Aggression Aggression: The Effects of Television Violence on Childhood Aggression3e There is a great deal of speculation on the effect television plays in childhood aggression. Two contrasting views regarding this issue are violent television increases aggressive behavior and violent television does not increase aggressive behavior. Later research demonstrates there may be oth

TNA Introduction TNA is a process of gathering and interpreting data for identifying performance problems and suggesting solutions. “Training needs analysis is a critical part of the training process. The TNA objective is twofold: to collect and evaluate information in order to find out what is being done now and what should be done now and later. We have no set procedure for performi

Theories Of Child Development As They Pertain To Middle Childhood And Adolescence “…the trouble about arguments is, they ain’t nothing but theories, after all, and theories don’t prove nothing, they only give you a place to rest on, a spell, when you are tuckered out butting around and around trying to find out something there ain’t no way to find out… There’s another trouble about theor

Thinking Machines Machines and Thinking Can a machine think' I think not. We are able to think because we are alive, aware and conscious. A machine is unable to think for the simple fact that it is constructed by man, and operates according to a design purposefully built or programmed into it. The question of whether a machine can think or not has been on the minds of many, due to th

Courage to Exceed Ourselves The Courage to Exceed Ourselves If you give a child a book but do not teach them to read will the child understand the story' If only half of a lesson is presented to a child, the full picture is unattainable. There are many personality types and a varity of role models available to children today, to choose right from wrong is often difficult. In our soci

Tourette Syndrome What is Tourette’s syndrome' Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by tics. According to Bruun, Cohen, and Leckman (1984), “tics are involuntary, repetitive, and stereotyped movements of individual muscle groups”. Most disorders involving tics are divided into categories according to age of onset, duration of symptoms, and the presence of

Birth Order Birth Order One long controversy among behavioral scientist is the existence of a sibling position effect. Birth order research and theories can be criticized because of differences between parents, sibling positions of the parents, size of families, socioeconomic status, and culture. The conclusions drawn from research studies on sibling position are also often contrad

Freud Civilization & Its Discontents Freud Civilization & Its Discontents Freud defines the id as being a general mass of sensations. What he means by this is that there are, at this stage, no boundaries between external environment and oneself. The id according to Freud is the only part that is present at birth. At this stage a person doesn\'t understand how their actions have anythi

Covey The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Dr. Stephen R. Covey published a book that was all the rage a few years ago. His book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People outline seven traits found in all effective people. In order to see these habits one must undergo a paradigm shift, which is seeing through the eyes of others. A perfect example of a paradigm shift is t

Early Theories Of Motivation In the early theories of motivation there are three theories: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, McGregor’s Theories X and Y, and Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory. Although explanation of motivation has changed over the years, you should be familiar with these early theories for two reasons. The first reason is they represent the foundation from which contempor

Rap Music...Does It Cause Violence' Music is prominent in adolescents’ lives. Teenagers spend between four and five hours a day listening to music and watching music videos. They name music as their preferred non-school activity (www.mediascope.org). “It forms the background of car rides and social gatherings, and it also informs the adolescent about the adult world through the lens of a

Jean Piaget AN PIAGET WAS THE GREATEST SCIENCETIST TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE STUDY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. Dawn Clark-Stricklen Ms. Jessica Nicholson Psychology 101 January 31,2004 WHO IS JEAN PIAGET' WHAT DID HE DO' JEAN PIAGET I. WHO IS PIAGET'' A. Where and when was Jean Piaget born; where and when did Piaget pass away 1. Piaget was born in Neufchatel, Switzerland on

Addiction Addiction is defined as “being abnormally dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming” (dictionary.com). There are many different types of addiction. Drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine addiction are just a few types. It is important to examine addiction and describe the problems it causes in all aspects of a person’s life. The signs of addicti

After School Activities After-School: Parental Involvement in Low-Income Neighborhoods Introduction: This document is in support of after-school activities in low-income neighborhoods that benefit from parental participation. After school programs that have parental involvement; are more successful, as indicated through psychological research (and ethnographies) that convey the si

Emotions Emotions “Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.” -Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC) What is an emotion' One definition, by dictionary.com, is “A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious

Degredation Of The Brain Behavior studies have shown that ageing affects episodic encoding and retrieval processes in a negative way. Studies also show that young subjects benefit more than elderly subjects from the level of processing words to be remembered. These studies general concept is that it is more difficult for elderly people to encode new information as a result of physiolog

Nature versus Nurture The causes of a criminal Mind Nature versus Nurture In today’s society, one will find that there are many different factors that go into the development of a criminal mind, and it is impossible to single out one particular cause of criminal behavior. Criminal behavior often stems from both biological and environmental factors. In many cases criminals share si

Group Therapy For People With PTSD The data provided by National Center for PTSD suggests that throughout their lifetime, roughly 8% or men and 20% of women will go on to develop PTSD, and some 30% of that number will develop chronic form. The best way to diagnose PTSD is to use both questionnaires and structured interviews, such multi method approach allows to lessen any chances of den

HIV And AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). AIDS was initially recognized in 1981, since then it has become a global pandemic with as many as ten million people infected with HIV worldwide. From 1981-1986 over 38,000 Americans were diagnosed with AIDS. Since then the number

Mid-life Crisis: An American Problem Midlife Crisis: An American Problem Bob just turned forty. He has trouble relating to his kids, and wonders if his life has any meaning anymore. His wife of twenty years has just divorced him, and he can’t seem to fight the bouts of depression that attack him, especially at night. There is a common name for this widespread problem. Bob is having

Mid-Life Crisis Midlife Crisis Bob just turned forty. He has trouble relating to his kids, and wonders if his life has any meaning anymore. His wife of twenty years has just divorced him, and he can’t seem to fight the bouts of depression that attack him, especially at night. There is a common name for this widespread problem. Bob is having a mid-life crisis. As we learned at the

ADHD Understanding and Identifying ADHD Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorders of childhood. It affects 3 to 5 percent of all children, however, in many cases, problems continue through adolescence and adulthood. It has been reported that males outnumber females four to one in diagnosis. Also, there are more c

Iq Testing IQ Testing The task of trying to calculate a person’s intelligence has been a goal of psychologists since before the beginning of this century. The Binet-Simon scales were first proposed in 1905 in Paris, France and various sorts of tests have been evolving ever since. One of the important concerns that always arise regarding these tools is what are the tests

Darkness Visible When I began reading Darkness Visible I was at first confused about what William Styron was trying to convey with his immense vocabulary. It was very confusing how the story shifted from place to place in his life. I could not understand what he was saying. Styron is an extremely intelligent man. You can see this by the way he associates many of his experiences described

Learners With Exceptionalities Learners with exceptionalities are students who have special educational needs in relation to societal or school norms. An inability to perform appropriate academic tasks for any reason inherent in the learner makes that learner exceptional. (Slavin 1) About ten percent of students in the United States receive special education and there are many different

Anxiety Abstract Anxiety is a normal reaction to a threatening situation and results from an increase in the amount of adrenaline from the sympathetic nervous system. This increased adrenaline speeds the heart and respiration rate, raises blood pressure, and diverts blood flow to the muscles. These physical reactions are appropriate for escaping from danger, but when they cause anxiety

Marriages Successful Marriages For any marriage to be successful there are certain changes a man and woman have to make. They have to be flexible and open and ready for new experiences and ways of living. Marriages can be successful or unsuccessful based on many different aspects of it. Four important concepts that are definitely part of the whole marriage life are: children, confl

ADHD ADHD is attention deficit disorder accompanied by impassivity and over activity. Medical scientists think ADHD is caused by a chemical problem in the brain. The front part of the brain helps you pay attention, concentrate, organize things, and put breaks on impulsive or unacceptable behavior. People’s brains with ADHD may not be able to use the brain’s main signal senders, neurotran

Learning In The Womb At birth, children were viewed as blank tablets to be written on it by their life events. Investigation reveals that newborns have genetic tendencies. Some basic wisdom does occur within the womb. Most experts now have the same opinion that the basis for learning begins much earlier than the actual birth. In the first trimester, the fetus’s neural tube is just com

Organisational Psychology THE SWEATSHOP INTRODUCTION The Sweatshop is a clothing company, which started in 1994. It is assumed that the owner/managing director Susan Ropati had experience in the clothing industry, however, may not have performed at senior management level before. Susan lacks experience in management and appears to have built her company based on her personal valu