George Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, seems near prophetic when looking back on the work today. Orwell predicts the increase...
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School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Labeling Theory, Socialization
The Labeling Theory states that individuals “behave in ways that reflect how others label them” (Crossman). For example, if...
Do violent video games contribute to increasing youth violence?
https://nowcomment.com/documents/116606#.W88xDUtKjD4 When looking at the evidence and scientific studies, it is hard to deny that there is some correlation...
Does pursuing research about a potential “gay” gene promote an inherent homophobic bias?
The very real fact of conversion therapy has caused many members of the LGBT community to be skeptical of...
Anyone can have a Learning Disability around you
It’s important for me to graduate high school because I will have better opportunities with a diploma. I can...
Trust Issues and the Burden of Your Past
People have trust issues because they took the time out to open up and to let people get to...
ADHD and Your Brain
ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The American Psychiatric Association defines ADHD as one of the most common...
Diagnosing ADHD
A 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) found that 8.4% of children in the United States have a...
Bibliotherapy and Art Therapy as Methods for helping the Isolated and Mentally Ill.

There are many psychological treatments for individuals seeking medical attention whether to treat or manage a mental illness. Therapy...
Mental Health Stigmas
According to MentalHealth.gov, “If you have, or believe you may have, a mental health problem, it is helpful to...
There’s More To Life Than Just Pain
I feel like being alone But in reality I just need someone to never let me go Expressing my...
How Geography Affects Your Personality
Geography is highly correlational with personalities. Understanding how geography shapes people’s personalities is key in understanding how to help...
Geography influences how personalities are developed in people. Some personalities are known to be more successful than others. Since...
Chemicals Control Us
One worry people tend to have is that marijuana negatively affects your brain chemicals. The two brain chemicals it...
Can Writing Help with Pain.

There are many types of therapy in the world that can help with an individuals emotions such as anxiety,...
“Kill Yourself”
We live in a world where mental health is a prevailing struggle, that affects all ages. On average about...
Without Literature, the human mind enters the realm of insanity.

The process of my research thus far concerning human interaction and the way humans emulate, or try to emulate,...
Multi-Level Marketing and its Uncanny Resemblance to the Pyramid Scheme
In business, there exists a competitive craving to be smarter, faster, and bigger than everyone else. This urge stems...
Crimes Against Humanity: American Prisons’ Ineffectiveness on Rehabilitating Criminals
In an article from New York Times, James Gilligan wrote, “If any other institutions in America were as unsuccessful...
Is it wrong to depend on others?
In life, we often think that the only way to be secure is to be secure in oneself. Humans...
Should we stand with or against the use of marijuana?
Marijuana is a drug being used very often in 2018. However, researchers still haven’t been able to fully understand...
Blogging a Research Paper!
For this essay, I am choosing to recycle and dig deeper into one of my past posts, on freedom...
Violent Media: A Convenient Cover-Up of Our Mental Health Problem

Image Credit: https://thetriangle.org/opinion/becoming-desensitized-to-violence/ Over the past few years we as nation have witnessed a series of mass killings that have...
How Does Cell Phone Use Affect Our Health?
Handheld technology certainly has its pros and cons. The pros include easy communication, access to news, a platform for...
How does society deal with tragedy?
In society, people often deal with tragedy in different ways. Many use prayer to cope with it, ” “It’s a...
Is Technology Advancing Us Towards Mental Inertia?
The bustling flood of technology that has poured into our world has brought a whole new menagerie of...
Is Technology Affecting Our Relationships With Others?
Technology is at the forefront of today’s society and is pervasive in everyday life. However, there are many negative...
What Makes People Religious or not Religious?
I consider myself to be about as atheistic as one can get. I was raised Catholic, and went through...
Communities such as salt lake city are made up of distinct people; students, businessmen, workers, artists, religious figures are...
“Kill Yourself”
On average in the U.S. 121 people die by suicide every single day making suicide the 10th leading cause...
Over many decades of study, people have found that there are five main personality types. However, researchers have been...
Language and Thought: the Story of the Feral Child
Language is one of the fundamental attributes that makes us human. No other species has a means of communication...
According to an article by Beyond, 20% of people procrastinate chronically. Unfortunately, I am a part of that 20%;...
How the Brain Craves Sadness
Emotions are very weird and to be quite frank, terrifying. Emotions for another human being cause so many issues...
Ethics of Metal, Glass, and Plastic
A little while ago, I visited the Moral Machines website. It’s a study put out by MIT to see...
Why are We So Mean?
Humans experience an array of emotions, ranging from elated to depressed, apathetic to anxious, excited to afraid. There is...
Where does the influence of my parents show in my life?
Based on my knowledge from what my parents have shown me, my mindset and the ways I think will...
Nature vs. Nurture

Does the way I was raised determine the course of my life? Are our passions embedded in us as...
At my lowest points of my teenage years, I have pleaded to an invisible force that I would do...
How does being born as the youngest, middle, or oldest child change your personality?
I found that depending on when you were born in your family, you will most likely have a different...
Is Our Destiny Determined?

Do I have a destiny? Personally, I believe that I can shape my own destiny, but this question...
Be aware of biases & work to overcome them
Most of the peoples all around the world prejudge other peoples. And the reason that this thing happen is...
There is not one adult in this world who has not created a stereotype about someone throughout their life....
I firmly believe that everyone has control of their own happiness. There are several different things that can bring...
Relaxation: The Best Mindset
Introduction – Hi there, and welcome to my essay upon a personal belief of mine. In the essay that...
Abstract: The American Diet
The overall American diet, has shifted into what is fastest, cheapest, and most often what is unhealthiest. Many convenient...
Hyperthymesia is an extremely rare condition in which individuals have a superb autobiographical memory. A boy in the United...
The Effects of Prison- Research Paper
The overwhelming amount of studies preformed on the various inmate populations of the prison system suggest that the system...
“No, this wasn’t meant to happen.” His rocking begins to take on a certain rhythm. “I shouldn’t be...
The Importance of Cell Phone Addiction
The Importance of Cell Phone Addiction By: Ethan Barmettler Cell Phones are the foundation of human society,...
While researching confidence and the factors affecting it, I seemed to get lost in endless information correlated with self-esteem....
Animals with complex emotions are important because I want my dog to love me.
The topic of animals understanding complex emotions is interesting to me because first, I watched a documentary about a...
The Mind and Its Benefits from Meditation
In researching about the benefits on one’s mental health from meditation, I found several studies that show numerous reasons...
Can animals understand complex emotions?
Recently I have began to research if animals can understand complex emotions like humans do. While exploring deep into...
I’ve learned a lot from my research about meditation. It was easy to find benefits of meditation, but the...
Why Superfoods are worth reading about
Superfoods offer health benefits that will prolong life and increase the quality of life. Certain foods, such as blueberries,...
In attempt to understand the effects of prison on mental health I have found interesting information about inmates organized...
I must admitt, I don’t care about wind tunnels I must admit I fear many things. Most of them,...
We all have voices in our heads. For me, it narrates what I do, what I’m thinking, I...
After doing research on EBSCO, I found three available sources on hyperthymesia. The first told me some important information...
I found lots of different articles on how dogs perceive humans. Some of which support my thesis and some...
(I’m)Perfect
Using Gale to find information on what I was studying was somewhat difficult. At first, I wasn’t specific enough,...
Is music subjective or are responses to certain sounds instinctive?
This past week we have been working with the Gale website to find more sources about our research projects....
The media, especially movies, can be very misleading when portraying the life of a spy and the intelligence community...
How Our Pets Perceive Us (Initial Research)
How do dogs perceive their owners? I have always found animals fascinating, especially dogs. There are some questions that...
Are emotions good or bad?
How will the world react when there is further increase of people that live their lives in autopilot? Autopilot...
The Key to a Perfect Mindset in Athletics
“ People used to go and see sports psychologist when they had a problem. Now the focus has shifted...
Prison Life
In research to answer the question, does the prison experience cause psychological issues, I have found the following information...
Toxhiuhmolpilia
The Aztecs believed that every 52 years, one full cycle of their solar year, the world would end and...
Brand Addiction
For my topic, using the Gale researcher was slightly difficult to find the articles I needed. However, I was...
How Social Media can Spread Outdoor Awareness
Since my last post, I have done more research about how social media can and cannot positively influence people...
Meditation: A Beneficial Practice
My research question is, assuming meditation alters brain pathways, what are the consequences and benefits of those alterations? Thus...
The Effect of Gender Roles on the Workplace and Behavior
I have done more extensive research into how gender roles affect the workplace and aggressive behavior. According to a...
Causes of Violent Outbursts in Youth, A Research Paper
I chose for my research paper topic to study the causes of violent outbursts in youth. I chose this...
No emotions
Everyone says love hurts , but that’s not true . Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy...
Child Labor
Child labor in our world today incorporates 250 million children worldwide. Child labor occurs when “people under fifteen years...
What is Confidence?
Confidence seems to be something that many want, and few truly have. In an article on forbes.com titled “Use...
How Technology Affects our Health: Mentally and Physically
Technology is a very wonderful thing. It can connect us to others, give us information and give us a...
For my research project I decided to do it about brands. It has come to my attention that most...
After reading a Vice article about a documentary following a boy who can remember every single day of his...
Research shows that being separated from their birth mother has an enormous effect on the child’s unconscious psyche. Even...
A Look into How Gender Roles are Affecting our Society?
I am researching gender roles in American society, and focusing my research on how our society is negatively impacted...
I am a frequent gamer and I am always confronted with the argument that video games are bad for...
Acceptance
Maybe I am the rose that grew from concrete or maybe I am the crevice where the beauty grows...
Why being smart, hardworking, and intelligent is not enough: Assessment Report on Ms. Moody
Juan S & Bethany G wrote this report from the point of view of a public health psychologist. You...
Panic, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: Assessment Report on Mr. American Dream
Gabriel Byrd & Ashley Sok wrote this report from the point of view of a public health psychologist. You...
Traumatic Events Haunt Mr. American Dream: An Assessment Report
Alexa Jones & Kerry Shaw wrote this report from the point of view of a public health psychologist. You will...
Dear You
You know after talking to you Sometimes, Just sometimes, I think about dying Not like, I’m sick of my...
Some mornings, some people look at the sunny sky and can’t get up in the mornings. They can’t stop...
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