual will be...

Introduction The advent of critical theory in the post war period, which comprised a series of waves that included various complex disciplines like linguistics, literary criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, structuralism, post structuralism, etc. proved hostile to the liberal humanist consensus which reigned the realm of criticism...

In recent French intellectual history Jacques Derrida was among the most popular, controversial but also knowledgeable figures. He pioneered a way of philosophy to which he called Deconstruction, that radically changed our comprehension of several academic disciplines, particularly literary studies.  Derrida was born in El Biar,...

If you had the choice to erase an ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend from your mind, would you? This is the decision Joel Barrish faces in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Would erasing all memories of a person be worth it in the long run? There...

Introduction B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) is well known for his development in shaping and understanding behaviour through Operant Conditioning (OC), where the use of reinforcement or punishment dictates the probability of an action being repeated. Skinner’s theory expanded from the work of Edward Thorndike, who developed...

If asked to define conditioning, I would say it is the act of using repeated efforts to shape something into what is desired. In the context of psychology, conditioning is described as a way of learning. Psychologists categorize learning by conditioning into two branches, classical...

This essay will explore the possible application of operant conditioning strategies in the classroom to encourage students to be more participative during class and to be more proactive in completing their assignments and homework. The typical behaviors of students in the age range given in...

Abstract Relationship Science has aided our understanding of human behaviour and is the foundation of human conditions. Many theorists have contributed to the field of Relationship Science (particularly Bowlby’s (1969) Attachment Theory). The attachment theory is fundamentally based on the idea that humans need intimacy...

Racism is discrimination against someone of a different race based on a belief that their own race is superior. Racism is further explained by the Attachment Theory due to children who are raised by their caregiver in early age to be racist, children grow with...

The topic I chose for my essay is attachment theory and romantic relationships. I will first start off with a story of a romantic relationship that will portray one of the attachment styles. Then, I will give a brief description of the attachment theory and...

Naturalist-to comprehends the characteristic world including plants, creatures, and logical investigations. To perceive, name, and characterize people, species, and environmental connections. To collaborate successfully with living animals and perceive examples of life and regular powers. Gardner (1996) included the three learning styles are visual, sound-related,...

H. Gardner explained intelligence as the capability to find a solution or invent products that can be valuable. However, there is still an argument about it. Some researcher said that it is a common potential while some researcher believes that it is a combination of...

Learning a second language (L2) is a long and complicated undertaking. “Your whole person is affected as you struggle to reach beyond the confines of your first language, a new culture, a new way of thinking, feeling, and acting” (Brown, 2007, p. 1). “Success in...

I vividly recall that feeling of inferiority when I scored lower than my peers on mathematical and linguistic tests. After all, math, grammar, and reading comprehension were the only acclaimed subjects among teachers and students alike; they constituted the criterion to distinguish an excellent student...