Essays about Psychology Page 239

The book titled The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, narrates the story of Jonas. He is the main character residing in a world known as The Community where everything remains identical. Nonetheless, Jonas eventually uncovers the existence of another world outside The Community, and he yearns to break free from it. The Giver is both…

We can’t elucidate reality to unravel the secrets it beholds. It’s what puts us on hold, spreading curiosity throughout us, it’s the curiosity we linger on that controls our lives, but it shouldn’t be like that. Don’t ride the days as they go on, drive them to a destination that you please. Slowly in our…

In 1998 Walt Disney Pictures released Mulan, a movie based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan. The story of Hua Mulan, can be traced back to the Ballad of Mulan which centers around the tale of a young women who in order to save her elderly fathers life, disguises herself as a man, and…

Philip Zimbardo, psychologist and former professor emeritus at Stanford, conducted the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971. The Stanford Prison Experiment conducted was “a study of the power of institutions [that] influence[d] individual behavior”.1 Zimbardo’s experiment focused around “the psychology of evil” and the reasons people were able to commit violent acts.2 The reason Zimbrado…

Acquiring Basic Rights for women has been a nonyielding fight since the beginning of time, and it was through such strife that the movement known as feminism was born. Feminism can be defined in the dictionary as “ Advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes”, this type of advocacy…

In this essay, I will argue that “unreasonable demands” is not a threat to ethics. Simon Blackburn, refers to “unreasonable Demands” arguing for moderate optimism about human nature. The point Blackburn brings forward is what is it better to lie or tell the truth, or does the truth only depend on the situation at hand….

Machiavelli’s masterpiece The Prince is one of the most polemical texts on political theory. Since its publication in 1532 there has been widespread debate among political theorists about his political morality. Today the term ‘Machiavellian’ used in everyday speech and has extremely negative connotations; a person so described is deemed as ‘cunning, scheming and unscrupulous’….

Grit is often associated with determination and perseverance in achieving one’s goals. It involves passion, persistence, and resilience in the face of obstacles and challenges. Mental health, on the other hand, refers to a person’s overall well-being and ability to function in their daily life. The relationship between grit and mental health has been studied…

No child should have to be raised by a single parent, but then again, we do not live in a perfect world by any means. Our society is full of greed and self-absorption that it has gotten to the point where some children’s lives are becoming harder and, in some cases, ruined because of a…

To what degree does maintaining obedience to authority lead to aggressive or violent behavior? After reading The Lottery and The Stanford Prison Experiment, I believe that I can answer this question, as both passages helped me develop analogies on this subject by comparing their concepts with real life situations. While they are both very different…