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DiscussionThe psychological treatment principles of metacognitve therapy, is a relatively recent development for the management of mental disorders. As stated by Normann, van Emmerik and Morina (2014), Metacognitive therapy aims to treat the underlying causes of mental disorders, with the belief that a disrupted process of cognition and thinking, known as the ‘Cognitive Attentional Syndrome’ (CAS) leads one to respond the life situ...

Purpose of the experimentThe purpose of the test is to measure the reaction time (RT) to visual stimulus of the participants using perceptual motor tasks that can help to understand and time the duration and temporal sequence of cognitive functions (Jain et al., 2015; Woods et al., 2015). This study is also referred to as ‘mental chronometry test’ which is an important aspect of cognitive and experimental psychology (Quai...

Definition of Ecological AnthropologyThis paper answers the questions that relate to cultural anthropology. It is a branch of anthropology that deals with the study of beliefs, cultures, values, practices, technologies, economies, as well as other domains of a cognitive and social organization. This paper contains two set of questions. The first part offers a clear definition of ecological anthropology, and it also states the application of ec...

Introducing JanePsychology refers to science of the behavior that includes conscious along with the unconscious phenomena. It talks about the feelings and thoughts of an individual. Psychology is indicative of academic discipline that has immense scope along with diverse interests. It helps in understanding emergent properties of the brain along with varieties of the epiphenomena that it manifests (Schultz & Schultz, 2016).  Psychology ...

Approaches usedThe article by Stone & Cooper, (2001 pp. 228-243) assessed the role of cognitions on self-arousal and reduction process of cognitive dissonances. Various researches have been conducted for a long time and researches have often differed on different approaches used to highlight the issue. Other perspectives maintain cognitions concerning self-standards and expectancies which aid in dissonance arousal. Theories have been propo...

DiscussionThe aim of this essay is to discuss the psychoanalytic theories that could explain Little Hans’s phobia, the five-year old boy who was treated in 1909 by Sigmund Freud. Hans had developed the habit of playing with his ‘widdler’ when his mother noticed and threatened him to have it cut off by a doctor. Around the same time, he also developed the phobia of horses and used to be so scared of the animal that he used to ...

Learning TheoryPresident Donald Trump unleashes false statements just two weeks to the mid-term elections. It is spinning new takes on the truth with increasing regularity and speed in the mid-term elections. They threaten a government shutdown to try to compel Congress to approve money on the southern border. The issue of a small pay raise for federal employees could not be ensnared and U.S military has sent to shut down the southern border. ...

MethodThe research aims at understanding the differences in the attitude of girls and boys through the assessment of cultural backgrounds and psychologies (Walker  & Henderson,  2012). The research will be evaluating the different responses of girls over boys while placing the same in identical situations for determining the score (Meyers-Levy  & Loken, 2015). The assessment of the different characteristics in women and ...

Knowledge is anything which can enhance the cognitive development of an individual and thereby make that individual more aware of the present situation or scenarios. I am of the viewpoint that the quality or the effectiveness of knowledge is determined by the manner in which it improves the quality of life of the individuals. More importantly, often it is seen that a piece of knowledge even though it can prove beneficial for the individuals ...

The Impact of Postal Code on Child Development in CanadaPoverty and lack of employment have emerged as the cause for retardation of the health and development of a big section of Canadians. These factors are generally having a toll on the development needs of the Children in Canada. The area specific lag in prosperity and financial accomplishment of the Canadians is a major reason behind the dearth in the development of the Children. This ess...

The Case study and the primary concernManagerial Behavior adopts the shared talents for observation and procedures regarding the activities and development of schedules for the measure of interpersonal affairs within a team of players. The specified “study” highlights the objects of consideration of performance and approaches that transport rudimentary ethics of communications as well as common exchange of the spaces among the psyc...

Road Accidents and their CausesRoad accidents have emerged as one of the major problems that the diverse countries of the world are facing currently (Scott-Parker, Goode & Salmon, 2015). As per a report of the World Health Organization (2018), more than 1,224 people in Australia lost their lives because of the diverse kinds of road accidents. Another interesting fact to note about these road accidents is the fact that more than 90% of the ...

DiscussionMultimodality is identified as an interdisciplinary approach which comprises of communication and representation more specifically than about language. Such an approach has been developed over the past decades to methodically address much debated queries related to changes in society such as in relation to new media and technologies (Fredlund, Linder & Airey, 2015). Multimodal approaches have further provided conceptualizations i...

The importance of the unconscious mind in psychoanalysisThe external information that comes from outside supports the person's already existing image of the world and himself; he lives in harmony with himself. The coincidence of the ideal conception of oneself with the real determines the spiritual well-being of a person. But here there was a discrepancy; there is an internal tension that forces to change either ideal or real representations, ...

Psychological concerns regarding the accuracy of eyewitness identificationPolice line-up identification process presents a critical moment when an eyewitness inspects a lineup and identifies a criminal. For the past two decades, psychological scientists have given recommendable time in the study of eyewitness identification and have come up with several concerns regarding the accuracy of the whole process of eyewitness identification subjected...

What is a Genogram?A genogram  refers to a graphic representation of a family tree that that normally displays a comprehensive data on the relationship that exist among the individuals. This graphic work normally goes beyond a traditional or the ancient tree of the family by enabling the user to do the analysis of the hereditary patterns. This normally take into consideration the  psychological factors that are known to punctuate the...

Social Reconstruction and the CurriculumAll the proposals for improving studies depends on the assumptions that teachers can learn complex models of teaching and implement them. In this context, various philosophical lenses help scholars and practitioners to define and conceptualize the curriculum. The traditional models of teaching are represented regarding a broad array of teaching systems. Each system contains a unique philosophical foundat...

What is Filicide?Filicide is the killing of a child by one or both parents. However, the exact definition of the filicide, based on the relationship of the parties (inclusion or exclusion of adoptive parents), as well as indicating the upper age limit of the victims, is lacking in the literature, making it difficult to interpret and compare the results of various papers.  In most modern studies, the filicide is divided into three categ...

The Importance of Eyewitness Testimony in Legal ProceedingsThe most critical aspect of a criminal case can be defined as the availability of evidence at the spot of crime. Research studies have revealed that the presence of eye witnesses who can testify the happenings at the crime spot and contribute in the development of the case proceedings have been heavily relied upon by the police department (Brewer & Wilson, 2013). Evidences in the f...

What is Psychology and its aim as a scientific discipline?According to Stanovich described psychology as the quest to understand behaviour by using the methods of science (p.3).  For him, psychology is a scientific discipline which, despite numerous image problems has not just a bright future but has already meaningfully added to the sum of human betterment.  According to Stanovich, the public understanding regarding the context of p...

Commonly used male contraception methodsMale contraceptives also referred to as male birth control are ways of averting pregnancy that mainly manipulates the male physiology. The commonly used kind of male contraception includes vasectomy, the withdrawal method, and condoms which are not suitable for all men. This is because the majority of the men find using a condom cumbersome while vasectomy requires surgery that is irreversible and the pul...

The Concept Behind the Myers-Briggs Type IndicatorThe Meyers-Briggs Type indicator is a psycho analysis tool that helps in understanding the various types of personalities that are existing among individuals and understand the kind of person an individual is. The tool is based on the conceptual theory proposed by eminent psychologist Carl Jung and have been further developed by the mother and daughter duo Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Bri...

ParticipantsOur safety is of great importance and needs to be maintained at all times (Geller, 2016). We have some critical conditions where our safety is normally at great risk and in such conditions, all the necessary measures should be put in place to make sure our safety is guaranteed as much as possible. One of such critical conditions which tend to risk our safety greatly is when driving. While driving, our safety is normally at great ri...

Sources of Bias in Academic PsychologyResearch experts recognize that bias might find its way into any specific study program. It is occasionally naïve to consider any specific study could be 100 % exempt from it (Barker & Pistrang, 2015). However when does bias turn out to be a problem? And how can we determine and manage prevalence of the bias to be able to produce highest quality research possible? The goal to decrease bias is not ...

Sam: A Case StudyThe purpose of psychology is to study the individual behavioral patterns, mental processes and attitudes of people. Cigarette smoking or nicotine addiction may be defined in psychology as a powerful motivation for cigarettes, which overcomes the motivation not to (Bickel, Mueller & Jarmolowicz, 2013). There have been various attempts on part of the psychologists to explain substance addiction. For one, cigarette addiction ...