Psychology Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

A common quote goes “Education is the key to success” which holds true. Currently, more emphasis is being placed on strategies and methods that enhance the impact of comprehensive knowledge to students. Recent research has shown that students lack the coherent and critical skills needed to take education seriously. Dr. Martin Luther King stated that the function of education is to teach a student to think intensively and critically. He further went on to state that the true goal of education is to build students with intelligence and character. Dr. King meant that giving students advice and problems that would ...

Ancient humans are speaking animals according to Aristotle. In the 19th century intellectual ethical, g century people define themselves in terms of ability to communicate with each other. The intellectual, ethical, and political implication of the revisionary change is not sufficient. Once there was a critique in the dream of communication as a mutual communion of souls, genealogy of sources and scenes of pervasive sense that communication will breaks down. The aim of this essay is to trace the sources of modern ideas of communication to avoid the moral privilege and pathos of breakdown.

Deluze Mediators asserts that philosophers are ...

Health psychology is a fast-growing sub-discipline of psychology that borders on what causes illness and how to such illness is treated. Noticeably, healthy psychology shifts the responsibility of disease prevention to individuals arguing that diseases such as HIV/AIDS are caused by certain personal behaviors (Murphy, 2010). In addition, health psychology disregards a simple linear model of health and examines the combination of factors involved in illness- social, biological (e.g. a virus) or psychological(e.g. beliefs and behaviors). Because the illness is caused through a combination of many factors, the individual is never seen as a passive victim of some external disease causative agents such ...

Observer-expectancy effect usually occurs in incidences where the researcher beliefs, ideas, or expectations unconsciously affect the real behavior of the observed subjects. Observer-expectancy effect is commonly known as the experimenter effect or researcher effect. In some incidents, it refers to the situation whereby the researcher willfully or on an unaware level, manipulates the results he she wanted to obtain or observe. For instance, the experimenter, who believes that particular children are extremely talented, might unintentionally behave show good conduct or behave towards the children in means that would encourage the children to perform better than the rest of the ...

Both Asda and Tesco supermarket chains continue withdrawing the stated Halloween outfits due to the diverse criticism raised. It is due on the basis that it stigmatizes more people who have mental health problems. In my opinion, there is need for an apology to ascertain the offences which are caused and later on agreed in arriving at such donations while still observing their mental health and state of mind. The action of forwarding the proceeds of the undertakings to charity is well in accordance to taking the appropriate steps in shunning the costumes that "fuel" the stigma. It ...

In the article titled Stereotypes: Why We Act without Thinking, the author makes an observation that stereotypes can be as useful to the same extent that they are detrimental when used in judging others. The author gives an example of the stereotypes associated with psychologists – they are nosy, and always seek to find out a lot of things about an individual. While this is a generalized point of view, it makes a lot of sense. Similarly, the author explains that, while people hold the assumption that all French people are rude, not all, actually are. To this extent, I agree with ...

The central aim of the research was to proof through randomized control experiments the ability of mindfulness meditation compared to relaxation training interventions to reduce ruminative and destructive behaviors and thoughts. An ability that consequently provides a distinctive mechanism to reduce stress. Through the brief training in somatic relaxation or mindfulness meditation, the researchers attempt to prove that MM greatly improves positive moods and reduces distress.

The significant feature of MM is its unique qualities and difference from traditional methods of relaxation due to its focus on relaxation during the practice. In the recent past, there has been an increasing ...

Introduction

The article is health fitness informative and addresses based on research evidence the risks associated with long hours sitting behaviors. The article warns of the various diseases and mortality risk that are associated with spending most of wake time in sitting usually termed as sedentary behavior. Health professionals have been advancing for the importance of cardiovascular exercise against sedentary behavior. Researchers have strong evidence on the role of moderate to vigorous physical exercise in averting cardiovascular associated diseases, some cancers, obesity and type 2 diabetes. The need to understand this sedentary behavior and its associated risks to the individual’s ...

According to Roszak, (1992) mindfulness and awareness of a person’s interdependence is totally being a different concept when tries to regain the ecological lost identity. It does play a role in determining the regaining process but has a hand in establishing a sustainable behavior hence bridging the existing gap between behaviors and the pro environmental attitudes. According to research human race is considered to get assistance from the emerging gore-Tex and neoprene conduct the different activities. The sustainable behavior increase is high increased by the nature of people cultivating and gaining attention and awareness respectively in connection to their context. Conn’s (1995), ...

Questions of ethics have troubled humanity since the dawn of time. In the Book of Genesis, the first controversy involved the decision to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil – in other words, to know that it was possible to commit evil, and to experience temptation. The serpent couches this as the chance to be like God; when the first couple actually eats the fruit, though, they find that the possibility of evil in the world is not a source of empowerment but instead is a recipe for tragedy. The consequences of their decision only takes ...

ABSTRACT

The abstract does not provide a brief description of the problem under study but rather gives the objective of the study which is to summarize longitudinal research regarding physical health and health behaviors on women’s subsequent alcohol use. The research does not conduct experiments with participants but rather uses databases from Medline/PsycINFO to yield its results. The database yielded 29 relevant articles that were used in this study. In the abstract, the researcher should have included more details about the methods that were used to select the 29 out of over 5000 articles that were reviewed.

The findings of ...

Discussion 1 - Analyzing Point of View

A point of view is considered as the narration of a given story from a given perspective of the first, second, and third person. The importance of point of view is determining from what perspective a reader will hear a given story. Through the point of view, the narrator gets to revel given information to the readers. A writer can control how the reader understands the story by describing well his or her point of view (Clugston, 2010, p.74). Unlike a short film, which has picture, a short story calls for imagination through different perspectives or viewpoints that are provided by the writer. It is ...

The heart has its reasons which reason does not know. This is a statement that appears to be simple, but is quite the opposite taking into consideration its deeper meaning. This is a statement by blaise Pascal while trying to describe the path to ethical truth. The question thus arises as to exactly what blaise Pascal is referring to when he says the heart and what is the motivation behind this particular choice of words. Emotionally the heart is associated with decisions that are inclined towards truth and right. The heart thus has a moral compass that is ever pointing at the ...

Culture psychology

Culture psychology is the study of how behavioural and psychological tendencies are embedded within the culture. This essentially means that one’s culture directly influences how they are “tailored”. The fact that the mind and culture are inseparable serves as a major tenet in cultural psychology. Here, psychological processes are shaped by local cultural practices making an individual stand out just because of their culture. It is within this field of study the 4I’s of psychology come. Namely these are: Individual, interactions, Institutions and Ideologies. These directly affect how individuals behave and relate (“Psychology,” 2002).
Cross-Cultural Psychology
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Oxygen therapy refers to administration of oxygen to a patient as a medical intervention. The purposes can vary in care for both chronic and acute patients. It is normally used when a patient is hypoxic and is unable to supply his or her cells with enough oxygen through normal respiratory processes. The delivery system chosen depends on the age of the patient, humidification needs, oxygen requirements or the therapeutic goals, and, the patient’s tolerance to the selected interface.
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The nursing actions needed to assist Mr. Jerrison’s respiratory ...

That tobacco causes lung cancer and other forms of cancer has long been established and accepted by the health community and the general populace. Daniel Neal in his essay “Tobacco: Ignorance Is No Longer an Excuse” shows stats of public perceptions to indicate that we have moved on from the period when there was a debate of the dangers of tobacco (Neal, 2011). However, there are studies that have shown that tobacco use has other unwanted outcomes beyond just cancer and the better-known effects of smoking. A number of studies have linked tobacco use to depression.
Jane Collingwood asks ...

The 7th video of the instructional series produced and edited by Kevin Dowins focuses on sexual disorders. Sexuality can be expressed in diverse ways that are permissible, although not always socially acceptable; however, there are specific limits that are perceived normal or sexual deviations.
According to Dr. John Money, PhD, from the John Hopkins University ad Hospital, “Huge portions of Human sexuality are conditioned by social learning” and experiences of an individual on the course or their development. In order to comprehend human sexual behaviors The Love Map is introduced and is linked to the Carnitive map that ...

1. Regardless of your situation it can sometimes be difficult to find the right job for yourself. Many things need to be taken into account: Will the coworkers get along with you? Will every day consist of changing your personality so you are able to fit in? Will the new job challenge you and help you grow as a person? These and many more questions need to be answered in order to find a job that suits you perfectly.
The most important part of finding a job that is right for you one must take comfort into consideration. You must be ...

Abstract

Human development is an area that has been one of the most discussed areas of study in the last one century. Cognitive development of a person from childhood days to adult years was studied extensively by a Swedish psychologist Jean Piaget. He is known as the father of cognitive development theories. His four stages of cognitive development, sensori-motor, pre-operational, concrete, and formal, are still considered to be the foundation of the cognitive development process. Piaget’s theory does not touch upon why individuals develop at a different rate or why there are different developmental stages. Vygotsky, on the other hand, proposed a completely ...

The chapter 13 of the book The Introduction to Psychology focuses on how people perceive other people and think about them. This is known as social cognition. The interaction of people in groups also determines their social behavior. If I apply this to my understanding, I believe that an attitude plays a significant role in this regard as this helps us in determining how we process information and perceive the situation. If the social situation is ambiguous of course, it will determine how an individual think and this thinking will be restricted to the situation one encounters.
If an ...

How are Cartesian foundationalism and dualism found in Descartes’ Mediations?

Central to Descartes’ philosophy is the establishment of the philosophical view of foundationalism and dualism. Foundationalism is based on the philosophy that in investigating any ideas or thoughts, one has to go back to the fundamental principles. Descartes believe that in order to test the validity of ideas, one has to start from scratch and work his way up. As stated in Descartes in his ‘Meditations’, “And thus I realized that once in my life I had to raze everything to the ground and begin again from the original foundations, if I wanted to establish anything firm and lasting ...

This chapter details the authors attempt to improve organization performance through investigating of cognitive and effective domains of human. The chapter mainly dwells on the three basic domains of personality, perception and attribution. At the start, the paper describes personality theory as factor that is mainly influenced by heredity and the environment. The paper recommends that mangers need to carry out personal personality measure in order to adjust well in the organization (Ashkanasy, 2002). This approach will enable him/her to apply effectively utilizes personality theory in the organization and understands that his/her team members have diver’s personality. The ...

Multi-various Religious thoughts and language usages existing in developing nations are an issue leading to conflicts. The Mahayana Buddhism and Shintoism predominantly followed religions in Japan in its pathway has prescribed the mind to apply moral values in every walk of life; whether it is a work place, family or the society.
The concept of the Japanese word ‘Wa’ advocates the mind in principles of harmony in togetherness, to keep away from the selfish individualistic thoughts obstructing the good values in ‘team spirit’ and productive ‘team work’ strengths. Likewise, words like ‘Kao’, ‘Omoiyari’ are positive thoughts promoting practices relating ...

General Education Capstone

Introduction
Suicide is an issue that affects our country in a big way, especially with the increase of bullying incidents in schools around the United States. What can we do as a society to help this problem and recognize the signs? It is possible to notice the signs of someone thinking about committing suicide and there are different tips on how to help the person or even tell an adult about the situation. Suicide can be preventable if given the right knowledge
There Are so many reasons why any individual would choose this topic to write about such as: ...

Healthcare professionals utilize diagnostic labels in their classification of individuals for treatment and research purposes. The labels allow professionals and researchers to assume that all the group members have similar illnesses regardless of whether there is some variability in the presentation of symptoms or other circumstances surrounding the illness. Diagnostic labels provide a way for clinicians to understand a large amount of information. The labels also provide a convenient way of describing patients including the presentation of symptoms that may also imply the expected course and prognosis. They may also point towards specific interventions that may improve or prevent the condition (Garand ...

The research question is both relevant and interesting. The Parahippocampal white Volume Predicts ad Risk In Cognitively Normal Old Adults published on 17 Jan 2014, the study found out that PWM atrophy provided a sensitive MRI biomarker of dementia risk among those with normal cognitive function. The abstract begins by examining the previous studies that had been done on the subject. All of the studies documented concentrated on the gray matter and its predictive of the cognitive decline yet very little had been done on the white matter as a probable MRI biomarker predictive of AD. The study investigated Parahippocampal white ...

Abstract

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) refers to those medical substances and practices that are not the part of standard or conventional care. Complementary medicine is often used along with other standard medical treatment strategies or they can be used alone. CAM practices can be used for the relief in different problems such as heart diseases and cancer. It can also be used for certain psychiatric problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression, usually caused by different ecological factors such as risk and supportive factors related to parents, peers, and school. Different CAM practices can be used for the treatment ...

Abstract

This paper provides a critical reflection about Counselling and Diversity. The course focused on understanding multicultural counselling strategies. The topics included in the following reflection include personal bias identification and management, intercultural understanding in the context of providing service to diverse clients, how to understand a client’s unique world view, and the importance of counsellor self-care with a focus on wellness.
As a counsellor reaching out to a diverse community of clients I will need a diverse toolkit to prepare myself for the experiences. Inside my multicultural toolkit are tools to keep my bias in check, tools for understanding diverse clients, ways to ...

Introduction to Psychology

Fall 2014
Years back, while at the age of eight, I went through a tough experience that still lingers in my mind today. These events took place on the beaches along the Pacific coast where I almost drowned. It occurred during my family’s vacation when my parents decided that we should spend time at the coast together. At the beach, the waters seemed calm. Without my parents’ permission or watch, I decided to venture deeper into the continental shelf. Suddenly, a huge wave appeared from nowhere, swept me off balance and its backwash dragged me further into the deeper ...

1. Five steps of Persuasion
The key to effective persuasion is excellent communication while influencing. Persuasion is not about being abrasive or aggressive. Persuasion predominantly means the ability to influence and convince the audience on the merit of the idea, without being disrespectful. Monroe’s Motivated Sequence of Persuasion steps are as follows:
- Attention – Attention is getting somebody to listen to your argument and engaging their focus, like using their name, emotion, physical touch when appropriate, etc.
- Need – Having caught the attention to sustain the focus, it is essential that you voice the need ...

Addictive behaviors are both reinforcing and rewarding. They become the primary focus of an individual’s life to the disadvantage of other activities. They are of many types of addictive behaviors with sex and drug addictions being among the major addictions (Wu. et al., 2006). Drug addiction (substance dependence) occurs when a person experiences a high need of taking the drug. Addiction happens to a particular kind/class of drug. Sex addiction occurs when one experiences a progressive urge of engaging in sex. It is characterized by compulsive sexual acts and thoughts.

Common Characteristics of Sex and Drug Addiction Behaviors

- They both make a person obsessed by them.
- Withdrawal symptoms ...

Introduction

In law enforcement, profiling is a technique used to develop a profile of unknown criminal offenders using available information from crimes committed. Criminal profiling seeks to identify an offender through analysis of the offense committed, the manner it was committed and physical evidence from the scene of offense. Through the use of information collected, psychological characteristics of offenders may also be developed. Profiling is mainly employed in offender profiling. However, since profiling involves the analysis of several aspects of an individual including behavior, it is used in other ways other than criminal profiling. Profiling is used in the American judicial process, ...

Paul Heyer begins the work on the history of communication from the analysis of his understanding of the Enlightenment as a separate period and of its historical value. He points out that John Locke’s Essay on Human Understanding can be chosen as an indicator to frame the period of Enlightenment. He continues the thought about the Age of Reason claiming that for the first time science and reason focused on the comprehensive examination of elements of human nature, society and history. Such point of view tended to differentiate itself from the theological and abstract metaphysical systems that took place ...

The practice of forensic psychology; a look toward the future in light of the past, provides more information about psychological assessment in forensics. It also delves into the possibilities of development in this field and projection about the future use. In addition, Otto and Heilbrun suggest possible although the field faces various limitations during the time of writing the article. Some of the recommendations have actually come to fruition and this practice is widely used to weigh the mental state of criminal offenders (Otto & Heilbrun, 2002).
In Minds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology, Ewing is more ...

Importance of Motive in Criminal Investigation

Criminal justice usually does not deal with motivations of the crime, but only the crime. The judge does not ask why the crime was committed, but only whether the crime was committed. The question of motivation related to ‘why’ a particular crime was committed (Steinberg, n.d). Although, it does not make much of a difference in courts of justice, but for criminal investigations, it does. Particularly, in case of homicide, the investigator does seem to form hypotheses about various people around the victim regarding the possible motives for which those people may have committed the crime. Even though, this does not ...

Part One: Area of Philosophy

The philosophical area in which this problem falls is the metaphysics because it raises the fundamental question of reality. The person who is existing after the accident has two personalities of a man and woman. They have mixed hormones and cannot be assumed to be male or female, me or my friend. It is against this backdrop that the question posed falls in the realms of metaphysics as it explains the nature of being, now that the personality is both male and female.

Part Two: Argument Analysis

According to Descartes, the mind and body are two separate identities. They do not need each other ...

Summary of the Study

The research conducted by Choi, Palmer, and Pyun, entitled, “Three measures of non-resident fathers’ involvement, maternal parenting and child development in low-income single-mother families,” tried answering the research problem whether there is an association between three independent variables and four dependent variables. The independent variables included the non-residential Father’s: frequency of contact with their respective children, amount of payment for child support, and quality of father’s parenting. The dependent variables were: children’s cognitive development, children’s behavioral development, maternal parenting, and maternal parenting stress. The research utilized the quantitative method of analysis. It also utilized mediation ...

In the summer of 2001, Andrea Yates murdered all five of her young children. When she surrendered to authorities, she said that Satan had had a conversation with her, and she had decided to kill the children so that they would not go to hell. When she went on trial, she was initially convicted but ended up receiving an acquittal by virtue of insanity. There are several different factors that went into her diagnosis.
In my opinion, a combination of biological and behavioral issues combined to lead Andrea Yates to kill her children. Given the fact that each childbirth gave ...

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“The Birth-Mark” and “The Cask of Amontillado” – A comparative study
Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two important contributors of the nineteenth-century American literature. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most celebrated authors, posthumously though, of the past century. Some of his stories are almost autobiographical, and though he lived in a previous era, his ideas were far ahead of his time. Nathaniel Hawthorne is an author, whose works are even today cited for seeking ethical guidance. His stories urge the reader to analyze his moral confusions. This essay is an attempt to compare and ...

According to Oliver P John and Sanjay Srivastava (1999) psychologist focus on the following five personality traits;
- Openness to experience vs. not openness to experience
- Agreeable vs. antagonism
- Neuroticism vs. emotional stability
- Extroversion vs. introversion
- Consciousness vs. undirectedness
It is very important for managers to understand the personality traits of their employees. The personality trait of employees influences their productivity. For example, introverts are energized by spending time in most cases, around few people or alone. In this case, the person may be unproductive if placed in an ...

An Analysis of Three Short Stories Using Literary Lenses

- Summaries
Cathedral is the story of a blind man named Robert, who comes to visit an old friend and her husband. Her husband is unhappy about the visit and throughout much of the story, observes him without commenting or contributing to the conversation or is simply rude to Robert. After dinner, the wife goes to bed, and the two men are alone in front of the television. The man tries to describe what he is seeing to Robert but finds himself unable to describe a Cathedral when it appears. Robert tells him to draw it while his hand is ...

In the past, I have participated in several unsafe behaviors despite the fact that I knew that they were not a good idea. For example, a few summers ago, I drove too fast in my car, resulting in my wrecking into a tree and damaging my car extensively. Luckily, I was not injured except for minor whiplash. The reason I was speeding was because I wanted to get to work on time. I took a turn going too fast and the tires slipped underneath me, causing me to lose control of my vehicle. I know that I should not speed: the speed limit ...

The development of language is an inherently puzzling phenomena that requires understanding to be able to evaluate the relevance of language acquisition. According to Hoff (2004) adults have lexical knowledge of language that consists of three major elements. First, knowledge of pronunciation of words that is called phonological knowledge. Secondly,they have grammatical knowledge that entails knowledge of the use of words in a sentence, which for some reason has been a matter of debate where scholars such as Dabrowaka (2011) notes that universal grammar is an illusion due to the simple fact that language acquisition is inert and for that ...

Huxley describes a utopian society that has a high consumption of a drug referred to as soma. He describes soma as having ‘all the advantages of Christianity and alcohol’ and a ‘perfect drug’ which is relaxing, surreal and whose effects last for ten hours (Huxley 32). Any feeling that is not appealing is generally repressed by the soma drug which ensures that people are not able to effectively address the cause of their challenges. Huxley tries to enlighten readers through the soma drug the way people try to deal with their frustrations in their day-to-day personal experiences.
The text is informative with ...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) refer to a group of several neurodevelopment syndromes that havedisorders having a poorly understood etiology. Mental The term ASD has been used by several mental health professionals use the term ASD to represent not only classic autism but also Asperger syndrome, Rett syndrome, CDD and PDD-NOS (NHS 2012)—disorders that refer to syndromes that share the same impairments (Romero-Munguia 2013).HYPERLINK "http://en.plagiarismdetect.com/plagiarism/index/8c2ae26f5e9428176d21bb1f0bea960009307af6/25242?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ablockabove.com%2Fwhy-fluency" \t "_blank"Romero-Munguia 2013). These are autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome (AS), and pervasive developmental disorder – not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), also known as atypical autism (NHS 2012). ASD is characterized by developmental ...

Introduction

Cases of mental illness in many communities has been on the rise in an alarming rate. Requirements and needs in life in different aspects has led to depression and drug abuse disrupting a person's thinking, mood, daily functioning and relationship with others (Hurley & others, 1999). Individuals of different ages are susceptible to this problem if proper care and conducive life conditions are not available to ensure mental stability and comfort to help avoid things such as drug abuse that lead to mental instability in an individual. However, this condition can be cured through varying treatment plans depending with place and ...

Introduction

Human development is essentially a lifelong process of behavioral, physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive growth and change. During the early life stages- from the babyhood/infancy to childhood, childhood to puberty, and puberty to adulthood- massive changes take place. It is worth mentioning that all through the process; every individual develops values as well as attitudes, which guide relationships, choices, and understanding. Nonetheless, the developing human being comes across various challenges including cognitive, biological, and socio-emotional challenges at every stage of development. Thus, this paper centers on the biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional challenges, which a developing human being comes across at each development ...

Psychology

Human behaviour is a complex topic that has continued to remain unfound in its entirety. A human being may act in a certain way without themselves and others knowing why that particular individual acted in such a manner. In Brain on Trial, David Eagleman tries to explain the relationship that exists between neuroscience and criminal acts, and how this information can be used to build a better society with a justice system that is not ignorant of the facts of advances in brain science. This information can better equip those in the justice system to understand better why crimes occur and may recur, and ...

Issues and Problems

Introduction
Grief, distress and sadness are emotions that a person displays in case of loss. Loss can be a loss of things, loss of reputation or even loss of people. Emotional anatomy is a science which has been based on emotions and psychology of people (Schwartz, 1999). It helps in providing psychological therapies for the purpose of helping extreme depression and anxiety caused due to problems and issues. An important problem or issue that is causing a lot of distress to me is the death of my grandparents and a divorce between my parents. This is causing me a lot of stress and sadness ...

Why are people the way that they are? This is not just one of the central questions of psychology; it is one of the ancient questions of life. Why are some people happy most of the time? Why do others seem sad most of the time? All of these questions poke at the heart of what makes a person the way that they are. In psychology this is known as the nature/nurture controversy. The nature/nurture controversy has been one of the central questions of psychology since the founding of the discipline. The answer of which is more powerful in shaping ...

Introduction: Social Control

Social control entails generally to both the political and societal mechanisms/ processes present, which aid in the regulation of group and individual behavior. This is often in an attempt at gaining both compliance and conformity to the prevailing rules, norms and regulations set, in a given jurisprudence, social grouping or society. In the field of sociology, this is categorized into two core avenues: informal and formal means of social control. The former, pertains to the internalization of various values and norms, through various forms of socio-cultural and religious interactions. The latter, entails the presence of external sanctions, enforceable through policies, ...

The topic on the existence of God is perhaps one of the most equivocal topics that have generated an immense debate amongst various population segments all around the globe. In fact, this topic has evolved into one of the most contentious topics all over the globe. Notably, there exists various arguments postulated regarding the existence of God. Nonetheless, the ontological argument devised by Anselm on Gods existence is perhaps one of the most substantive arguments that support that notion on Gods existence. Anselm’s argument on God’s existence asserts that Gods existence is indeed true based on the ...

The portion of the statement with the greatest significant meaning is that “physical therapy will be provided by physical therapists who are doctors of physical therapy”. This is because the function of physical therapists in health care has continued to expand over the years. Physical therapists are essentially health care professionals tasked with diagnosing and offering care for people with health issues or ailments that limit abilities such as movement in their daily activities. Initially, vocational education was just enough for one to enter the field of physical therapy. However, as the field advanced, the training required also had ...

I must admit that I had my own preconceived ideas and notions about the mentally retarded persons all along and before I had an opportunity of volunteering in a facility that provides care for the mentally ill. Even at the moment when we were given an opportunity to volunteer in a mental health facility, I had my own ideas of what I would see, experience, and what the patients or the mentally retarded would be like. These notions had been built into me and developed throughout my life through listening to popular opinions from people and readings from the media. I ...

Corporal punishment has been practiced in human society since the civilizations of the ancient world, but corporal punishment is not an effective long-term strategy for modifying human behavior because it can cause developmental issues and behavioral issues in all stages of lifespan development. Corporal punishment is a significant issue for children and adolescents because they are mainly the targets of physical abuse at home or in school under the assumption that it will result in reducing misbehavior.
Three types of corporal punishment include parental corporal punishment, school corporal punishment, and judicial corporal punishment. Other than the death penalty, judicial ...

People go through life trying to overcome various obstacles on their way to what they perceive as an aim or a better life. The path of each individual is unique and is characterised by transformation of each person in a different way. The path an individual has gone through also tells a lot about personality development and rationale for certain decisions. The aim of this essay is to examine my personality from three different psychological theories in order to explain certain features of my personality. In this context attention is paid to approaches of Freud's psychoanalysis, Alport's trait theory and Skinner's behaviourism.
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This classic story which was first published in 1892 is typical of Charlotte Gilman who describes a young woman’s descent into neurosis and psychosis with alarming reality and stark detail. Principally, the story focuses on the girl’s fixation with her surroundings which intermingle with the declining effect on her health. This is all brought about by her husband’s wicked decision to confine her to a room in solitary presence where she is forbidden to undertake any sort of mental activity, this may include literary or other similar pursuits and this type of situation literally drives her mad. This ...

CLOUDS AND INTELLECTUAL THUGGERY

Aristophanes’ cloud is a blatant attack on the sophists and a personal attack on Socrates. The sophists were a class of people who had a revolutionary frame of thought which did not conform to the social norms of their time. They believed in arguing about the validity of everything and using their cunningness and mental prowess to triumph in an argument. Aristophanes’ cloud shows how the teachings of the sophists at the Thoughtery went against common social convention of the time. The play focuses on the activities of the sophists to paint them in their true colors as people who went against social ...

Knowledge is a philosophical concept which has been quite challenging to understand. Over the years, philosophers came up with diverging ideas about it. Precisely, it took a very long time for them to agree on the sources of knowledge. This sparked a very hot debate amongst the philosophers. Zeno emphasized on the role of "moral and intellectual perfection” in the acquisition of knowledge. According to his school of thought, reason can also be considered as a source of knowledge. To the stoicism, the acquisition of the right knowledge can be instrumental in identifying the truth and distinguishing it from a fallacy. However, this is ...

A nursing home is a skilled nursing facility for the elderly, young but mentally disabled and the veterans who do not need to be hospitalized and can no longer be cared for at home. It is the highest form of care for older adults outside of a hospital. According to Robert F. Bornstein, ‎Mary A. Languirand (2001) nursing home provides custodial care for those who have no one to look upon at all time. Specially trained and registered professionals provide various services that cannot be offered in hospitals. They include Personal care: feeding, dressing and bathing, Social and recreational activities, Monitoring ...