Category: Psychology

Table of Contents Introduction Advantages of the Environmental Assessment technique Ethical considerations Reference Introduction Informal assessments are assessment procedures that are used in informal situations. These settings include settings that are not structured in nature. Informal assessments are therefore procedures that are developed at home or homegrown which are aimed at assessing certain aspects of…

Table of Contents Introduction Classical Conditioning Operant Conditioning Observational Conditioning Cognitive Learning Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The process of learning is essential for any person. People may learn how to perform physical activities, social skills, emotional understanding of themselves and others, the inner workings of societies, science, and almost any other skill. However, approaches to…

Table of Contents Video analysis: Application of social cognitive theory Lesson redesign Conclusion References The concept of developing young learners has always been of great interest among educational psychologists. It is against this reason that psychologists have developed myriad of theories that can assist teachers understand and nurture young learners. One of the common theories…

Role of Statistics in Psychological Research Data gathering comes along with the need to describe, summarize, and interpret it. For instance, in psychological research, statistics connect a research idea and useful conclusions (Fosters et al., 2018). Statistical tools and techniques aid the organization of data into a more interpretable form, saving time and money for…

The research topic of this study addresses the extent to which major decisions females aged between 21 and 55 make concerning childbearing and companionship are affected by their inadequateness and abandonment (or fear of abandonment). This population is chosen as females of this age (in the vast majority of cases) make such decisions on their…

The research in question was meant to identify the effect of emotional contagion – a phenomenon in which people transfer their emotions to their peers using various modes of communication. The experiment was organized on Facebook and measured the effect of including words with positive and negative emotional load. The results indicated that a higher…

Table of Contents Constructed- and Selected-Response Items Item Analysis Testing Language: Grade 1 Bloom’s Taxonomy Item Development References Constructed- and Selected-Response Items When designing a test, one may select an option of providing either constructed- or selected-response items. Each of the tools has its place in the hierarchy of psychological assessment methods, and both have…

Introduction The concept of psychological explanation has been used as a general term explaining people’s attempts to understand any phenomena linked to intelligent behavior. An adequate psychological explanation is seen as the one that offers enough information for psychologists to predict behaviors and then manage them. The psychological phenomenon of behavior is explained descriptively by…

The character’s demographics Dr. Gregory House is a 45-year-old male character in the TV series, House. He is divorced after failing to maintain a healthy relationship with his former wife, Stacy. He studies medicine at John Hopkins University before being expelled for cheating. He enrolls at the University of Michigan Medical School and works in…

Psychological defense mechanisms protect individuals from experiencing unpleasant emotions, such as anxiety and guilt. Each person without exception utilizes them though may be unaware of this. In my life, there were a lot of situations when various defense mechanisms helped me to cope. For example, some time ago, I started to smoke tobacco once in…