Website Review The National Institute On Drug Abuse has an exceptional website with a wealth of information to be found while surfing. This website can be found by going to www.drugabuse.gov/NIDAHome.html. If you chose to check this site out you will find a lot of information. This website has information on many drugs of abuse, but I was specifically looking for information on stimul

Daydreaming Where was daydreaming found' Daydreaming has some historical background. Daydreaming is something that has been occurring for centuries. Some of our greatest scientists, activists, and mathematicians were once found daydreaming. For example, Albert Einstein was failing in math, and was almost kicked out of college for daydreaming. Einstein’s daydreaming may have been the

Welfare: Downfall Of America Welfare in America; Is it the downfall of our society' Posing this question based solely on one government program may seem simplistic. However, the amount of tax dollars spent on Welfare is mind blowing, so maybe it deserves a closer look. Both sides of the fence have valid arguments. On the one hand, Welfare (for purposes of this examination I am inclu

WHat Are Parapraxes' Malfunction in the language – such as a slip of the tongue, a bungled word, a misreading, mishearing, or forgetting words or things, - that indicates the presence of underlying conflicts- Freudian Slips. Freud argued that parapraxes were those things which were commonly referred to as mistakes, but were actually the manifestation of subconscious truths and intention

What Characteristics Do Men And Women Desire In Romantic Partners' Running Head: PARTNER PREFERENCE Abstract This study was conducted to compare male and female desired preferences for partners in short term and long term relationships. We obtained a sample of 400 young adults, 234 women and 166 men. Likert Scales were distributed to college students in order to assess three major

What Do You Say After You Say Hello “What do you say after you say hello”, by Eric Berne,M.D. What do you say after you say hello' This question is asked all over the world by different people and the reason it can’t be answered is the basic psychological garbage we all have inside our heads. Our mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, and anyone else who has a predetermine though

What Does Dress Tell You About A Person Dressing is one of the basic needs of every person. Every person wears clothes but how and what one wears is a different story. How many a times have we not judged a book by its cover' Our fingers unconsciously pick books with flashy covers. The next step being reading the review and then reading the book. The same phsychology applies to judging a

Death and Dying Death and Dying, Losing a Grandparent The death of a grandparent is a devastating time in a person’s life. However, when the grandparent contracts a fatal disease and suffers for the duration of the final stage of life, this can make the situation more overwhelming. Dying is a component of the life cycle (Santrock 1999), and this phase can be the most complex t

What Is Happiness' Happiness is found truly in the journey of life, not in the arriving of some destination, or the end itself. Aristotle completely agrees with that outlook, in his words he describes happiness, or the human good, as the “activity of soul exhibiting excellence'(Nicomachean Ethics I. 7). That “activity of soul exhibiting excellence'is in the journey, but in the journey

What It Takes What it Takes Perhaps more than at any other time in history, today’s parents are concerned about the future of their children. They want a child who will be happy, caring, and compassionate (Christopherson 3). A parenting style choice can mold a child to be this way or to be completely opposite. Parenting style captures two important elements or parenting: parental

What Is Schizophrenia Schizophrenia What is Schizophrenia' While many of us are not aware of what exactly it is, one out of every hundred person in America has it. The reason why I chose to write a paper on this topic is because my cousin is suffering from this disorder. Although the word Schizophrenia comes from the Greek words ‘split’ and ‘mind,’ Schizophrenics do not have split pe

Who Moved My Cheese Who Moved My Cheese' Who Moved My Cheese' is a book about change and how a person adjusts to it. The cheese represents what a person wants to have in life such as a successful career, a family, closer relationships or even money. There are certain circumstances in life that cause change and there are different routes a person can take to adjust to it. For example,

Death By Choice: Who Should Decide' Death By Choice: Who Should Decide' McGuires' references to prior cases and documents is done logically and clinically. After careful reading, and re-reading, I failed to understand his position on the moral issue. How can he perceive that by terminating a human life, this is acceptable moral behavior' Moral i

When Feeling Bad Is Good When Feeling Bad is Good by: Ellen McGrath, Ph. D. McGrath starts off by explaining some of the depression she went through in her life. She goes over how she would gorge on sweets and sugar and how she felt lonely because she let her negative aspects control the best of her. She then starts to explain that certain types of depression are healthy because they a

Why Prisons Dont Work 1.Rideau explains criminal behavior in his story presenting you with a bunch of failures and rejects. He talks about how they have been put in jail for common negative impulses that they acted on. He describes them as being doomed because they are uneducated and don’t have the proper skills for life. The majority of criminals to be sent to prison were mostly misfits

B F Skinner B. F, Skinner’s Operate Conditioning “In operant conditioning, people and animals learn to do certain things—and not to do others—because of the results of what they do” (Rathus, 135-136). Voluntary responses such as behaviors that people have control over are conditioned. A psychologist named B. F. Skinner devised a weapon called Project Pigeon. Pigeons had guided missi

William James William James William James was born in New York City on January 11, 1842. His father was a rich man who spent his time entertaining the intellectuals of the time and discussing the religious mysticism of Swedenborg. This wonderful atmosphere for a bright young boy was thanks to his grandfather, an Irish immigrant with a knack for real estate investment! William was soo

William James William James History of Psychology, William James was one of the forefathers of modern psychology. He was a philosopher and psychologist, but was most well known in the field of psychology for developing the philosophy of pragmatism, or the functionalist theory: “Theory of mental life and behavior that is concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities

Experiment The Pulfrich Effect in Different Density Filters Running Head: Pulfrich Effect Abstract Previous research has found that when viewing an object in lateral motion with one eye, while looking through a filter, an impression of depth is conveyed. This effect is known as the Pulfrich effect. This experiment was designed to test the differences of this effect between highe

Self Report As a graduate student in the field of psychology I think it is very important to reflect on the course of my own development. Now that I am 24 years old I’m steadily climbing up the early adulthood ladder. When I give thought to all my different experiences while getting to this point I feel a sense of amazement, triumph, and optimism. I will examine my psychosocial developm

Why Spoil A Good Thing Headlines throughout our daily lives suggest that children of today are having difficulties showing true character by way of adapting to stress, overcoming adversity and meeting everyday challenges. Among the concerns of experts in the field, is self-centeredness, angry and non- motivated individuals. There is also evidence to suggest greediness and self-control

Why The President Should Study Psychology WHY THE PRESIDENT SHOULD STUDY PSYCHOLOGY Society is a relatively stable but complex system of parts; each part of the system contributes to the well being of the whole system. Society and culture largely determine the behavior of humans; certain people in certain ways, both good and bad. One example in particular, which I would like to talk abo

Widowhood Widowhood can occur anytime a married couple’s life. However, it is more so for the man to die first than the woman in their later years of life. According to the text, men die an average of 8 years earlier than women and there are 4.4 widows for every one widower. But, in this article, we explain the differences of men and women that learn to cope with their loss. Also this ar

Women Battery The problem of battered women has only come into the limelight in the past few years, its progression toward public awareness paralleling the growth of the women’s movement. Historically, there has never been any public outcry against the brutality of battered women. But now we are learning the problem is far more pervasive and terrible than it was ever thought to be and

The psychological Laboratory at Leipsic “The psychological Laboratory at Leipsic” The article, “The psychological Laboratory at Leipsic”, by James McKeen Cattell, describes the laboratory and the processes of experimentation. Psychology is different from other sciences, and philosophy, in that it uses experimentation to try and figure out why things work the way they do. An important t

Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive Dissonance by definition is the uncomfortable state that arises because of discrepancy between an attitude and behavior or between two attitudes. The theory of cognitive dissonance was first studied by Festinger and Carlsmith in 1959, and has been studied and further researched by many other psychologists. How does Cognitive Dissonance

Work That Body Body language is supposedly the universal language, building bridges between continents, but within our own society body language is what often separates generations. The transition of the age gaps has many changes and often those changes affect our body language. The way you sit, the way you stand, the way you dance, the way you act in your day to day lives signifies th

Sigmund Freud Modern civilization has always been viewed in the most positive of lights. To many individuals, it conjures the feelings of progress, optimism, and a better world. This saccharine perspective presents the advancement of civilization as a venture without risks. However, there is an inherent dichotomy is present that most individuals fail to recognize. Any progress entails co

A Query into the Relationship between Gender and Self Esteem in Adolescent Females Self-esteem is defined as the way in which a person views their performance in areas principal to them personally, and the way they believe others of significance perceive them. Those who suffer from a deficiency of self-esteem have a heightened susceptibility to experiencing depression, becoming involved

Decision Making Model,Tool or Technique In "Psychotherapy of traumatic grief: A review of evidence for psychotherapeutic treatments", Jacobs and Prigerson present the concept of Traumatic Grief as a new diagnostic disorder and predict future studies will conclude a specific, tailored therapy will prove most effective in future studies. Citing a January 1997 expert panel discussi