As the older adult goes through life, they may begin to think about how they lived their lives and was it worthwhile. In the next paragraphs I will summarize Erikson’s theory of ego integrity vs. despair in the older adult. This is the last stage…
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…
The film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, tells the story of Joel Barish and his girlfriend Clementine Kruczynski. The movie begins on Valentine’s day, and Joel is about to go to work, but suddenly runs to another train that is heading to Montauk. He…
The cinema experience can be a very deep and emotional experience and in this sense there is an obvious similarity between dreams and cinema. Sigmund Freud describes dreams as the royal road to the unconscious. At the end of this royal road lies the Kingdom…
“Each individual in the world lives in three worlds: the world that is, the world that is perceived and the world that is dreamt. Each world is both separate on its own, as well as conjoined and interlinked with the other two (Hudson, 2013). ”…
Protagonists in most of Robert Browning’s monologues are psychologically twisted individuals, and Porphyria’s Lover is arguably the one with a psychoanalytic perspective. This essay seeks to discuss and apply Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory to the poem. To start with, there is a sharp contrast between…
According to Piaget’s observations and criticism, Piaget believed that cognitive development was a way of adapting to the environment and children are constantly interested in understanding and exploring things. According to his theory implements that children are born with a basic mental structure and is…
‘The true,’ to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving. Expedient in almost any fashion; and expedient in the long run and on the…
The Compatibility of Faith and Reason When comparing the two selections by W.K. Clifford and William James on the compatibility of faith and reason, I feel that both arguments make very valid points. However I do think, after careful reading and based on my own…
The Question Of Truth The goal of any philosopher is to find what can only be referred to as “truth.” Truth is the undeniable, that which can be relied upon in any circumstances, obviously the one thing in life that has real meaning. Unfortunately, truth…
In his work “The Moral Equivalent of War,” William James enumerates the reasons why war is destructive to society, as well as what could be an alternative to the martial lifestyle that the current culture so idolizes and reveres. James begins his publication with the…
In his work “On a Certain Blindness In Human Beings”, William James describes human judgments, what makes us create those decisions, and the inherent bias that is located in those decisions. He begins ensuring that we know that “We are practical beings, each of us…
On the morning of September 11, 2001 individuals around the globe turned on their TVs and progressed toward becoming witnesses the most wrecking fear monger act at any point completed on U.S. soil. Much time has gone from that point forward and the United States…
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian psychiatrist/psychologist, neurologist, and philosopher whom is famously known for his psychoanalysis methods for clinical treatments of people with mental disorders. In this essay, I will be explaining Freud’s theories and ideologies on society, culture, and religion. Specifically the psychological built…
The structural portion of Psychoanalytic theory by Sigmund Freud, attempts to explain how the unconscious mind function with three distinct components, namely id, ego and superego and how the conflict between two of the three component could give rise to Marilyn’s behaviours when her phobia…
Erik Erikson’s was a follower of Jean Piaget and his work/theory was inspired by Piaget and with the work he saw Piaget did, Erikson wanted to expand his theory, but with a different focus. Erik Erikson came up with the Psychosocial Theory and is based…
The biggest advantage of Maslow’s speculation of motivating is that it’s far quite simple to apprehend and even layman can understand and relate to this idea due to the fact we all go through one or different factor of desires excellent pyramid at some stage…
Abraham Maslow is someone I consider to be one of the most famous psychologist known to my generation today. Even if they have never studied psychology or participated in ASB, almost everyone has heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow’s take on psychology was problem-centered,…
Childhood is a very fragile time. Research has shown time and again that the development of a child into a functioning adult is directly related the experiences that the child goes through in their early stages of life. (Ellis and Bjorklund 2005) That is why…