Phobias: Triggers and Treatment

Weaving the (Neuronal) Web: Fear Learning in Spider Phobia The article by Schweckendiek et al., “Weaving the (Neuronal) Web: Fear Learning in Spider Phobia,” explores the neurobiological difference between the standard mechanism of fear manifestation and the formation of dysfunctional brain response, that is, a spider phobia. The research includes...

Biopsychosocial Model for Understanding Behavior

Bill is a 19-year-old male with an 8-year-old history of heavy drinking, whose alcohol abuse requires specific treatment and professional counseling. Sue et al. (2016) recommend the biopsychosocial model as a good approach to understanding the patient’s behavior, covering the existing biological, psychological, and social factors. The chosen model helps...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to a Group of Bereaved Patients

Introduction When individuals lose someone close to them, either spouse, friend, or family member, they tend to experience grief. When facing a loss, people manage this traumatic experience in different ways. Some enter into depression, especially children who have not experienced such events. There are two approaches that a therapist...

A Critical Review of Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Coronavirus Disease 2019

Hypothesis The research utilizes seven hypotheses from the big five personality traits and the behavior that people have been portraying since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The concerns have been made regarding contracting the deadly respiratory virus, regulations enacted to prevent the spread of the...

Theoretical Explanation of Personality

Introduction It is important to note that personality is a term referring to differences between individuals when it comes to their behaviors, emotions, and thoughts. The given assessment is concerned with my personality viewed under the lenses of Freudian and Adlerian psychodynamic frameworks, the social learning theory, and Maslow’s personality...

Diagnostics and Cognitive Science: Critique Analysis

For an accurate diagnosis, the practitioner must have extensive background information. Theoretical and methodological developments can considerably aid curriculum and teaching in biomedicine and education programs in biomedical informatics in the learning and cognition sciences. This is achieved through discussing topics like the methods used to understand medical data and...

Integrating Machine Learning Into the Behavioral Sciences

The first article is about integrating machine learning into the behavioral sciences. The biological, biomedical, and behavioral sciences are currently gathering more data than ever before, driven by ground-breaking technological advancements. To improve human health, it is imperative to develop time- and money-effective ways for analyzing and interpreting these data....

Development: Middle Childhood

Introduction The observation took place in the house of my friend’s family. We sat in the kitchen and had a session after some quick lunch and coffee. The child who was interviewed is the younger brother of my close friend. During the process, the child, their mother, and my friend...

Perception of Random Nature of iPod Shuffle Feature

Music plays an essential role in many people’s lives. Plenty of people enjoy listening to music while doing chores, going on walks, and exercising. Some of them do not want the predictability of knowing what song comes next, which is why the iPod’s shuffle feature is such a convenience. It...

The History of Psychology: Theorists

Psychology as an independent scientific discipline arose relatively recently, approximately in the nineteenth century. Before psychology’s separation, it was considered within the framework of philosophy as a particular form of knowledge of the world. As a scientific discipline, psychology must use experimental methods to test hypotheses. The ability to experimentally...

Biological, Social, and Psychological Variables of Mental Health

Biological Biological variables include the gender of the patient, namely female, the age of the patient, which is forty years old, as well as the absence of children. Previously, the girl was successful, led a healthy lifestyle, contacted people, and had a boyfriend. After the breakup, she began to feel...

The Job of a Marriage and Family Therapist

Introduction The job of a marriage and family therapist presupposes consulting people who are in close and intimate relationships, partners who are thinking about parting, or couples who want to strengthen and deepen the feeling of intimacy. Such therapy allows partners to better understand each other and figure out exactly...

Impact of the Personality Tests Results

Personality tests are psychological tools to understand personal traits and draw a stable pattern from his thoughts, feelings, and behavior. A person who completes the personality tests can evaluate their behavior more critically to work on them so that his personality benefits him in particular environments and conditions. Many personality...

The Impact of Postpartum Maternal Depression on Postnatal Attachment

Postpartum Maternal Depression and its Influence on Postnatal Infant Attachment During the early periods of life, infants are particularly dependent on their mothers. The attachment of a vulnerable newborn to the protective caregiver is manifested through physical, physiological, and emotional contact that is required for a baby to survive (Carlson...

Subjective Predictors of Personality Behavior in Situations of Cognitive Dissonance

In modern conditions, the flows of contradictory information are significantly increasing. As a result, a person finds himself in a problematic cognitive situation when it is necessary to adequately assess and respond to messages coming from different social groups, including authorities. Personality increasingly finds itself in situations of cognitive dissonance...

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy in Psychotherapy

Rational-Emotional Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is a psychotherapeutic direction based on the sensitivity to the fact that a person experiencing psychological discomfort relies on irrational judgments in his thoughts and actions. The elimination of these judgments is predominantly portable in psychological intervention. The main task of REBT is to change emotions...

The Effectiveness of Psychodrama in Reducing Irrational Behavior

Introduction Psychodrama is a form of therapy that helps people control their activities through dynamic actions. This approach incorporates group dynamics and role-playing to help people who do not understand their emotions like anger, happiness, and fear. Individuals who undergo this form of therapy want to clearly understand their roles...

Psychology of Leadership Theories

Introduction Systems of opinion that describe how particular people emerge as leaders are known as leadership theories. While many of these theories concentrate on the qualities of effective leaders, others look for the actions that individuals may do to enhance their individual leadership skills in various contexts. Historical research on...

“The Emotional Intelligence” Book by Daniel Goleman

The reading’s main idea states that emotional intelligence, or one’s capacity to maintain her feeling and acknowledge that of others and communicate with them accordingly, is a valuable competence in all facets of life. Emotional intelligence is the most beneficial, as it creates secure, pleasant personal connections in family, community,...

Change in Marriage: The Family Therapy

My friend John once had a difficult period in his marriage. He and his wife Kate became estranged towards each other, as the feelings of disappointment and fleeting romantic attraction overwhelmed them. They no longer could see each other as a partner in life, since irritation brought about hidden conflicts....

Trauma-Induced Total Knee Arthroplasty: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Introduction Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is among the most affordable and generally successful procedures done in orthopaedics. Patient-reported results indicate a significant improvement in pain alleviation, functional restoration, and overall quality of life. The rationale for choosing Trauma-induced TKA as the clinical issue is its wide prevalence and a major...

Adolescent Psychosocial Development

Background Psychosocial and psychological developments in adolescent years are crucial for individual’s future development. It is highly affected by physical brain development and social environment. Erikson suggests that people progress through a series of stages as they grow and develop through their life. Each stage is linked to an essential...

Theoretically Informed Planned Change in Work with the Disenfranchised

The word disenfranchised refers to an individual or group of people who have been deprived of their rights and privileges, for instant, substance abuse. Gay men with depression and people living with disability and substance abuse. Human rights are fundamental privileges that all people have regardless of race, language, ethnicity,...

Person-Centered Approach to Family-Centered Pressure

Introduction The following paper evaluates a particular case in which an individual is experiencing physical symptoms of distress and anxiety as a result of family-centered pressure. The therapeutic method selected to address the patient’s needs includes the person centered approach. Due to the client’s diverse background and conflicting perceptions of...

Child Development: Social and Emotional Aspects

Alwaely, S. A., Yousif, N. B., & Mikhaylov, A. (2020). Emotional development in preschoolers and socialization. Early Child Development and Care, 191(16), 2484-2493. Web. This article focuses on the emotional maturity of children of preschool age and shares ideas on how to mitigate current issues with empathetic connections. Alwaely et...

Psychosocial Theories of Toddler Development

Introduction Childhood development has a remarkable impact on further personal development. Of course, no strict rules and dependencies, like in biology or chemistry. But still, based on the social and psychological theories, scholars, childcare, healthcare, and educational service providers can predict the future problems or benefits the particular child will...

Hypnotherapy as an Effective Method for Treating Depression

Depressive disorders are a significant problem that affects many people in the United States and worldwide. The emergence of practice guidelines and evidence-based therapies implies that satisfactory treatments for the condition exist, and not all of them are traditional. Currently, a lot of attention is drawn to the method of...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Advantages & Disadvantages

Current cognitive‐behavioral therapy is a general concept for scientifically validated treatment for well-diagnosed psychopathologies with particular therapeutic approaches. According to David et al. (2018), CBT is the most investigated kind of psychotherapy, and no other type of cognitive therapy can be deemed substantially stronger than CBT. Cognitive behavioral therapy has...

Behavior Management: Relapse Management

Introduction As already mentioned, framing may be a crucial tool for changing negative thoughts or goals into positive ones. Kennerley & Westbrook (2017) are right to note that reframing may be used to turn the negative ‘dead man’s solution’ goals into more positive targets, but there is more to that....

Human Development in Early Adulthood

During their life, a person goes through many development stages, each associated with specific activities. At the moment, like many of my acquaintances, I am in my early adulthood. This period is significantly different from the previous stage, adolescence, primarily due to the many opportunities that open up (Huffman et...

Aspects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

The medical field of psychiatry has several methods of treating difficult and debilitating disorders in people. One is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which encompasses many treatment activities and procedures – cognitive reappraisal behavioral and motivation strategies, emotional regulation, and psychoeducation. CBT has been proven effective when treating mental illnesses such...

Bullying Behavior and Its Negative Effects on Children

Bullying behavior is a severe issue among school-age children and teenagers. It has an impact on individuals who bully others, those who bully themselves, those who bully others, as well as onlookers who watch the bullying incident in both the short and long term. Bullying is a problem that is...

Psychology of Gratitude and Appreciation

Gratitude is a warm feeling of thankfulness, which involves being appreciative and thankful towards specific individuals or the world. The feeling of gratitude enables someone to express warmth, kindness, and generosity to other people. In psychology, gratitude has been associated with various physical and mental health advantages (Jans-Beken, 2021, pg....

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in School Counseling

Solution-focused brief therapy is highly valued in school counseling settings because it prioritizes finding the solution to the problem. Thus, instead of discussing minor details in the student’s problem, the therapy targets finding a solution to the issue in a limited amount of time. The growing concern about child and...

Counseling Session With Client With Anxiety Disorder

Client Information The subject of the case presentation is Suzana, a Portuguese-speaking middle-aged woman who may be perceived as a middle-aged Latina. The client’s occupational status is in the hairdressing industry and house cleaning for her income declaration. The patient has two children and currently lives with the children’s father...

Psychology: Zimbardo Prison Experiment

Introduction The Stanford prison experiment is a classic example of a psychological study deifying the principles of ethics. The experiments should have been stopped when the participants started to be aggressive with each other under the impact of prison conditions. The violent behavior reported during that experiment is a direct...

Critical Thinking and Its Components

Critical thinking is defined as the ability of people to find cause-and-effect connections between different phenomena and build a rational strategy based on verifying the authenticity and practicality of ideas. In other words, to reason critically means to subject phenomena of the surrounding reality to a thorough analysis. This type...

Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Personal Practice

Counseling is one of the most comprehensive therapeutic techniques to save many lives. I have found counseling particularly fulfilling in my line of study, considering that it provides room for extensive research into what may be troubling a person. The application of counseling theories on various platforms must be carefully...

Critical Thinking Process and Its Importance

Critical thinking is one of the most important processes that have many functions and benefits for a person. First of all, it helps individuals analyze and interpret the information they constantly receive. Moreover, critical thinking is a tool through which people perceive the world around them and evaluate the events...

Relevance of Counseling Theories to Specific Interventions

The foundations of psychoanalytic therapy theories argue that psychological difficulties result from unconscious psychological urges or motivations that result from previous interpersonal connections and experiences. The clients’ past harmful thought and behavior patterns have matured into “cosmological models” that direct them toward continued unhealthy thought and behavior in the present...

Practical Ways to Use Existential Therapy

Introduction: Existential Therapy Existential therapy refers to a therapeutic style that emphasizes on the holistic nature of the human condition. Such therapy aims at a positive approach that recognizes human abilities, but also takes into account the limitations of human resources. Over the years, many philosophers such as Soren Kierkegaard...

Family Counselling and Therapy for High-Conflict Couples

Devlin, J. M., Toof, J., West, L., Andrews, N., & Cole, J. (2019). Integrative family counseling. The Family Journal, 27(3), 319–324. Web. The given article delves into the peculiarities of family counseling and possible therapeutic outcomes. The authors assume that integration affects the counseling profession and can lead to better...

The Lucifer Effect Book by Philip Zimbardo

In his book, Zimbardo identifies three psychological truths that emerge from Escher’s Image. The first truth is that the world always has and will always be filled with good and evil people. Zimbardo states that the barrier between good and evil is permeable and nebulous in the second truth (3)....

Mental Status Examination and Counseling Services

In the process of providing counseling services, it is essential to use the most effective tools. Among them, a mental status examination or MSE can be distinguished. This method helps get information about the patient’s mental state and is widely used in both non-neurological and psychiatric practice by many specialists....

Subjectivity of Perceiving People and Behaviour

Introduction People see and perceive things differently depending on their cultural background and language. People’s perceptions are often based on experiences and activities they are accustomed. Having lived in Andalusia, Spain, I have observed that the way of life is almost entirely different from that in countries. The eating habits,...

Operant Conditioning in Learning and Parenting

Learning is a never-ending process to which all beings with at least a hint of intelligence are subjected. It can occur in various ways, for instance, depending on the stimulus from the external environment. In this case, the learning process is called conditioning (Blackman, 2017). It can be divided into...

Sigmund Freud’s Book the Future of an Illusion

Sigmund Freud’s book The Future of an Illusion is a psychoanalytical work discussing the tenets of civilization and the impact of religious ideas on society. Success in any community is dependent on controlling people’s desires and harnessing their collective ability to create wealth. However, wealth congregates around the minority upper...

Autism, Autism Spectrum Sisorder (ASD), and Theory of Mind

Introduction The tendency toward inclusivity in education implies a more significant number of children with disabilities and developmental issues included in the classroom activities. One of the most prevailing issues relevant to education is autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which predetermines children’s cognitive, social, and physical complications. Children with autism have...

Cognitive Therapy for a Client with a Physical Disability

A main goal of cognitive therapy is to modify an individual’s cognitive processing to change how that person evaluates and interacts with the world, and constitute a method of personality change. Therapy is time sensitive and based on a unique cognitive conceptualization of each patient. The therapy requires an active...

The Teaching of Developmental Psychology

This study aims to analyze and develop the teaching of developmental psychology. Also, the research concepts integrate interpersonal spirituality with developmental systems. Based on attachment theory, relational spirituality is one of two theoretical frameworks for comprehending a person’s attachments and religious growth. To understand why some people are more robust...

Human Memory: Faults and Fixes

Human memory processes are not as straightforward as technological processes, which sometimes makes them distorted. I have experienced this phenomenon myself, as I cannot always recall the events as they were or even remember certain situations in the first place. This misunderstanding causes not only psychological issues for abuse victims...

Modern Usefulness of the Emotional Stroop Test

Recent decades have seen large advances in scientific understanding of human emotions and reactions. One of the most popular instruments used for evaluating personal responsiveness to emotional information is the emotional Stroop test. The key approach to the Stroop test involves assessing one’s ability to process emotions, which has been...

New Directions in Psycho-Analysis

The most interesting sociological topic for me is group dynamics. The interactions that affect people’s behavior and attitudes when they are in groups are known as group dynamics. In the fields of sociology, psychology, and communication studies, this is crucial. Numerous studies and experiments with a focus on group behavior...

Selling for Customer-360, Inc.: Cas Study

Laura is a communicative person who is particularly interested in other people’s hobbies and their interest in building trust and positive relationships. She is a good listener and knows how to avoid conflicting situations. When Laura agreed to meet Chris, she was late for lunch, and this is the main...

Cognitive Processes: Reaction Time and Accuracy

Human cognitive processes include sensation, perception, attention, imagination, memory, thinking, and speech. “Identifying the cognitive processes underlying social decision making has major implications for understanding human nature” (Chen & Fischbacher, 2020, p. 422). Response time is a natural type of data for studying cognitive processes, the time that elapses from...

The Change Process in Psychological Counseling

Regressions and other types of effective research must be supplemented by change process research, which examines the mechanisms through which change happens in psychotherapy. The many sorts of psychological therapies that are now being used have long dominated the area of psychotherapy. An explanation of the continuous improvement idea is...

Children’s Behavior and Extinction Procedure

Introduction ABA therapy is a practice based on the principles of psychology to identify adverse conduct. The therapy process is conducted by specially trained professionals and aims to eradicate negative conduct. ABA therapy focuses on behavioral changes that are related to social skills, communication, and learning. The extinction procedure is...

Cognitive & Emotional Development in Children

In their study, Frick et al. (2018) empirically determine that maternal sensitivity and sustained attention are important predictors of emotional development in newborns. Along with the infant’s temperament, the care environment is a significant aspect that determines the strengthening of cognitive skills at the initial stage of life. This suggests...

Complex Cultural Backgrounds and Identities

Psychologists are gauged based on their ability to embrace cultural differences in improving people’s lives. In service delivery, an organization must learn ways of serving people from different cultures (Tanriverdi, 2017). About 7 billion people are living globally, and none of them is a replica of the other. Individual differences...

The Two Major Approaches to Personality: Key Principles

Evaluation of the main approaches to personalities is essential in the context of understanding human nature and psychology. It includes reviewing existing theories and creating a personality profile that includes key behavioral and psychological traits. In addition, one should consider the chosen approaches from the perspective of a theoretical basis,...

Fromm’s Humanistic Psychoanalysis and Attachment Theories

Eric Fromm was significantly impacted by Sigmund Freud and his ideas of conflict, defense, and the critical role unconscious play in people’s lives (Bacciagaluppi, 2014). At the same time, he had other visions of the role of culture in the evolution of individuals. He believed that society and its customs...

Factors Affecting Perception of Attractiveness in Faces

Introduction Modern cognitive neuroscience theory divides attractive and unattractive faces into regular, symmetrical, and pronounced sexual features. The averageness of the face indicates how heterozygous the organism is. It illustrates how the organism is adapted and susceptible to the fight against the surrounding danger. Facial symmetry is associated with how...

Deductive vs. Inductive Thinking Methods

Introduction Human thinking has always been one of the most challenging and confusing topics to study. Each person is unique, with their unique qualities, socially, biologically, and psychologically. It is difficult to estimate how educated a person is by referring to his thinking style only. This is a very abstract...

Christianity and Psychology: Article Analysis

The article “How should Christians interact with psychology” does not reject the compatibility of psychology and region outright but does relay that the interplay of both fields is complex. It explains that both contradictions and agreements are shared between the two practices. In fact, because “We are from God, and...

Short- and Long-Term Memories of Childhood Abuse

The problem of child abuse and its effects on the subsequent years of a person’s life is of increasing concern to memory scientists and clinicians. They believe that memory loss can be caused by physical, emotional, or psychological stress. Although memories can be forgotten for some time, according to the...

The Image in Cognitive Psychology

In the psychology of perception, the development of psychological thought proceeded from the study of individual sensations to the understanding of perception as an integral process. Subsequently, the connection between perception and thinking was discovered to a great extent. A natural question of what comes first – perception or thinking...

The Strategic Family Therapy Model

Strategic therapy is a treatment created to handle family functioning issues with a focus on adolescent behavioral problems and drug usage. Gregory Bateson and Milton Ericson coined the term ‘strategic therapy’ in the 1950s (Szapocznik & Hervis, 2020). MFT is categorized in the brief therapies group because it has twelve...

Integrative Group Intervention for the Enhancement of Emotional Intelligence

In general, empathy may be regarded as a person’s ability to feel and understand another individual’s experience, reality, and perspective from within his frame of reference. At the same time, according to Teófilo et al. (2018), there are multiple perspectives on the concept of empathy that exist in modern scientific...

Parental Divorce’s Negative Impact on Children

Introduction This study analyze the developmental trend of a child in a family divorce. The primary research methodology will be a survey of existing cases, and an analysis of experiments that have been carried out earlier to confirm specific theories. The main limitation in the course of research is the...

Analysis of Using Psychodynamic Theory

Freud’s Scientific Legacy: The Unconscious Freud’s scientific legacy has ramifications for a wide variety of psychological fields. A series of postulates about “(1) unconscious cognitive, affective, and motivational processes; (2) ambivalence and the tendency for affective and motivational dynamics to operate in parallel and produce compromise solutions; (3) the origins...

Stress and Cognitive Appraisal

I have recently had a stressful experience related to my essay, which had to contain three thousand words and was due in three days. Even though I was familiar with the topic of the essay, I had much work to do, including reading many scholarly articles and analyzing and summarizing...

Traumatic Influences on Family Systems

Introduction Child upbringing in any society and context is a collective effort, with the immediate social environment playing a pivotal role in the child’s development. This connection and interdependence between parents, immediate caregivers and remote environments like schools is brought out even more clearly in the case of traumatic experiences....

Awareness and Trauma: The Counseling Program

Introduction Traumatic experiences are a topical issue in the mental health field that affects many young people. Experiencing traumatic events leaves an imprint on a person’s psyche, resulting in emotional or behavioral failures. Trauma is a reaction to an event that left a significant mark and led to symptoms. Often,...

Mental Health of Children of Incarcerated Parents

Introduction Incarceration has a significant impact on a person, but what about his or her children? The key subject of the assessment is the mental health of children with incarcerated parents. The importance and substantiality of parental influence on children cannot be overstated. Not only an incarcerated parent is absent...

Nature vs. Nurture Parenting Styles in Psychology

Parenting is a holistic process that determines the future of children. Numerous activities are involved in the process of bringing up a child. Activities such as interaction, cooperation, motivation, care and creating an enabling environment are critical determinants of a child’s future (Caplan et al., 2019). It is imperative that...

Sensation and Perception Skills in Early Infancy

The early years of children’s lives are associated with intense brain development and acquisition of new skills, with perception maturity being one of the essential tasks. Although infants’ study is related to certain theoretical, practical, and methodological difficulties, there is a significant body of knowledge that attempts to explain which...

The Role of Fromm’s Psychoanalysis in Attachment Theory

The attachment theory is a complex idea that implies the long-term relationships and bonds between people, particularly children and parents relationships. The theory developed by John Bowl was lately corrected by Mary Ainsworth, eliminating the point that a mother was solely responsible for her infants’ development (Slater 2007). The idea...

Graduate Debt in Psychology: A Qualitative Analysis

Introduction The article by Doran et al. studies the subject of student loans in psychology education. Student loan debts are identified as a major issue that has long-term negative impacts on the citizens and the economy of the country in general. The paper uses a consensual qualitative research methodology to...

Carl Rogers’ Beliefs on Change in Counseling

Carl Rogers’ beliefs on self-acceptable being the catalyst of change offer a number of practical applications of theories of change to an individual’s life. In my personal interpretation of this concept, I believe the thesis message that the only change that is acceptable and sustainable is one that is guided...

Concepts of Critical Thinking

Self-regulation is a personal skill that refers to an individual’s ability to assess and manage his reactions to feelings, strong emotions, such as excitement, frustration, embarrassment, or anger, and environmental factors for behavior control. System-1 refers to quick, reactive, instinctive, and holistic thinking that relies on salient memories and situational...

Video Games’ Harm: Argumentative Analysis

Introduction Video games are one of the most modern ways of storytelling and a channel for media communication. Given this fact, several discourses on young people’s harms and benefits from immersion in these virtual spaces exist. Moreover, some studies cite factors such as uncontrolled aggression, loss of interest in life,...

“Metacognitive Processes” Article by Marulis and Nelson

Purpose of The Research The aim of the study was to explore early metacognition through two developmental measures – declarative and procedural. Another goal of the study was to explore associations between executive function and motivation. Research Methods Used Metacognition was estimated using a metacognitive knowledge interview and a metacognitive...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Group therapy is an evidence-based psychotherapy method that helps solve many problems, including relationship issues and personal difficulties. People come to the group to cope with grief, trauma, chemical addiction, anxiety, and depression. One of the most well-known and influential types of group therapy is the cognitive-behavioral therapy group. Compared...

Psychological Attachment to Ideological In-Groups

The issues of understanding the structure of society, its drivers, and attempts to predict its behavior occupy many researchers. To explain complex phenomena, scientists propose theories based on their observations and research. This paper studies and compares two papers discussing different theories and ideas. Devine (2015) considers the concept of...

Resistance in Psychotherapy by Beutler et al.

While it is assumed that people strive to be healthy, some tend to be reluctant to receive practitioners’ advice on treatment. In their article, Beutler et al. (2002) discuss people who express resistant behavior and describe its conceptual issues, measurement, and effects on treatment outcomes. The report by Beutler et...

New Developments and Current Challenges in Psychology

Introduction It is important to note that the given literature review will utilize an integrative conceptual framework, which not only reviews the relevant literature but additionally critiques and synthesizes the acquired knowledge as well as insights. The review will be organized in accordance with the sections below, which include discussion,...

The Development of the Preschool Child

Introduction The summary description entails the video, pretend washing, where the main protagonists are two girls donning yellow and lime dresses. The girls are three and appear to have normal physical development based on size and stature (Pretend Washing, 2013). The girls are happy and attentive as they engage in...

Emotional Processing and Social Cognition

Stefan is a 33-year-old man experiencing a difficult period: his own business does not improve, he has little time to relax, receives no support from his wife, and struggles to find a connection with his toddler son. He deals with this pressure by having at least one beer daily and...

Confirmation Bias and Cognitive Psychology

Introduction Confirmation bias is a common behavioral tendency, which pertains to every person on some level. In its most basic form, it is the habit of overlooking contradictory evidence in favor of the facts that support one’s existing viewpoint (CrashCourse, 2014). It transpires unconsciously and requires high emotional awareness or...

Psychology of Children with Incarcerated Parents

Introduction Incarceration significantly impacts a person, but their children suffer even more due to the emotional vulnerability of their age. The critical subject of the assessment is the mental health of children with incarcerated parents. The importance and substantiality of parental influence on children cannot be overstated. Not only an...

Each of the Twelve Cranial Nerves Is Unique

Did you know that the sensations received through the sensory organs must be processed and analyzed, and the cranial nerves are responsible for these processes? The structures are unique because they connect organs and muscle fibers to the cortical layer, bypassing the spinal cord. For them, there are even special...

The “On Killing” Book by Dave Crossman

Introduction The book titled ‘On Killing: The psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society.’ by Dave Crossman explores the psychology of the killing art in society. The genre of the book is that it offers an illuminating account of how military personnel learn to kill and how...

Deviant Behavior in Children From Unfavorable Social Environment

The manifestation of deviant behavior in children brought up in an unfavorable social environment is an urgent problem that sociologists and psychologists have been struggling with for a long time. When analyzing the possibility of conducting research on this topic, the following question can be posed: Is an unfavorable social...

Descartes and the Mind-Body Relationship

In the 17th century, one of the most prominent philosophers of all time, René Descartes, put forward his view of the relationship between the mind and the body. Urban (2018) states that, in Descartes’s view, matter is spatial, and it possesses attributes confirming it, while mental entities have no such...

Attachment Theory and Personality Development

Insecure attachment styles develop in childhood due to dysfunctional relationships between caregivers and children. Secure attachment develops when a child receives proper attention from parents, causing the formation of a healthy personality type that is not afraid of rejection or intimacy (Fuchshuber et al., 2019). Infants with a secure attachment...

Postmodern Model Description and Case Analysis

Introduction Compared to other approaches to therapy, solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is centered on an individual’s current and future situations and objectives instead of previous experiences. Since the therapy is goal-oriented, the target is not the issues or symptoms bringing the person to the therapy but rather the potential outcome(s)....

School Refusal as a Psychological Problem

School refusal is a common psychological problem that causes a lot of stress for a child. At the same time, the entire environment, including family, friends and school staff, is under a certain pressure. Reduced attendance and refusal to return to school can cause both short and long-term effects on...

Methodology of a Collective Psychological Inquiry

The task set in the script for the experiment is to establish the attitude of students toward the survey they have completed. It is required to choose a design that goes beyond the survey and comparison of the control and experimental groups. By comparing various innovative methods of psychological investigation,...

Biopsychosocial Factors of Workplace Absenteeism

Introduction This paper aims to analyze a case study involving Francesca, a 50-year-old woman who presented to counseling upon the request of her employer, who believes that her frequent absences from work are concerned with alcohol or substance use. The client reveals that she has been taking Mersyndol Forte for...

Stimulating Development in Children through Toys

Children learn by discovering and exploring their daily surroundings. Toys foster development in children by creating a natural teaching environment that promotes cognitive, motor, social, and emotional skills. Different toys are designed to help various age groups; therefore, identifying the right one is essential. This paper will explore Pattern Play...

Correctional Officer Stress: A Phenomenological Study

Abstract Stress at work is a significant problem and a prerequisite for worsening personal well-being and working performance. The responsibilities of correctional officers monitoring offenders involve substantial stress, and the consequences include a deterioration in mental and physical health to a decrease in life expectancy. The researchers’ attention to the...

Managing Conflict: Understanding Interpersonal Communication

Conflicts are something that all people encounter in their life, that is why understanding different ways of handling them is important to ensure successful and effective conflict resolution. Bevan (2020) defines conflict as a disagreement or argument, providing certain criteria that should be met for a situation to be considered...

Professional Issues in Group Work Counselling

Alignment With the Literature from the Unit and Wider Reading Group work counseling a psychological assistance when a client discusses his life difficulties not only alone with a psychologist, but also with other people (Schönberger, 2019). Resorting to wider reading, it can be revealed that the group itself is the...

Impact of Different Population Group on Children Development

Modern society is increasingly paying attention to different people, remarkably other population groups. Now more and more classes are starting to be not just ordinary, but those that accept people with various disabilities or social statuses. This kind of change has an excellent effect on society because the active involvement...

Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Activities

Neuroplasticity refers to the brain’s ability to modify its structure in response to experience. Neuroplasticity is primarily sourced from the brain’s ability to develop new connections between neurons. The process is also known as the sprouting of human brain cells. The nature of neurons, which can die and be replaced,...

Family Therapy Related to a Child’s Homosexuality

Introduction When working with clients, counselors should be guided by theoretical knowledge and practical skills of proper assessment, relevant treatment choice, and the establishment of a safe therapy environment. Counseling work requires the integration of the particularities of a given situation with which the clients struggle. To provide proper therapeutic...

The Impact of COVID-19 on Sibling Violence

Literature Overview Various studies indicate that sibling violence manifests in different types: for example, games or regular dialogue. This leads to consequences for children in socialization and later life (Perkins et al., 2017). Children’s self-esteem and mental health suffer, and crime rates increase. The family violence problem is covered enough,...

Meditation and Mindfulness Reducing Recidivism Rates

Introduction Reducing recidivism rates in prisons can be achieved by adopting alternative rehabilitation and treatment methods, such as yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. However, the effectiveness of these approaches remains dubious without thorough consideration. At present, it is clear that the specified solutions correspond to the definition of evidence-based correctional practices....

Cultural Values and Perspectives in a Family

Family Members and Their Roles Felipe Reyes and Emily Reyes are a married couple with two children, Sam and Cass. Sam is the eldest at 15 years, and Cass is 12 years old. Emily is a divorcee and had Sam and Cass with her first husband, Ken Wolter. Felipe and...

How Human Behavior in the World Is Evolving

Background Researchers theorize that human behavior is changing as the world evolves. These changes in behavior have been notable, with short differences in age (Brett, 2019; Ravignani et al., 2017). Further, the world is expected to evolve fast to reach its millennial targets. However, there are concerns about how evolution...

A Mental Model of Occam’s Razor Nowadays

Unfortunately, a mental model like Occam’s razor has stopped working for me lately. According to this approach, one should choose the simplest available option as it is often the right one (Senge, 2006). Bates agrees that the simplest explanation is often the best option (2019). Occam’s razor, for many people,...

Emerging Adulthood: Challenges and Opportunities

In history, rites of passage, rituals, or social practices that signified the transition from adolescence to adulthood, marked this transition exceptionally clearly. Unfortunately, many of these initiation rites are no longer practiced or are not as significant in modern-day and age as they previously were. Additionally, adolescents must navigate emerging...

Martin Luther King Jr: Conviction of Self-Respect

Self-respect, a source of confidence and mental strength, can be described as a person’s ability, which often originates from internal reasons, to accept their needs and value. To be able to respect themselves, humans need to appreciate their unique personality traits and the impact they have on the community and...

Exploring the Process of Individuation

Individuation is a necessary process in psychological development and involves a human being taking steps to achieve a form of individuality. The person deems themselves a separate entity with a varying identity from others and starts consciously existing as an independent human in the world (Galipeau, 2013). Nonetheless, some people...

Narrative Therapy and Career Counselling

The field of psychology has an extensive selection of approaches to therapy, many of which have shown positive results. One of the most highly-recognized approaches to therapy is the narrative one, the main feature of which is the separation between the person and their problems (Afary & Fritz, 2020). Narrative...

Past Prediction on Future Psychology Profession: Annotated Bibliography

Innes, J. M. & Morrison, B. W. (2021). Machines can do most of a psychologist’s job. The industry must prepare for disruption. The Conversation.  Innes and Morrison examine that machines can perform most of the work of psychologists and the industry should prepare for disruption. Psychology, social work, and counseling...

Rupture of Psychiatrist-Patient Alliance

The rupture of the alliance between the attending psychiatrist and the patient in psychiatry is a complex of different problems that gradually appear between people. There are many factors for this phenomenon, and this is a reasonably typical case among practicing psychiatrists (Safran & Kraus, 2014). Moreover, common treating alienists...

Profile of Psychologist Sigmund Freud

Introduction Sigmund Freud was a psychologist born on 6 May 1856 in Moravia in the Czech Republic. Freud died on 23 September 1939 in London, the United Kingdom (Hollitscher, 2017). When Freud died, he was 83 and was a renowned Austrian neurologist and one of the pioneer founders of psychoanalysis....

Critical Thinking in the Modern World

Naturally, critical thinking is one of the essential elements of people’s lives, as it is part of interpersonal communication. Critical thinking is the concentration and discipline of the mind, attention, and the ability to manage one’s cognitive processes (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, n.d.). In professional and everyday life, critical thinking...

Parental Alcohol Abuse as a Family Issue

Introduction Alcohol addiction impacts the human perception of the world and one of the most significant social units – a family institute. Oftentimes, parents cannot assess the effect of the addiction on their relatives and children. They tend to believe that their relationships with alcohol and relationships with family members...

Stress Management Memo: Creative Arts Interventions

Research and analysis of current scientific research and previous practice experience show that several strategies for stress control and management require fundamental changes. The data evaluation results demonstrate that worry, anxiety, tension, and significantly prolonged stress can lead to extremely adverse consequences for a company (Van den Bergh, 2021). In...

Psychopathology and Adlerian Theories

The psychoanalytic and Adlerian theories are valuable components of psychoanalytical methods. Unlike the psychoanalytic model, the Adlerian value meaning, actions with a certain goal, and significant existence. Therefore, the latter theory studies adult or childhood behavior in cases of full conscience (Corey, 2017). On the other hand, psychoanalytic focus on...

Aspects of Pursuit of Happiness

Introduction The pursuit of happiness can be considered a natural aspect of human life because any effort applied both at work and in social interactions is inherently linked to the aspiration for well-being and personal comfort. From a psychological perspective, people subconsciously want to fulfill their individual ambitions and satisfy...

The Use of Gestalt Therapy With Adolescents

Introduction Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy that maximizes a person’s freedom, awareness, and self-direction. It is a form of therapy that focuses on the present moments rather than the events of the experience (Bowman, 2019). It is based on the idea that individuals are influenced by their current...

Observing Behavior in a Local Shopping Center

The location of the psychological experiment is a local shopping center; the evening time; the date is 11 July 2022, Sunday. There were several ethnic subgroups, and individuals behaved in a number of different ways. There were a lot of people in groups on the monitoring day. People often just...

Effects of Distraction on Driver Attention

Driven to Distraction: Dual-task Studies of Simulated Driving and Conversing on a Cellular Telephone The article explored dual-task studies concerning driving and conversing using a cellular telephone. Specifically, the research question was to determine “The extent to which cell-phone conversations might interfere with the driving and, if they do interfere...

Validity and Reliability of Tests on Personality

Introduction Psychological examinations cover various aspects of a character and are helpful for specialists whose employment requires immediate interactions with people. I have selected tests from the Personality category for Assignment 1 and discussed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent–Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF), the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R), and the Million Clinical...

Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Counseling

The article focuses on clinical supervision for MHC students, including recommendations for the supervisors and students. For example, it is advised that MHC students rate themselves based on their progress (Pearson, 2004). This type of reflection is conceptually useful due to the content revision it comprises and because it allows...

Dealing with Trauma: Implications for Professionals

Introduction When working as a counselor with clients who have suffered traumatic episodes, it is essential to provide integrative care that is based on evidence and best practice. The process of working with traumatized populations involves an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon, an accurate selection of approaches, and the mitigation...

Human Memories and Social Interactions

The human brain has the power to keep and erase memories, modify or supplement them, and block some memories for a certain time. However, people did not learn to use this power fully, and they did not know how to control their memories. Research shows that humans remember negative traumatic...

Promoting Ego Integrity: Group and Individual Activities

Group Activities for Promoting Ego Integrity Eight stages of the Psychosexual development theory suggested by Erik Erikson exist. The eighth stage is integrity versus despair (Gilleard, 2020). It lasts from about sixty-five years of age till death (Gilleard, 2020). Counselors, nurses, and psychologists use the psychosexual development stage concepts by...

The “How to Win Friends and Influence People” Book by Dale Carnegie

About 75 years after its publication, How to Win Friends and Influence People was named Time magazine’s 19th most influential book in 2011. It is one of the best-selling novels of all time, with over 30 million copies sold globally (“‎How to win friends & influence people,” 2022). In this...

Psychology: Milgram Obedience Experiment

Many controversial studies and experiments were conducted in the twentieth century, but the most striking and well-known for the general public was the Milgram obedience experiment. An American psychologist wondered how far an ordinary person is willing to go, obeying someone else’s will. The idea came to Stanley as a...

Abnormal Psychology: Think Abnormal to Deal With It

Abstract The work presents a critical and subjective analysis of abnormality from the point of view of psychiatry and the disputes, questions, practices, approaches and perspectives associated with this phenomenon. A: abnormal behavior For me, abnormal behavior deviated from the general moral and social norms accepted in the interacting community....

Privacy and Confidentiality in Counseling

Adhering to the code of ethics is essential to any counselor’s or psychologist’s practice. It allows clients and professionals to build trusting relationships that are professional and based on mutual respect of boundaries. Privacy and confidentiality are the key principles of an ethical code of conduct. Several organizations have developed...

Arbitrators Are From Mars, Mediators Are From Venus

The International Council for Commercial Arbitration (2020) and other sources, for example, those by Goodwin (2020) and Turner (2019), highlight the fact that women remain underrepresented in arbitration and mediation all over the world. Gender diversity and the intersection of gender and mediation or arbitration are critical topics to discuss...

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory and Practice

Maslow’s Hierarchy According to Maslow, human needs can be classified by levels from more basic to higher. In his work Motivation and Personality (1954), Maslow suggested that all human needs are innate and organized in a hierarchical system of priority and dominance, consisting of five levels. Level concepts include physiological...

Disinformation and Its Impact on Individuals

Introduction The existence of news breeds misinformation, whether intentional or accidental. The strengthening of information technology leads to the expansion and eradication of the data flows around the individual, which he needs to process. However, it is impossible to consider the phenomenon of disinformation as an exclusively negative one. It...

Sexual Abuse and Its Impact on Relationships

Introduction Sexual violence is a common public health concern, with one in every three women globally experiencing physical or sexual assault at some point in their lives. Sexual abuse can range from sexualized behavior to more serious abuse such as personal touching and rape. The psychological and mental consequences and...

Solution Focused Brief Therapy or Narrative Therapy

When it comes to solution-focused brief therapy, the core concept relies on exploration and search for solutions. The role of a therapist is to shift the focus from the problem of a client towards solutions through a positive mindset and hopeful attitude. A therapist helps a client to identify the...

The “Everyone Has an Opinion…” Video Critique

Opinions are a vital part of the human experience and people’s understanding of the world. At their core, opinions are how people understand the world, themselves and others, as it is colored by their lens of emotional and logical perception. By holding a series of opinions, individuals form their worldviews...

The Interconnection of Perception, Consciousness, and Attention

Introduction to Perception Perception is “experiences resulting from stimulation of the senses” (Goldstein, 2019) Humans evolved with detailed visual perception Third of the human brain devoted to it Perception = physical energy from outside world ? electrochemical message ? stimulating receptor cells ? received by the brain Perception may be...

Family Counseling: Triggers and Reactions

Family counseling can be described as a process by which professionals can help navigate patients in their healing and understanding of their feelings. In this regard, my role as a family counselor is to identify the issues and find the emotional triggers and reactions to specific actions of others. For...

Mindfulness for Trauma and Anxiety Treatment

Introduction Trauma and anxiety symptoms in young adults are highly researched topics in the field of mental health. A wide variety of potential treatments exist, including programs focused on medication, exercise, group conversations, and more. Mindfulness and meditation are among these interventions, as they have been shown to reduce stress...

The Assessment of Tests on Personality

Introduction Tests are an important part of professions that work with people and can be divided into considerable categories, but the one related to my specialization is personality. While I pursue many goals in my career, I am determined to help people and believe that I should learn the particulars...

Cognitive Development Theories by Vygotsky and Piaget

Similarities of Piaget and Vygotsky’s Theories Both cognitive development theories of Piaget and Vygotsky believe that learning is a continuous process, starting from birth until the death of a person. Hence, learning based on both models should be from people’s daily experiences and events in life, work, and classroom throughout...

Psychological Program Evaluation and Assessment

Program assessment is a unique type of psychological research, and whether or not it counts as research may be a point of contention. A systematic examination, comprising research formulation, testing, and assessment, to develop or contribute to generalizable information is referred to as research. Program assessment is limited to a...

Cognitive Development: Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s Theories

It is important to note that cognitive development is a critical aspect of human development. It can be defined as a process of change in a person’s mental abilities and skills as he or she becomes more experienced and mature. In other words, thinking skills advance and enhance, making a...

Issues of Working With People During the Pandemic

Introduction As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy suffered a great deal. This exacerbated the existing global food insecurity and housing crisis. In the beginning, people lost their jobs, accompanied by financial hardship (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2021). Due to unmet needs, more households had very...

Life Expectancy Development

Attachment can be termed as a toddler’s perception of confidence resulting from a deep interaction with a caretaker. With attachments acting as the basis for future interactions, it is key to establish important self-concepts for toddlers by laying a foundation in which they are confident. Whenever a caregiver ensures uniform...