Aversives

individual factors pose to how aggressive individuals favor the behavior because they are in belief that they will receive some form of social, symbolic or tangible reward (Boldizar, Perry & Perry, 1989). A tangible reward would be the child using aversive behavior in order to obtain a toy (or any object that causes a dispute) from classmates or other children in general. Boldizar, Perry and Perry (1989) explain a study they found that describes how aggressive adolescents compared to their…

The piece, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” depicts the internal journey to overcome one's fear where characteristics can only be discovered and developed by a man himself. Formulaic to Ernest Hemingway’s literary style, the piece gives more authority to the male gender over the women, limiting women to a specific nature but illustrating men as developing characters, able to explore the complexities of one’s personality. Hemingway's work is an illustration of the ascend to manhood; the…

Introduction of the Problem Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health disorder that occurs from “exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violation.” (McCauley 2015) First Responders include police officer, firefighters and EMS workers. They respond to traumatic events daily such as rapes, murders, domestic violence cases, robberies, car accidents, hostage situations and industrial explosions. They are called to help people in their worst moments. They are…

In America, racial discrimination and ageism are becoming big topics due to the ever ageing baby boomer generation and diversity. Society visually discriminates both groups based on their stereotype and race, using stereotypical and racist discrimination interchangeably and misinterpreting the difference between the two. The characterization of stereotypes is brought by the idea that an individual behaves or acts a certain way; not to be confused with discrimination, discrimination is the…

Criminology Essay LO2 A reflective study on adoptees taken out by Mednick et al (1987) focused on court convictions in Denmark and established that there were 14,000 adoptees within the small European country. He wanted to examine the relationship between the adoptees criminal convictions and the convictions of their adoptive and biological parents. Mednick then looked through the data that was based on a register of adoptees in Denmark, which has information on them and their biological and…

Consequences of Counterfactual Thinking 30071077 PSYC 4007, Fall 2016 University of Louisiana at Monroe November 8, 2016 Consequences of Counterfactual Thinking 30071077 Sachin Shrestha PSYC 4007, Fall 2016 University of Louisiana at Monroe November 8, 2016 Abstract Counterfactual thinking is the human tendency to create possible alternatives to life events that have already occurred; something that is contrary to what actually happened. These type of thinking about the past…

Julia has two main cognitive errors that are central to her symptom presentation are her perfectionism and “should” statements. Julia’s perfectionism causes her to set extremely high expectations for herself and becoming critical of herself when she failed to meet those expectations. A clear example is Julia’s expectation to maintain a 3.6 GPA and a good running time in order to keep her scholarship, causing her to feel extremely stressed out the majority of the time (p. 275). When Julia failed…

Emotional Attentional Blink and Emotion Induced Blindness When talking to a layman about an emotion induced blindness (EIB), one would try to explain it as not being able to see an item because of a distraction caused due to emotional effects. For example – when a driver might not be able to see a scooter coming from the front because of an accident that had happened in front of him as well. So this accident is the negative distractor to the target scooter which must be attended in order to…

“When sorrow come, they come not single spies, but in battalions”(William Shakespeare). This quote is used by Claudius in Shakespeare's’ play Hamlet. Claudius is saying when something bad occurs it doesn’t happen alone. While many other bad things occur it simultaneously contributes to the tragedy we as humans go through. Depression and anxiety are disorders that have long lasting effects when not treated. Teens suffer heavily from depression and anxiety, which has a lot of negative effects on…

Briefly compare and contrast the historical experiences of Mexico, Peru, and Brazil from the pre-Columbian period until their Independence in the 19th century. Mexico, Peru, and Brazil had distinct historical experiences due to their geographic locations yet had similar episodes in their history all up until 1821. Moreover, the European explorers that “discovered” these places had different agendas, which ultimately affected the history of the Americas. Mexico, Peru and Brazil had centuries of…