In an article from the New York Times, words are described as “conceptual symbols” that imply something more subtle...
People often wonder if their astrological sign has a correlation to their personality traits. The short answer is no....
Anvi Sharma “I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am....
Can competition be healthy? According to Think Like A Monk by Jay Shetty1, competition hinders productivity. However, sports psychologists2...
Introducing the ever-fascinating field of psychology: the scientific study of the human mind and its functions whereby psychologists seek...
Humans are naturally curious. Whether it’s babies or adults, people are always asking questions, learning, and using their senses....
Not many people know what dissociative identity disorder (DID/OSDD) is, as it is more commonly referred to by its...
Physical Presence and Gesture Raheem is a 12-year old, (presumably) African-American student from upper Manhattan. As I was his...
While pondering the question of Nature or Nurture, I wanted to apply it to a real world situation. The...
Kyle D Pruett, a Clinical Professor of Child Psychiatry, dives into the differing experiences infants face with infants might...
In the article, “What Does Too Much Screen Time Do to Children’s Brains?” (Upfront) I learned that screen time...
Dr. Brenda Shook is an associate professor of psychology at National University. She explains that the question isn’t “nature...
Though scientists don’t advocate for either nature or nurture, there are optimal methods in both that develop personality positively....
Addiction. Once it becomes a part of you it’s hard to leave behind, it is bonded to you, and...
Both factors work with each other; search for the most viable way to develop someone’s actions regarding their situation....
I am offering my love to you, since I have nothing else to offer. Keep it close like a...
In the text, “The Dilemma: Keeping Quiet” (Upfront), I learned that there are desirable ways to approach introverts. The...
Over the past two years countless lives have been changed since the upbringing of the horrific virus, Covid-19. This...
Science evolves to help provide better opportunities, yet in order to make these advancements science sometimes takes it too...
Ever since humans are little kids, everyone always tries to fit into a group. While growing up, people search...
We separate everything about ourselves into two categories, nature vs. nurture. The debate over nature vs. nurture focuses on...
The debate of nature vs. nurture has been ongoing for an extremely long time. Some people believe that both...
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on every person – nationwide. However, this toll is different for everyone....
The Stanford Prison Experiment was cruel and inhumane but led to great psychological change and discovery. The study was...
Why is it that corrupt people always find themselves in positions of power? Perhaps the answer to this is...
People everywhere experience the harshness of betrayal. Whether it was when a friend hung out with someone else, a...
This is my body. In it are hidden emotions. Emotions from a dark place with a burnt dust smell....
Emotion can affect the cognitive function, energy level, and physical performance of an athlete. If an athlete is in...
Sometimes in more individually oriented sports like tennis and golf, players often find themselves spiralling down a negative mindset...
Some psychologists claim that dreams are the firing of neurons during a state of rest, while others suggest that...
Throughout political campaigns, it is clear that politicians used many different methods of flattery in order to gain their...
Recently, I read The Art Of Letting Go by Rania Naim. I appreciated this book. I came across parts...
What defines a negative mental health stigma? Is it the person who has the mental illness or is it...
The phenomenon of sleep deprivation among high school students is a continuous cycle. After a long day at school,...
In the article, “Students & The Pandemic” by Aaliyah M she speaks on how the pandemic has affected plenty...
Impulse buying, binge watching, unemployment, and millions of deaths. The feelings of instability and insecurity plague the lives of...
In life, artwork, and especially literature, the narrative is often formed to the understanding of good vs. evil. There...
Native American communities face many obstacles, one being a huge mental health crisis. Native Americans have endured a brutal...
Endlessly drowning in a pool full of emotions and weight. Paralyzed with fear and a place I could not...
Personally, I think I would choose wealth over happiness because since our modern-day is such a capitalistic society that...
Procrastination is well known throughout most of the population, especially in highschool and university students. Parents see procrastination as...
In today’s time, it has been hard and stressful coping with everything. The most impacted are the younger generation...
With Covid-19, the overall mental health of students has drastically decreased. The lack of meaningful social connections follows directly...
People often use the phrase “Boredom is for boring people” but what if there is more to uncover. In...
Parents are teaching their kids values in the wrong ways. Giving kids video games that show aggression and violence...
Mental health is no joke and is becoming a very common problem for struggling teens. One website states that,...
“What’s the point of trying?” A constant thought that roams my mind on a daily basis. Restless nights, lack...
Yo, Chiraq Oscar here and I am posting this blog to talk about an issue that concerns me. I...
It is said that 50 percent of the world population make up introverts and the other 50 percent is...
Perfectionism and motivation are two very understudied concepts that are very fascinating. It is evident that their are links...
The article I read this week was about phobias again, specifically triskaidekaphobia, the fear of the number 13. In...
https://nowcomment.com/documents/137216 This document discusses ways that the community can help those in the homeless population suffering from mental illness.
For my second round of research, I found a research paper regarding perfectionism in sports and its correlation to...
George Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, seems near prophetic when looking back on the work today. Orwell predicts the increase...
The Labeling Theory states that individuals “behave in ways that reflect how others label them” (Crossman). For example, if...
https://nowcomment.com/documents/116606#.W88xDUtKjD4 When looking at the evidence and scientific studies, it is hard to deny that there is some correlation...
The very real fact of conversion therapy has caused many members of the LGBT community to be skeptical of...
It’s important for me to graduate high school because I will have better opportunities with a diploma. I can...
People have trust issues because they took the time out to open up and to let people get to...
ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The American Psychiatric Association defines ADHD as one of the most common...
A 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) found that 8.4% of children in the United States have a...
There are many psychological treatments for individuals seeking medical attention whether to treat or manage a mental illness. Therapy...
According to MentalHealth.gov, “If you have, or believe you may have, a mental health problem, it is helpful to...
I feel like being alone But in reality I just need someone to never let me go Expressing my...
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...
One worry people tend to have is that marijuana negatively affects your brain chemicals. The two brain chemicals it...
There are many types of therapy in the world that can help with an individuals emotions such as anxiety,...
We live in a world where mental health is a prevailing struggle, that affects all ages. On average about...
The process of my research thus far concerning human interaction and the way humans emulate, or try to emulate,...
In business, there exists a competitive craving to be smarter, faster, and bigger than everyone else. This urge stems...
In life, we often think that the only way to be secure is to be secure in oneself. Humans...
Marijuana is a drug being used very often in 2018. However, researchers still haven’t been able to fully understand...
For this essay, I am choosing to recycle and dig deeper into one of my past posts, on freedom...
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...
Handheld technology certainly has its pros and cons. The pros include easy communication, access to news, a platform for...
In society, people often deal with tragedy in different ways. Many use prayer to cope with it, ” “It’s a...
The bustling flood of technology that has poured into our world has brought a whole new menagerie of...
Technology is at the forefront of today’s society and is pervasive in everyday life. However, there are many negative...
Opioid abuse has become a serious problem in the United States as well as an increasing public health issue....
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...
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 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%;...
Emotions are very weird and to be quite frank, terrifying. Emotions for another human being cause so many issues...
A little while ago, I visited the Moral Machines website. It’s a study put out by MIT to see...
Humans experience an array of emotions, ranging from elated to depressed, apathetic to anxious, excited to afraid. There is...
Based on my knowledge from what my parents have shown me, my mindset and the ways I think will...
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...
I found that depending on when you were born in your family, you will most likely have a different...
Do I have a destiny? Personally, I believe that I can shape my own destiny, but this question...
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...
Introduction – Hi there, and welcome to my essay upon a personal belief of mine. In the essay that...
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 overwhelming amount of studies preformed on the various inmate populations of the prison system suggest that the system...
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....
The topic of animals understanding complex emotions is interesting to me because first, I watched a documentary about a...
In researching about the benefits on one’s mental health from meditation, I found several studies that show numerous reasons...
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...
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...
Using Gale to find information on what I was studying was somewhat difficult. At first, I wasn’t specific enough,...
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 do dogs perceive their owners? I have always found animals fascinating, especially dogs. There are some questions that...
How will the world react when there is further increase of people that live their lives in autopilot? Autopilot...
“ People used to go and see sports psychologist when they had a problem. Now the focus has shifted...
In research to answer the question, does the prison experience cause psychological issues, I have found the following information...
The Aztecs believed that every 52 years, one full cycle of their solar year, the world would end and...
For my topic, using the Gale researcher was slightly difficult to find the articles I needed. However, I was...
Since my last post, I have done more research about how social media can and cannot positively influence people...
My research question is, assuming meditation alters brain pathways, what are the consequences and benefits of those alterations? Thus...
I have done more extensive research into how gender roles affect the workplace and aggressive behavior. According to a...
I chose for my research paper topic to study the causes of violent outbursts in youth. I chose this...
Everyone says love hurts , but that’s not true . Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy...
Child labor in our world today incorporates 250 million children worldwide. Child labor occurs when “people under fifteen years...
My research topic is whether the use of recreational marijuana should be legalized in more states, or if it...
Confidence seems to be something that many want, and few truly have. In an article on forbes.com titled “Use...
Technology is a very wonderful thing. It can connect us to others, give us information and give us a...
I have chosen to write about the effect that music has on our emotions. I am interested in this...
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...
I am researching gender roles in American society, and focusing my research on how our society is negatively impacted...
Scientists have spent a lot of time researching the power of meditation. With its coming popularity in the West,...
Did you know 2 out of 3 children are exposed to trauma and violence Do you think...
For leading a healthy lifestyle, it simply comes down to diet and exercise, the most effective method is where...
I am a frequent gamer and I am always confronted with the argument that video games are bad for...
Maybe I am the rose that grew from concrete or maybe I am the crevice where the beauty grows...
Juan S & Bethany G wrote this report from the point of view of a public health psychologist. You...
Gabriel Byrd & Ashley Sok wrote this report from the point of view of a public health psychologist. You...
Alexa Jones & Kerry Shaw wrote this report from the point of view of a public health psychologist. You will...
I have created a survey to gather information pertaining to how people sleep and what they do before bed....
