Psychology Book Reviews Samples For Students

Andre Breton a well renowned French writer and a poet were born in a modest family in Normandy. In his research, he mainly majored in psychiatry and medicine. During the World War II, he participated as a doctor in a neurological ward in Nantas where his research on the artistic tradition started. The main influences for his study were the anti-social behavior that was exhibited by some of his patients. For instance, Jacques Vache, a young patient at the age of 24 years committed suicide and wrote several letters that were published in an introductory essay called Letters de querre in 1919. The novelist married ...

Written by Carr Nudge, ‘the shallows’ is a book that questions the capacity of our minds to grasp and store information for future use. The power to concentrate on a specific idea or something has been lost due to the frequent use of the Internet. Carr’s book tries to answer the effects of the use of the Internet on the human mind.

In his book, Carr states that he comes to realize that his brain had lost its concentration power, as info on anything he required was a click away on the Internet. He acknowledges that most of his life ...

“Thinking, fast and slow” by Daniel Kahneman was among the best-selling books of the year 2011. Kahneman is Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics for his work in prospect theory in 2002. He and his collaborator, Amos Tversky, one of the cognitive as well as mathematical psychologist from Israel, have revolutionized the way we think about economy in the book. This book has achieved numerous honors and awards such as New York Times’ one of the best books of 2011 and Best Book Award from National Academy of Sciences in 2012.

Kahneman has humbly yet brilliantly and non-technically ...

‘The Psychological Legacy of Slavery’ is the title of Chapter 1. The chapter discusses a type of slavery that is invisible but very powerful. The author Dr. Na’im Akbar explains that slavery lasted three centuries and still affects contemporary African Americans. I agree that for the psychology of people something as traumatic as slavery must leave psychological scars on the group of people who were slaves, even several generations after the legal end of slavery. After the Civil War nothing was done to help the former slaves adjust to their new lives as free men and women. Nothing ...

In his book, Mere Christianity Lewis Clive Staples presents his personal understanding of Christianity. Written in four parts, Lewis uses the virtue of morality, the personality/character of Jesus and Christian beliefs, teachings and practices to give his arguments. By applying the law of morality as per the human nature, he argues that God exists. Secondly, he gives pernicious discernment about Jesus identification but argues that his positive character associates him with morality thus he is God. Besides his overall argument that Christianity lies in human nature Lewis enlightens the society on the major landmarks in Christianity as his main ...

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Against depression is the title of the book written by Peter Kramer a renowned psychiatrist, the title of the book suggests more of a political inclination of some sort but the book narrates a different story all together. The book is majorly focused on the idea that most people are in support of depression as an aid to artistic expression. Its incorporation of latest research in the psychiatric field is also very crucial as it facilitates the comprehensive and explicit explanation as well as illustration of physical damages of the brain and its major causes.

It further explains in an easy to ...

This text helps the bodhisattva put into practice all the teachings of Buddha and this eventually leads to supreme happiness that comes through the medium of enlightenment. The bodhisattva is described as an elevated Buddhist who can attain nirvana but actually delays such an attainment due to his compassion for the suffering beings. This is an exhaustive covering of the essence and foundation of the bodhisattva’s way of life. The text is divided into three major parts
- How the text is introduced
- How the text is explained

The Pre-eminent Qualities of the Author

As is customary with such texts there ...

Hernstein & Murray’s The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, offers a controversial statistical argument about social stratification and race being concretely linked to intelligence. However, the book more effectively investigates the consequences of American social stratification. The rich and educated members of society are increasingly isolating themselves in zip code enclaves instead of contributing to the American ideal of diversity. As a result, society has become increasingly divided by education, class and race. Overall, the book attempts to deconstruct complex socioeconomic issues of race, class and intelligence using statistical analysis. Intelligence is an important part of social ...

The basic concept of the introduction to the actual mindfulness meditation for parents and their children comprises the activities or practices that help the small children. It also helps the preadolescence children to help them calm down, fall asleep, get more focused, and manage their anger. Furthermore, it helps children to alleviate their worries and be aware by becoming more patient with things in the real world activities (Snel, 2). The author also has accompanied a CD, which helps the readers, who are the parents to get guides with the aid of a meditation audio voice done by Kabat-Zinn, The Inner ...

Abstract

Police department is considered to be evolved throughout the world on the basis of criminals and their modern ideas of the criminal activities. We will try to look at the various aspects of the society and its connection with the police or role of the law enforcement agencies. We will try to lay the foundation of the study on the information gathered from several sources that are subjected to the researched reports and intellectual work done on the book written by Roberg. The police department is considered to be an important governmental institution and it must be organized merely ...

Introduction

The book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is about how we think without thinking. This can be further explained by illustrating that the choices made instantly in the blink of an eye without actually thinking why they are made. The world around us requires that decisions should be footnoted. This means that if we say how we feel about something we must be ready to elaborate about why we feel a certain way. Blink discloses that a quality of good decision maker is not who can spend time providing deliberate answers or process the information effectively but the one who has perfected ...

In Book I, Marcus Aurelius describes skills and character traits he has learned from his family and friends. Book I makes an impression that Marcus Aurelius was a young man who was eager to learn new things and develop his personality.
It seems that his family was rather strong and his family gave Marcus Aurelius a lot of care and support. Also, Book I makes an impression that Marcus Aurelius had many friends and teachers who played a significant role in his personal development.
The general argument of the author is that family and friends were the ones who influenced the ...

“Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell

In the book “Blink,” Malcolm Gladwell, one of the famous journalists, intends to share the results of psychological research to prove the importance of cognitive thinking in human beings. The book explains the way humans think within a blink of an eye, which is quite difficult. Gladwell explains about rapid cognition, which refers to snap decision-making. He convinces the readers that the snap decisions may be good or bad when compared to the conclusions. Gladwell identifies the circumstances where rapid cognition results poor outcomes. He also analyzes the ways and means to improve the results produced by rapid cognition. In ...

'On killing' by LT. Colonel. Dave Grossman

Introduction

The mission of the author in writing this book was mainly to show the cost of learning the war. The author aims at showing the psychological impact of the war and genocides due to the deaths of many people. The author aims at showing the mental torture associated with the activities of war and genocide. The purpose of the book is also to show the mental effects caused by killing and deaths of the people. The author also targets the effects of the war on the psychological aspects of the victims. The ...

Introduction

Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery is a compilation of three essays by psychologist Dr. Na’im Akbar, earlier it was called ‘Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery’. Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery includes specific sections that address to the process to eliminating mental slavery or the ghosts of plantation. Through these essays Dr. Akbar has attempted to develop two ideas; firstly, the psychological impact of slavery. Secondly, the influence that Caucasian images for worship has on the African-American psychology. Dr. Akbar presented a behavioural determinant that according to him doesn’t have great legitimacy in the Western psychology. Many ...

Regeneration is Pat Barker’s book on the First World War trilogy. In this book, some of the characters are historical, for instance William Rivers who is the doctor to the shell-shock casualties during World War 1; Siegfried Sassoon who is a skilled war hero. He is also a renowned poet. He wrote the Soldier’s Declaration in which the soldier refuses to continue being in the service of the British army; citing moral grounds on which the war had been conducted. He says that it (war) was like an effort that was misguided thus contributing to merciless butchering of men. ...

“The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs” by Ilardi (2009) is a self-help book for people who suffer from depression that helps them make lifestyle changes associated with improvements in depression scores. The book is divided into three sections, which include understanding depression, therapeutic lifestyle change, and making the change. In understanding depression, the author begins with describing a case study of a patient he had personally treated for depression. Of course, it is noted that names throughout the books were changed to protect the patient-therapist privacy while allowing the author to build trust and expertise by writing ...

Psychology

The Riverman gives a detailed description of the amount of psychological work that went into the apprehension of a man responsible for a series of serial murders. This man came to be dubbed as the green river killer. The Riverman gives a vivid description of Robert Keppel’s twenty-year pursuit and ultimate apprehension of this criminal. This particular killer was suspected of at least forty-nine homicides and to call him a public nuisance would be perhaps the biggest understatement of the years. Clever and cunning was this killer that law enforcement authorities found it increasingly harder, near impossible, to bring him to justice and ...

Book review of ‘Childhood and Society’ by Erik Erikson – Book review, Literary and Psychological Analysis, Reflections on reading the book

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Abstract

This paper will present you with the book review of ‘Childhood and Society’ by Erik Erikson. The review will focus on the analysis of its context in literary and psychological terms, its contribution to the field of psychology as well as on the reflections deriving from its reading. A short presentation of the book’s structure will be given providing you with a highlight of the basic elements of each chapter. Emphasis will be given on the psychological theory developed in this book on behalf of Erik Erikson, a widely acknowledged psychologist and psychoanalyst who has developed ...

Book Review of Robert Hare’s “Without Conscience”

Robert Hare’s book “ Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of Psychopaths Among Us” is a transformational book that takes the reader deep into the woods where one gets in contact with the psychology of those we consider out order with our usual human emotions. While reading this book, one gets the feeling of being in one with the mind of a psychopath. In addition, the book answers questions of our mind revolving around the mindset of psychopaths as well as the protective measures to take to shield oneself from the attacks of a psychopath. Besides giving a detailed examination of a psychopath, Hare’s ...

Without conscience is a book by Dr. Hare, Robert D based on more than thirty years of his research on psychopathy. It is written in an easy and sincere readable fashion for all categories of audiences. It is a very useful book that gives full profiles of different psychopaths. This book is rich in insightful information that could help someone differentiate a day by day psychopath from the rest of the population. It generally speaks of prison cases, famous cases and covers a bit of ground which majorities of us walk on each day. It’s a scary book about psychopaths and Hare asserts ...

Summer C 2013

Dr. George Shepeard
Short Answer Questions (2 points each )
- List 6 common myths about male sexuality as highlighted in your text.
Men have a fertility cycle, erecticle dysfunction only occurs in older men, this penis is a muscle the average western penis is larger, sexual peak is at age 18, certain foods may increase the libido
2. Describe the difference between a sexual problem and a sexual disorder as identified in the text.
A sexual problem is a problem that occurs during sex. A sexual disorder involves acts or behaviors that can be described as deviant.
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Chapter 1: Learning Objectives

- Define development, focusing on three elements of its scientific study.
Development is the scientific study of people’s lifespan changes, that is, from conception (womb) to death (tomb). It focuses on the systematic changes that occur over time among all individuals, and which explain continuities and discontinuities in life.
- List and describe the basic steps of the scientific method.
- Posing of the problem is done based on prior research, theory or observation.
- Formulating of a hypothesis refers to an educated prediction, which can be verified or tested.
- Testing of the ...

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In bygone centuries people tried to cure patients suffering from mental illness by throwing them in a snake pit to try and shock them back into sanity. It was a drastic treatment in which the immense terror sometimes cured the mental illness. Years have passed and medicine has evolved, but certain modern methods still rely on shocking a patient, even though more civilized means are used to inflict the shock. This is the central theme of the ‘The Snake Pit’ penned by Mary J. Ward. The story of the book is semi-autobiographical and was first published in the ...

Book Review of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey was a stalwart American author whose novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, remains as one of the most noted literary works of the past century. The author was deeply influenced by the time he spent with the patients at the Menlo Park Veteran’s Hospital whom he saw as misfits into the conventional structure of the society. These individuals were hence ostracized and left in the dungeon of the asylum from where they could pose no hindrance to the normative functions of the society. The author portrays the hospital as the microcosm of the society and ...

This book is the work of Frankl after he was thrown into the Nazi concentration and extermination camp. He survived by a miracle. The book does not outline on how Frankl suffered in the camp but rather accounts on the source of his strength to survive. He says that a man who has a reason to live can go through any pain. He tries to describe the prisoners who committed suicide and says that they totally lost hope in life thus; they saw no need to stay alive. Lack of food or medicine was not a major cause of death than lack of ...

Reflexology is an alternative healing method that people around the world use believing that with the application of pressure on specific points of the body will produces healing effects on certain organs. This form of therapy involves massaging the feet to restore the body's natural balance using thumb and hand techniques. Most of the time, focus of the massage is on the feet only although some reflexologists also apply gentle pressure on the ears and hands. It should never replace actual medication, treatment, or diagnosis of diseases and illnesses, but rather a complementary treatment method that can help relieve patients ...

The Psychiatric Tales consists of ten sections, a conclusion and an introduction, which begins with Cunningham’s account of the things that inspired his decisions to write the book. In the first instance, he wasn’t sure if to use a graphic format, but after encounter with Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, which is a lauded comic strip about her Iranian childhood, he eventually decided on choosing drawings, which he was sure could creatively enhance the book.
The ten subsequent sections after the introduction are organized around specific disorders, symptoms, or societal viewpoints. In the beginning two sections, Dementia and Cut, which ...

Introduction Culture and Leadership in New Zealand

Introduction
Culture has a great influence on leadership according to various researches that have been conducted. According to Hewison (2006), leadership characteristics are deep rooted in the unique context of each culture. There has been no generally accepted definition of leadership, but majority definitions focus on values, beliefs, attitudes, behavior across cultures and influence that people hold in leadership position hold. Cross cultural research have identified what constitute leadership and the behaviors across cultures. It has also been also identified the various theories used in description of leadership. Leadership in most of the cultures across the globe is dependent ...

Introduction

Social psychology is the act of about understanding individual behavior in a social context. Also, it can be defined as the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations. They all concluded that human behavior was influenced by other people and the social context which this occurs. Social psychology therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others and look at the conditions under which certain behavior actions and feelings, thoughts, moralities, beliefs, intentions goals and individual perception are contrasted and even how ...

Introduction

‘Making Good’ is a widely acclaimed book by Shadds Maruna, is considered as one of the most fundamental contributions ever made to the study of criminology. It has opened a range of avenues in the study of criminal careers, and has become an essential study in order to know how psychological prospects can affect and contribute towards the study of (ex)-offender’s lives. Not only relevant for the students in the discipline of criminology, but it has also potentially engaged the non academic readers and audiences from vast backgrounds ranging from lawyers to criminologists, practitioners, abuse counselors, administrators, policy and ...

McMinn, M. R. Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling. Revised ed. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2011. Print.

Summary

In Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling, Mark McMinn (2011) presents his view that Christian counseling does not merely involve psychology and theology. He emphasizes that we should not merely consider the interdisciplinary approach in itself, rather the inclusion of spirituality must also be considered. To make Christian counseling an intradisciplinary approach, both the counselor and the client must be involved. McMinn believes that a client cannot become spiritually mature unless the counselor is spiritually mature as well. Before the ...

Laura Tappan

Southwestern College
CLO499
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Obtained concepts from reading:
Viktor Frankl’s book focuses on the theme of logenic neuroses in these particular parts. The readings presented here focus mostly on logotherapy and the concept of logenic neuroses as a means to discover man’s search for meaning. The concepts obtained were chiefly in relation to the effects of logenic neuroses and how this can have a positive and soothing effect for those persons who are suffering from depression and other problematic psychological troubles.

Demerits of the reading:

Although the reading is interesting and sheds ...

Many veterans have written war memoirs in recent times in which they narrate their own personal combat adventures in a very straightforward manner. Although many of these soldiers-turned-authors shy away from emphasizing on the mental toll of war, we all know that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the past ten years have taken a tremendous toll on the soldiers and their families. Thus, what sets Brian Castner’s amazing memoir, “The Long Walk: A Story Of War And The Life That Follows,” apart is the fact that he does not flinch when taking a look at postwar life. Brian Castner, ...

In his work, Hume distinguishes between ideas and impressions. While impressions are caused by sensory inputs and vivid mental phenomenon, ideas are the thoughts or beliefs related to these memories. Three laws of association—resemblance, contiguity, cause and effect -- come into play in determining the link between impression and idea.
He links the notion of causation to inductive reasoning. He opines that an individual reasons inductively associating constantly conjoined events. This mental act of association is termed by Hume as the concept of causation. In literature, his theory is interpreted in three ways.
In the logical ...

Positive Psychology

Donald O. Clifton, a pioneer in positive psychology, and his grandson, Tom Rath, developed the "bucket" and "dipper" theory of happy emotions based on Clifton's research and those of others. Using the metaphor of a bucket and dipper, the authors purport that our sense of well-being is determined by every interaction, which either fills our bucket or drains it. Their main claim is that when using positive psychology in everyday interactions, anyone can experience a happier life – it’s a matter of choice. Whether a co-worker, spouse, child, friend, student, acquaintance or even a stranger, all can benefit – including ourselves when applying this principle.
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The Terror That Comes In The Night" By David. J. Hufford
Throughout history, human existence has been grounded on a certain pattern of beliefs and traditions that have guided them in their ever-changing environment. Moreover, these sets of beliefs and traditions have compounded to form a formidable culture that has become a point of reference to members of a particular community. However, these beliefs have been limited to what can be explained by the human conscious while ignoring crucial events that make a huge proportion of the human experience.
The book “The terror that comes in the night,” by David Hufford seeks ...

Epistemology is the study of the justifiability of claims in an effort to know more (O'Hanlon & Wilk, 1987). The relationship between epistemology and clinical work is anchored on the language and actions between clients and therapists. The words people use to describe their own actions as well as those of others, their perceptions and experiences are the primary means that therapists use to restore the physical, emotional and the mental health of their clients (O'Hanlon & Wilk, 1987). Therapists use these means to discern and challenge assumptions made when clients seek answers to problems, personalities, symptoms, causes, symptom substitution and ...

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology
This paper gives a critical review of the scientific non- fictious Thinking, Fast and Slow. It was written by Daniel Kahneman to provide a detailed coverage of the research done by him in the psychological field in which he was well known for. The 499 page text was published by the Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the year 2011. As already highlighted, Thinking, Fast and Slow is an educative novel which gives an in depth encounters of this research and explains the various findings he made during his studies. Some of the major topics covered in the book include, ...

George Bernard Shaw's "First Aid to Critics" is an archive of the common criticisms of George Bernard Shaw plays, written by the author himself, meant to be somewhat of an explanation as well as a rebuttal to critics to those saying that his plays are unoriginal and trite. Shaw seems to have quite a bit of bitterness about critics and their criticisms; to those who say his ideas are unoriginal, he explains that he was only "echoing Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Ibsen" (Shaw). While his criticisms and insights are certainly valuable, and a rare glimpse into the mind of an author in the wake ...

What are we made of? This is a question that plagued humanity for centuries. However, with the discovery of cells, we are now better able to understand the human body and human life as a whole. With this paper I endeavor to explore what makes a normal cell and how abnormal cells affect health. By looking at “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”, one can gain a better understand the enormous importance of cell research.
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” is a historically based book that explores concepts of cellular growth, immortality, and the quest for better treatments and cures for cell ...

The Alienist by Caleb Carr is one of the most imperative works, not only of the author, but also in American History. It portrays the initial rough days of America. The novel basically presents the take of the author on the violence and grotesqueness which was then a common part of New York streets. A series of murders take place in the novel, description of which is heart wrenching. Moore along with Roosevelt and other young police officers try to find the serial killer without involving other government officials because they are aware of their lack of interest.
It ...

Summaries of Articles

Tutorial Two
Introduction
One of the landmarks of the 20th century was the unprecedented growth in the field of Psychology. However, some pertinent issues (which remain unresolved) threaten the credibility of this noble profession. For example, there is little data to support the classification of “mental illnesses” and use of drugs to treat nonmedical conditions.

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Psychology and the Status Quo by Isaac Prilleltensky
Prilleltensky (1989) argues that the rise of Psychology has been immune to skeptical ideology. In some way, Psychologists learn not deviate from contemporary ideology. As a result, no questions have been raised about some ...

Introduction

Dr Stephen Covey is as a highly influential management guru, whose book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, become a useful and sequential framework for understanding personal development. Some have argued that The Seven Habits may prove easy to understand but not easy to apply. The author tries to put across life changing ideas on being more effective in all areas of life including family, professional, emotional, and spiritual, thereby creating satisfaction and happiness from all life endeavors. The importance of the book has increased than ever before, as the business world has shifted to humanistic concepts. The values proposed ...

Book review ”The Ego and The Id“

Book review “The Ego and The Id”

In this book Freud expressed his own understanding of the structure and dynamics of personality. Basic premise of psychoanalysis is that our psyche is divided in two parts, one conscious and the other unconscious. However, he made a clear distinction between two structures in the unconscious. One of them is latent and only descriptively unconscious (called preconscious) and the other one is repressed and hard to reach. Contents of preconscious are closer to conscious and can easily be invoked into conscious. Those are experiences and memories that we are unconscious of but we ...

One of the prominent features, which separate well-managed organizations from poorly-managed firms, is the caliber of leadership within the organization. From time to time, a business leader has to make vital decisions to steer the growth of an organization forward. As a result, the leader has to be equipped with effective decision making skills. Bazerman’s book, Judgment in managerial decision making, offers an insight into some of the behavioral skills which make brilliant decision maker. Broadly speaking, Bazerman’s book is full of fascinating ideas on the common decision making biases but falls short of ideas that elaborate rational negotiating ...

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One of the most powerful elements of The Lord of the Flies is the universal applicability of the story. This series of events could have happened to any group of boys, from any developed nation on the planet, that ends up shipwrecked on an island together. This is why Golding does not give the reader much information about the boys' lives before they came to this island. Once they are shipwrecked and form their own society, all of the events that had happened earlier in their lives became irrelevant – all of their slates were wiped clean.
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Josef Pieper argues that leisure is nothing but “an attitude of mind and a condition of the soul that fosters a capacity to perceive the reality of the world ” (p.45). Pieper uses historical context of religion, and philosophy to show that culture leisure is always at the pinnacle of all cultures. However, Pieper laments that the modern understanding of leisure is skewed because by labor and constant pursuit of material comfort. The contemporary clamor for entertainment creates distraction that creates a misconception of understanding of leisure. Pieper reasons that unless the modern generation regains the meaning of silence and solitude, there will ...

Psychology of Criminal Behavior

Psychology of Criminal Behavior
This chapter was all about taking a deeper view into different types of homicides that are rare in the sense that they affect a large number of victims in terms of fatalities and psychological trauma. It includes mass murders taking place in school and workplaces. Another area covered by this chapter is investigation, profiling and examples of past perpetrators to help in the deep understanding of their cause of action and triggers that may lead to such tragedies.
The focus of this chapter is classical form of mass murders (Chapter 10, p.310). This leads to ...

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The goal of this chapter is to try and understand how a terrorist mind functions, what motivates it and how can we recognize and accept the danger to society that terrorist groups and individuals posses. “Although terrorism is not a new phenomenon, terrorism today offers a much greater threat of violence to the world than ever before” (Bartol, C. R., &Bartol, A. M, 2011, p.329). There have been a lot of attempts after the September 11, 2001. to explain and get into the core of terrorist organizations and a lot of interpretations have been written about terrorism as a modern way of fighting. At first, ...

The Five -Factor Model of Personality

The five-factor concept of personality is a theoretical framework employed in understanding the general components of human personality. These dimensions of personality are the most important elements in understanding individual interpersonal and social interactions with others. Psychological research on personality has unearthed five broad elements or dimensions of personality, commonly referred to as the Big Five dimensions. These dimensions include emotional stability, conscientiousness, extraversion/introversion, agreeableness, and intellect
Agreeableness on the other hand refers to the personal level of kindness and friendliness. This dimension of personality revolves around sensitivity and interest on how other people feel. Some work occupations such ...

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER THREE

In this chapter, the author engages the readers in the exploration of the genetic and biological aspects of criminal behavior. In addition, he analyses a case study of twins and theirs relation to crime theories, in both similar and different environments. As we read along, we are familiarized with the risk factors of the environment and how they play a role in criminal behavior of an individual. The chapter further discusses the temperament and its consequent effects on the behavior.
During early stages of schooling, a child exhibits a high level of aggression, physical aggression to be specific. However, such violent behavior ...

Hitler’s Table Talk is written in a way to make you feel as if you are having a direct conversation with Hitler over the dining room table. Or maybe it is more like being lectured by him because the talk offered in the book are monologues. The date and time of day is noted as well as who is with him during his talk. His conversations in the book explain the beliefs he holds dear such as the superiority of the Aryan race and who he considers to be a part of that race. He discusses his feelings on breeding pure ...

The Hunt for Red October Annotated Bibliography

Part I

“The Hunt for Red October” by Tom Clancy highlights the fact that submarines played a significant role in cold war politics . It is particularly significant that this book reflects real world events, the mutiny aboard the Storozhevoy and the defection of Captain Jonas Pleskys of the Klaipeda . Tom Clancy’s approach to war is an intellectual power game rather than a horrifying detailed recitation of physical injuries . It shares aspects of underwater strategies like crazy Ivan where a ship tries to discover if another is following it, and move into battle position if it is. It is also about the ...

The chapter focuses on psychopathy appraisal and how the attribute has evolved over time. This is basically explained in terms of conduct features and character traits. The author cites the aforementioned as among the features which were used by practitioners in the diagnosis of mental disorders. The use of character alone is however faulted by the fact that there are certain behavioral patterns such as malicious and callous conducts which are habitually displayed in a manner that is not irresponsible.
The author further gives an example of the consequences of marginalization of personality features associated with psychopathy. To this, ...

The chapter tries to explain the challenges faced by juvenile offenders and the difficulties involved in trying to address the issue. The main focus of the chapter is to show that juvenile offences are attributable to mental ill health. As such offenders should not be committed to juvenile systems rather proper ways to address the mental disorders should be explored.
The chapter is also alert on the tribulations associated in the ascertaining of the mental disorder and the subsequent challenge due to the lack of conclusive evidence on what really ails juvenile offenders. Conversely, there is no single ...

This article gives an analysis of Irvin D. Yalom’s Lying on the Couch, a 369 psychoanalytic book published by the Harper Perennial publishers on 18/07/1997. This book gives a critical evaluation of the challenging role of the therapists. It records that even if one may be a distinguished expert in a given field; challenges are inevitable and should be faced with a lot of confidence and transparency.

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Ernest, 40 is an ambitious guy who discovers his passion for talking therapy after a long duration of practice of psychopharmacology. Besides, he is honest, open minded and looks forward to be an efficient therapist. Unlike his ...

Phillip Pirip, known as Pip is the central character around which this great book revolves. In the beginning he is introduced as a young orphan forced to live with his cruel sister, Mrs Joe. In analyzing Pip's character, I have elected to portray his true colors as blue and gold and perhaps his true blue color was more evident in the first few chapters, followed by the gold color emerging as he broke away from the harshness of his childhood. Pip's true blue colors are expressed in the manner of his response to simple honesty and trust, in that he ...

Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins

Navarro, Joe, and Karlins, Marvin. What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s
Guide to Speed Reading People. New York: HarperCollins, 2008, 250 pages.

Joe Navarro was a counterintelligence special agent with the FBI for 25 years. Now, he consults with the FBI, the U.S. State Department and other intelligence institutions. He also appears regularly as an expert on such programs as the CBS Early Show. He also wrote Phil Hellmuth Presents Read ‘Em and Reap, and he is a popular lecturer for Fortune 500 companies as well. His co-writer, Marvin Karlins, has a Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton, and ...

The setting of the novel, for the most part, remains the caves wherein the group of human survivors attempt to keep on living, all the while attempting to figure out what to do about Wanda. The caves provide a nice, claustrophobic setting that help bring out the themes of redemption and paranoia that run throughout the book. All of the characters are trapped in their own caves - Melanie is trapped inside her own body, as is Wanda; the human characters are trapped into a hard life that none of them asked for, and so on. The claustrophobia helps to bring ...