Dreams We dream many dreams every night, but why do we dream; and what do they mean' “Dreams are a communication of body, mind and spirit in a symbolic communicative environment” (www.sleeps.com). To make that statement easier to understand, www.sleeps.com goes on to explain how dreams are a review influenced by factors in your life and spirit. Our brains are constantly active. Our min

James McKeen Cattell James McKeen Cattell James McKeen Cattell was born in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1860, into a wealthy family. His father, William Cassady Cattell, a Presbyterian minister, was president of Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. His mother, Elizabeth "Lizzie" McKeen, had inherited a large amount of money, which helped the family reach its afluent status. When he was s

Maslow Abraham Harold Maslow Abraham Harold Maslow was born on April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the oldest of seven children born to his parents, who were uneducated Jewish immigrants from Russia. His parents, wanting the best for their children in the “new world”, pushed him hard in his academic studies. He was smart but shy, and remembered his childhood as being lonely an

Non Verbal Humans, like most other species of animals, have what we call "personal space". When we interact with other individuals, we prefer to be close enough to them for effective communication, but not too close. We feel uncomfortable when an individual gets too close or invades our personal space. The selective advantage for this behavior may lie in our evolutionary history as a soc

Hypochondriasis Hypochondriasis, a somatoform disorder, takes tremendous tolls on patients, doctors, and medical facilities every year. Hypochondriasis is the persistent belief that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving symptoms when illness is neither present nor likely, and persisting despite reassurance and medical evidence to the contrary. The diagnosis of hypochondriasi

Stress Stress Stress is the combination of psychological, physiological, and behavioral reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge themselves. It is an invisible enemy that can overtake a life. This topic is important because it affects lives of many college students and can happen to anyone, even a pet. When treated in the correct way stress can be eli

EFSJ Pesonality The colorful depiction of the EFSJ personality How many colors make up the perfect picture' How many hues and tints blend together' How much makes up the background and what tints are the more decorative that seem to draw us to the entire picture' These are questions I have asked myself in regards to the temperament type I have been labeled with. According to the Keirse

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder characterized by an obsession or a compulsion. Obsession is a persistent, unwanted thought or idea that keeps recurring. Compulsions are irresistible urges to repeatedly carry out some act that seems strange and unreasonable, even to them. Obsessive-compulsion disorder (OCD) can have many sym

Egocentrism In Children LAB REPORT- EGOCENTRISM IN CHILDREN: ‘COPS & ROBBERS STUFF’ ABSTRACT This report sought to examine whether a change in the response required -given that the materials utilized remained constant- would effect the degree of egocentrism exhibited by children within, either the pre-operational (3-5 years old) or concrete (9-11 years old) phases of cognitive deve

Postpartum Depression Introduction What is Postpartum Depression Having a baby should be one of the happiest and most important events in a woman’s life. However, although life with a new baby can be both thrilling and rewarding, it can also be a difficult and quite stressful task. Most women make the transition without great difficulty, yet some women experience considerable complex

Bipolar Disorder Abstract Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness in which a person’s mood alternates between extreme mania and depression. Bipolar disorder is also called manic-depressive illness. In a related disorder called cyclothymic disorder (sometimes called Bipolar III), a person’s mood alternates between mild depression and mild mania. Some people with cyclothymic disorder later

Piaget Outline and critically evaluate piagets theory of cognitive development children. Jean Piaget’s (1896 - 1980) theory of cognitive development was One of the most important contributions that Piaget made, it established the fact that the cognitive development in children are not simply immature versions of that of an adult, but that they have their very own rules. Having a great

Personality. There are four different approaches to understand personality. They are psychoanalytic and pschodynamic, phenomenological, learning and trait approaches. This paper concentrates on the trait approach. Personality theories The working definition of personality means characteristic of the person that account for consistent patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving. However

Was Freud Right' Was Freud Right' A century has passed since Freud started publishing the works that established his reputation as a scientist, healer, and sage. Although his standing as a clinical scientist and biologist of the mind has always been precarious among those capable of judging scientific competence, his admirers were by no means confined to the laity. According to one e

The Effective Of A Positive Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Identity On Depression In Homosexual College Students In psychology, depression can be defined as: a psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, hopelessness, and thoughts of death. Depression grows more and more common each and every day. Anti-depre

Psychology Abstract Previous research on the mental rotation has shown that it requires cognitive resources to mentally rotate images, words and symbols to name a few. This Mental Rotation test basically can measure how fast and accurate a person can react when presented an image that is either mirrored or not, these two conditions of the independent variable and its

Psychology Of Women Psychology of Women Reproductive Rights and Woman’s Health “No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose conscientiously whether she will or will not be a mother.” Margaret Sanger was a woman’s rights activist in the early nineteen hundreds and became aware that women’s health an

Early Experiments The early experiments on people that we learned about didn't really surprise me as much as they just made me upset. The first Psychologists thought some of those weird ideas would actually help their theories. But I guess you have to try all of those weird things at some point, just so you can forget about them. I didn't know there was any difference between Psychologis

Stress Management Stress is a part of life that everyone deals with at one time or another. Everyone has different levels of stress and different coping mechanisms. According to Trevor Powell in the book Free Yourself from Harmful Stress. Stress is a positive force that enables you to survive. A certain level of stress is beneficial and stimulates you to perform well. Too much stress can

Aggression The title of this essay asks a question that cannot be easily or directly answered. One of the reasons for this is that aggression can be looked as measurable, that is, how much an individual would want to hurt another. For example, if an instructor hits a student because he was disruptive in class, and the student's father learns about the incident and later comes to school a

Adolescent Eating Disorders With children as early as age 7 showing dissatisfaction with their body, and as young as 9 starting dieting, eating disorders are a serious issue in our society. Taking a look at perceptions, behaviors, and medical issues associated with the disorders of anorexia and bulimia, scholars have tried to categorize and find answers to the problems which certain ado

Teen Sucicide Suicide Assessment Is Necessary Although there is much information to gather, there are no shortcuts to suicide assessment. Risk assessment requires directness, intentional questioning, and careful listening. The essential skills and conditions of counseling (empathy, reflections, restatements, attending, active listening, etc.) are important in suicide assessments and i

Intelligence And I.Q INTELLIGENCE & I.Q TESTING In this essay I will be examining the question “Are I.Q tests an accurate measure of intelligence'” In order to do this I must first define the world intelligence and second examine the context of an I.Q test. Defining the word intelligence is in itself a complex task, does being intelligent mean a person has the potential to learn a

Child Abuse Imagine for one moment that you are not yourself any longer. Visualize instead that you are a young girl; old enough to know right from wrong yet still young enough to be terrified by the dark shadows in your room. It is a cool autumn night and your parents have opted to attend a party which you are not allowed at. “It will be fine,' they say. Although you already k

Stress And Your Heart Human beings often refer to emotional distress as heartache. Whether it is clogged arteries, high blood pressure, or a heart attack, your heart is a constantly abused body organ. Physical ailments as well as other symptoms often affect the heart in a negative way. These other symptoms could be developed from work- related stress, being “broken-hearted”, or even b

Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a real medical condition that affects two million people in the U.S. This disorder was also known as manic-depressive illness. It causes mood swings from feelings of extreme euphoria or irritability to hopelessness. In each of these episodes changes a person’s energy level, thought process, and behavior changes. This can last for hours, weeks, day

Death and Dying DEATH AND DYING UNDERGRADUATE INTERVIEW WITH THE PROFESSIONAL I was told that a gentleman who is a property manager also leads a class in death and dying at his church. I was able to get his phone number and we arranged to meet. I described the course that I am taking at USF and the profession I am pursuing. I told the gentleman that I work in marketing services for

Eating Disorders Eating Disorders On their website, The Eating Disorders Association, a British organization dedicated to providing information on the diseases, defines eating disorders as “complex illnesses where both the disturbed eating pattern as well as the psychological aspects need to be treated.” l "FNote1" Eating disorders can affect people of any age, male or female, with no

Body Image It is found that women are not the only one's dissatisfied with their appearance. A growing number of men among society are increasingly concerned with body image. Studies have found that dissatisfaction with body image among men is on the rise. Many male students are facing eating disorders in order to keep up with societies perfect body image. We see disorders, such as "dy

Eating Disorders Causes, Symptoms, Complications and Treatments for the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa. Eating disorders are devastating behavioral maladies brought on by a complex interplay of factors, which may include emotional and personality disorder, family pressure, a possible genetic or biological susceptibility and a culture in which there is an over abundance of food and an