Social Science

Attribution is a concept which is widely used in social psychology. It refers to how people describe causes of behavior and events. Attribution Theory is defined as “the theory that argues people look for explanation of behavior, associating either dispositional (internal)…
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Lawrence Kohlberg is best known for his study of the stages of moral development and psychology. Kohlberg fashioned his views after Piaget’s stages of moral judgment but attempted to take the research a step further. He developed a set of…
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There are many different kinds of phobias and, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, 15 million Americans over the age of 18 suffer from a social anxiety. That number rises to 19.2 million for specific phobias, which is…
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Psychologists approach personality from a number of different perspectives, hence the many different theories of personality that are discussed in this article. Biological theorists such as Hans Eysenck suggested that genetics are responsible for personality. Psychologists and Personality Behavioural theorists…
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Spiders in dreams are a common occurrence. This may be because most of us have regular dealings with spiders in our waking life, or, because we have a basic survival instinct, gained from our distant ancestors who would have had…
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The best introduction to the Theory of Behaviourism would be to take a look at the work of B. F Skinner. Skinner held a strict behaviourist viewpoint and argued that if humans were to be changed, then the environment must…
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We have all experienced what it is like to take an instant dislike to someone.I have done this many times before and often think about why we do this. Considering how many layers there are to a personality and that…
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What can go wrong when taking assessment tests and how is the possibility of error taken into consideration in test procedures? ~ Among the fundamental requirements for all psychometric tests are validity, objectivity and standardisation but how trustworthy are the…
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“According to Carl Rogers, all humans, as well as all other living organisms, have an innate need to survive, grow, and enhance themselves” (Hergenhahn & Olson, 2007, p.438). This statement enforces the meaning behind the humanistic school of thought, that…
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Many people dream that they are naked. They may appear to bare all in a dream, in front of strangers, or worse still, in front of people they actually know in their waking life, who they wouldn’t normally want to see them with no clothes on. So why…
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