Essays and Research Papers on Social Psychology

(6 pp) Focusing on "hot topics" is an accepted way to generate interest for criminal justice research, to secure grants, to conduct research, and to publish papers. While research methods are often thought of as a stand-alone topic, an argument can be made for the importance of incorporating policy analysis, program planning, and evaluation ...

(4 pp) Social Control theorists start with the premise that human behavior is by nature antisocial and delinquent. They focus on restraining or "controlling" factors that are broken or missing inside the personalities of criminals. If these restraining factors are thought to involve society in some way, as with the sociological notion ...

A 5 page observation of conversational styles and their relationship to culture and psychological premises. Notes that the manner in which one person communicates with another provides many examples of psychological premises in action. Many aspects of an individual's personality is revealed, in fact, in just casual conversation. Reports on the findings ...

A 5 page discussion of the various motivational factors which drive community volunteer service. Distinguishes between pure and impure motivational factors. Emphasizes that while few volunteers are driven strictly by humanitarian or altruistic, that many motives revolve around increasing knowledge or experience, the need to be in the company of others, or some ...

A 5 page paper which discusses the color blue. The significance of the color, the psychological factors associated with the color, and other aspects related to the color blue are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A five page paper which considers recent developments in the fields of social and cultural constructivism, and the ways in which these have affected the concepts of self and the mind in terms of individual interaction with the social construct of objective reality. Bibliography lists 8 sources

A 5 page paper which discusses how the term "learning to live is learning to die," as presented in Mitch Albom's book "Tuesdays with Morrie," is a theme also found in Kenneth Kramer's "The Sacred Art of Dying." Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

A five page paper which looks the way in which new models of psychotherapy have evolved out of earlier theories of Freudian psychoanalysis and behaviourism, and concentrated instead on stressing the importance of a more holistic approach, in terms of the interaction between individuals and society. Bibliography lists 9 sources

5 pages in length. Daniel, Anne and Linda have each faced tremendous adversity within their individual lives; having addressed their circumstances with a combination of strength and courage, each one has demonstrated that the human spirit is often much stronger than the ever-looming alternative to surrender. Inasmuch as Daniel, Anne and Linda have ...

The debate over the right to bear arms and the need in American society to control guns and violence has reached an apogee since the incident at Littleton, Colorado, High School. This 5 page paper argues that Sigmund Freud would say that the death instinct has become out of balance with the life instinct. Thomas Hobbes would maintain that ...

A 5 page overview of this classical psychological study conducted in the 1970s. Comments on the group behavior of conformation. Introduces Doris Lessing’s “Group Minds”, Soloman Asch’s “Opinions and Social Pressure”, and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” to further illustrate the dynamics of group interaction. No additional sources are listed.

A 5 page paper which discusses how culturally sanctioned beliefs can effect psychological disorders. The paper discusses how some subtle cultural beliefs, such as concerns with beauty and body image, influence unstable and vulnerable individuals. In addition, other cultures and their apparent disorders, in context of the culture they live within, can often be seen as psychological disorders. Bibliography lists ...

(5 pp ) Chekov's own reflection about this story was that "love -even the adulterous type-operates as a force for good." This discussion will examine the story to document the author's statement.

In the beginning, there was Abraham Maslow. This 5 page paper considers the lack of motivation within the offender population and argues that before autonomy and independence may be considered, the need for social acceptance and a personal sense of worth must be accomplished. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper, using sources provided by the student, analyses some personal advertisements in terms of the five basic personality categories as defined by Allport and Cattel's model.

5 pages in length. What is the definition of a risk taker? Is it someone who abandons all commonsensical thought and puts his life on the line? Is it an individual who ignores the inherent quest for survival to challenge her mortality? Or is it a person who steps beyond his ...

This 14 page report discusses boxer Mike Tyson. In the late 1980s, reporters called him the “new young tiger,” “an orphaned street robber found handcuffed to a reform-school radiator,” a “square, two -fisted hulk with a short man’s proclivity for uppercuts,” and the “undefeated young barbarian.” In 1992, he was sentenced to six years in prison after a jury found him ...

(11 pp). Unless you just arrived from an alien planet in the last twenty minutes there is little chance, that definition of gay or lesbian culture is without some framework in your life. Gone are the days when one could put there hand over their mouth, gasp in horror, --"well I certainly don't ...

This 5 page report discusses the 1969 movie “Medium Cool” that was directed by Haskel Wexler and tells the story of a television news cameraman, played by Robert Forster, recording the events and people of the turbulent Democratic Convention of 1968 in Chicago and the resulting street riot. Wexler masterfully wove in live footage of the events in Chicago with the ...

8 pages in length. The writer discusses how homelessness in the United States has escalated in intensity due in great part to skewed media perspective. Annotated bibliography lists 6 sources.

(7 pp) One of the things, that seems to happen whenever we think of philosophy, is this perverse mental block that flings itself into the air, calling something similar to, "Danger! Will Robinson. Danger! Danger!" Many of us get stuck there - take the warning and run the opposite direction. Take ...

This 5 page report discusses the “continuity of personal identity” and the ways by which such a term may be defined and explained in the context of an individual person’s development. It is essential to consider the philosophical nature of the question “What makes you you?” and move forward from that point. Life allows for both continuity and discontinuity. Consider ...

An 8 page paper. The writer discusses the inherent effects of hospitalization, i.e., what adults feel when they must be hospitalized. Research regarding this issue is reported. The advantages of health psychologists are then discussed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page paper which summarizes the book "Fully Human Fully Alive" by John Powell. No additional sources cited.

A 9 page overview of the many impacts divorces inflicts on children. Emphasizes that group therapy can go a long way toward resolving these impacts and in optimizing child welfare. Concludes, however, that group therapy, however, is just as dependent on outside factors as is any other type of behavioral therapy. The ...