Essays on Psychology

During a family vacation to Ghana, having been bitten by a mosquito and being treated for malaria I ended up spending the majority of the time bedridden. I was not adequately aware of what was happening when it came to the procedures or as to...

a) Donna Williams (1992) described a 6-year-old primary school student (herself) hung by her knees from the top of one of the school’s highest trees, swinging and singing “On Top of the World”. She swung higher and higher and sang louder and louder while attracting...

Growing up I always had a secure attachment to my parents, especially my mom. Having a strong bond with my family allowed me to learn how to regulate my emotions and develop strong social skills. As mentioned in the textbook, children who establish a secure...

Drawing on the foundation of Social Cognitive Theory developed by Bandura, we explore the interdependence of the person, their environment and their behavior through a series of significant changes which took place as Zurich redefined its’ business strategy, lost essential personnel and watched employee performance...

After all, we all love something. The life of 13-year-old Anne was completely carefree, but one day everything changed. Her father – respectful Otto Frank – decided to leave Germany with his family and move to Amsterdam. A few months after the relocation of the...

When addressing addiction or other dysfunctions in families or relationships, “enabling” means giving “help” that actually makes the situation worse. Family members’ attempts to problem solve on behalf of the alcoholic/addict often results in “enabling”. Enabling is the act of removing or buffering the natural...

Self-stigma is an outcome of internalizing public attitudes, which makes people experience negative consequences such as ostracism and social isolation. Notably, public attitudes are stereotypes through which people categorize information on specific groups of people (Corrigan & Rao, 2012). For instance, people associate negative stereotypes...