Evolutionary psychology

On the surface, social dominance theory paints a bleak picture of the nature of human social behavior. It takes as a given that inequality necessarily arises from society’s tendency to categorize people into their social groups and perpetuate hierarchies on which the power relations between these groups are founded. While other theories would explain intergroup biases and discriminatory behavior as a consequence of subjective misattribution, resource competition, or ingroup positive…

It provides description for lifelong social, affective, and stress response patterns that are procured during childhood. Attachment theories discuss the salience of human relations that are internal of an evolutionary-ethological background of adjustment and species continuity. John Bowlby (1973, 1988) described that an attachment system is emerged to regulate the sense of security and protection through stimulation of the individualistic biological system of…

Research Paper For the final paper you are to research a specific aspect of cognition, emotion and motivation that most interests you. Integrate a discussion of how you see your research findings as significant to your clinical work or the field of psychology in general. Cognitive Dissonance Psychologist Leon Festinger will be remembered for his theory of cognitive dissonance. His theory and research centered on the subjective feeling of tension or discomfort that occurs when a person’s…

In the United States, there are currently 10-12 million children diagnosed with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); making it the most common psychiatric illness among children and adolescents (Stolzer, 2012, p. 5). According to Vitiello et al. (2015), this disorder is typically first diagnosed and treated once the child enters elementary school. Most of these children are prescribed stimulant medication such as, Ritalin and Adderall, to help cope with the struggles of this…

extent are our emotions, cognitions, behaviours, and experiences determined by others? Are Humans fundamentally social animals? It is long believed that humans have an automatic social nature and this will naturally be a part of our future and evolutionary history. We wouldn’t have got to where we are now without being social, moreover we wouldn’t have evolved the way we did, or invent many of the things we have if we were not social animals. The telephone, Internet, electricity, were all…

Mindfulness: Bridging the Theories of Psychotherapy Numerous theories have arisen through the field of psychology, each building upon each other or disputing the belief structure of the others. Each therapist seeking to recognize or resolve the suffering of the individual. Suffering is common to all psychology. The practice of mindfulness, from the Buddhist philosophy, is the common key to these theories, if not always acknowledged or fully realized. The concept of mindfulness is intertwined…

This morality is how they will come to view aggression and violence. The early childhood years are when children begin to demonstrate their levels of aggression as well as violence. Aggression and violence are both very common during the preschool years. Many children display aggression but it is not always displayed in a violent way. There are two forms of aggression which are instrumental aggression and relational aggression. Feldman defines instrumental aggression as “aggression…

Developed by psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, humanistic psychology emphasizes human potential and takes a more positive view of the human nature. During the mid-1900s, an individual with an anger disorder would attend therapy sessions with a psychoanalyst. Instead of asking questions about the patient’s past…

some had ideas that are still accepted today, some were ridiculed at the time of release, but grew to be acknowledged, and others that were so preposterous that people still not sure what to think of them. A massive contribution to the study of psychology was done by Carl Gustav Jung. The early career of Carl Jung as a psychologist was quite productive…

There is a well known dichotomy in science between the mind and the brain. It is a dualism of psychology and biology, where the fascinating components of life come together, to create a consciousness. Comparable to the symbiosis of a plant and its fungi, the mind and brain are integral parts of each other. Finding answers to the mysterious of the human brain is a captivating thought. It is this desire that drives my goal to understand the medical science behind the human brain, and treat its…