Essays on Psychologists

Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud are the prominent names of psychoanalytic theory. The interpretations of dreams, conscious and unconscious, sexuality, and religion are the main concerns of Freud’s and Jung’s studies, however, they also have distinctive arguments about common topics. Contrary to Freud’s theory of...

The psychoanalytic theories place emphasis on the role that the unconscious plays in personality development. In other words, these theories suggest that much of what motivates our behavior lies outside of our awareness. While the role of the unconscious is central to all of the...

Initially founded by Sigmund Freud in the late nineteenth century, psychoanalysis introduced a whole new perception of the human mind, forming both ground-breaking and controversial theories. In his thesis, ‘Beyond the Pleasure Principle,’ Freud illustrates psychoanalysis as ‘the first and foremost art of interpretation.’ Which...

Nervous Conditions and Coconut are two novels which intrinsically showcase the challenges that arise after colonisation. The exploration of the complex position that African women face in the light of the detrimental effects of colonisation and its influence as it assimilates with traditional structures. The...

Repression is the consent where a person goes through a traumatic experience so the person unconsciously pushes the information out of consciousness and becomes unaware of its existence, repressing them and leaving them in the unconscious mind. Sigmund Freud talks about repression himself in “Five...

Introduction Cognitive development encompasses human perception, thinking processes, and the way in which an individual gains an understanding of their world. This is done according to theorists, through interacting with others, and by past learned experiences. Cognitive development could therefore be said to be fluid...

Introduction Child cognitive development is a field of study in psychology focusing on a child’s development in terms of his abilities of information processing, problem solving, knowledge learning and understanding of the world. The result of child cognitive development study is recognised as an important...

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...

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 Erickson’s theory of ego integrity vs. despair in the older adult. This theory is the last...

The Dilemma of Determinism, by William James, is a discussion about the concepts of indeterminism and determinism that tries to show us which one of them is the better option and how these contextually play into our experiences and rationality. He begins this piece with...

Affected by William James’ The Varieties of Religious Experience, philosophical enthusiasm for otherworldliness has been overwhelming in particular, supposedly information allowing ‘enchanted encounters.’ Philosophers have concentrated on such subjects as the arrangement of supernatural encounters, their inclination in various religions and mysterious customs, to what...

In Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth, William James discusses the pragmatist’s understanding of the truth and clarifies some misunderstandings that have been experienced by some of the audience. The idea of ​​popular reality is a replica of reality and, although this definition serves things that can...

The argument William James makes in “On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings” is that the blindness in which we all are impaired regarding the feelings of creatures and people different from ourselves. That others are absorbed in their own secrets to take any interest...

William James, who was an unwilling innovator in the new scientific psychology in the United States, was considered one of the most accomplished psychologists of his time. Although his work did not found the field of functional psychology, the work he did provided a sounding...

There have been countless studies and theories that attempt to define the mental processes that occur within different stages of our lives, as well as to explain the causes for certain behaviors and psychopathologies. Attempting to discover why humans are the way they are and...

Most of the time when reading a theory in the midst of reading it you know that this theory probably isn’t true and it is rare when you can find a theory that is partly true or totally and completely true. When we went over...

Several scholars have established theories to expound on human development. The basis of each concept is varied and dependent on the theorist’s perception, which might include sexuality, social life, or even intellectual capabilities. This paper will focus on three developmental theories by; Piaget, Freud, and...

According to the human psychology cycle of self-development, there are a few stages. The beginning of the self-development process starts with the date of childbirth. During the Early Childhood period, the kids’ abilities are focused on understanding their life-discovery with prerequisites for evolution. The newborn...

The movie “Good Will Hunting” is based on Will Hunting (Matt Damon), a twenty-year-old self-taught genius, who has a job as a janitor at MIT. Will comes from a low-class neighborhood in South Boston, living in a bad house with violence and crime all around....