Category: Psychology

Introduction Daniel Kahneman analyzes and discusses the contemporary understanding of opinion and decision-making cut from psychological findings. The past recent decades uncovered these psychological findings. The findings answer questions regarding cognitive biases, decision-making outside laboratories, when real incentives were vulnerable, immunity amongst smart people, and the possibilities that biases are mistakes. Kahneman explains the history…

Introduction Addictive behavior is any behavior, activity or object that an individual gives a great priority or attention such that it becomes the major focus in life and is physically or mentally harmful to the person and to the society in large. A person who is completely obsessed or dependent on substance or behavior becomes…

Every day a person makes a number of choices. To make a good choice an appropriate approach is needed. Different problems can be solved by means of different approaches but all of them this way or another involve people’s senses. In the current paper I will consider how people rely on their senses when they…

The workings of the human mind are perhaps the last frontiers that are yet to be unraveled by science. Despite the advances in neurobiology and better technology, the cognitive aspects of the brain defy satisfactory explanation. Mark Pettinelli, through his book The Psychology of Emotions, Feelings and Thoughts attempts to throw new light on the…

Table of Contents Introduction Work Done By I/O Psychologists Conclusion References Introduction According to (Muchinsky, 2008), An I/O psychologist is someone who has studied operations that take place in workplaces. This particular specialization is very essential in the promotion of workers’ behavior and their way of thinking. It is also applied in the selection of…

Table of Contents Introduction Thesis Statement Personal Reaction References Introduction In his article “The psychology Laboratory at the turn of the 20th Century.” the author, Ludy T. Benjamin Jr. evaluates and gives us a historical picture of how the psychology laboratory operated from the late 1800’s to early 1900. It is during this time that…

Abstract Psychologists’ various efforts to explore the intercultural application of psychology have attracted a lot of attention in the recent past. This has led to many theoretical constructs in the field of psychology. However, studies reveal that psychometric assessment of intercultural factors is quite complex due to various factors such as inconsistent methodology and tools,…

Table of Contents Introduction Attachment Lifestyle and Emotional Content Personality Early life events Conclusion Reference Introduction The psychology of the self has diverse meanings in the context of human individuality. The self represents many things depending on the context of an application. Under normal circumstances, the self is used to refer to the identity of…

How can the study of aphasia patients advance our knowledge of language processing and language development? According to Fromkin, Rodman, and Hyams (2011), aphasia is “the neurological term for any language disorder that results from brain damage caused by disease or trauma” (p. 6). People with aphasia rarely experience total language loss; instead, certain aspects…

Describe a famous case study in the history of psychology. Then explain what did the field of psychology learn from this case study? How does the scientific community view the results of case studies like these? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this method? Such a research method as a case study is widely…