Essays on Psychologists

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....

“The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe is a morbid story about the change the narrator undergoes and the gruesome and disturbing nature of his behaviors. Through the narrator’s development in the story, his behavior can be investigated by using an aspect Sigmund Freud’s theory...

‘Where id was, there ego shall be” – Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founding father of psychoanalysis, developed a concept that the mind was split into three sections known as the id, ego, and superego. The id is the unconscious mind driven by...

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...

“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...