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Curly is arrogant, self-centered, and jealous. His wife is a flirt and lacks the attention she should receive from her husband. She is treated as a trophy by Curly. They got married shortly after meeting, and it seems that Curly’s wife married him mainly to escape her mother. Their marriage is very unstable, with a…

Behaviorism is a theory of learning in animals and humans that emphasizes observable behaviors and disregards mental processes. According to behavior theorists, learning is simply the acquisition of new behaviors. Experiments conducted by behaviorists identify conditioning as a universal learning process, with two distinct types producing different behavioral patterns. Classical conditioning occurs when a natural…

Both teaching ang learning has been a very enjoyable activity for teachers and students but sometimes the hours we spend on teaching and learning may turn into nightmare because of the boring course book, listening sessions and difficult topics. The teacher should make learning enjoyable and fun. This change will bring lots of benefit to…

  Trait and Factor TheoryIntroductionTheory helps individuals make good judgment in their experiences. In working with other people, awareness on assumption presents individuals with significant background and framework on the circumstances. It provides them a better understanding of specific strategies, counseling tools and approaches, by helping them decide how to exploit the aforesaid elements, when to…

One of the most important themes of ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ and, by virtue of it being a derivative text, of ‘The Hours,’ is that of mental health. The ways issues of mental health are presented are, almost universally, sympathetic and, in the case of the former, empathetic. The strongest symbols of this theme are Septimus and…

I, Mark and my partner Louis have conducted a research on collaborative writing. Let us define collaborative writing which Louis quoted from Wikipedia – The Free Online Encyclopedia: “collaborative writing refers to projects where written works are created by multiple people together rather than individually.” We are not new to this term and we have…

When individuals sacrifice their freedom for the benefit of the collective, they lose their individuality and become conformists. Stanley Milgram, a psychologist from Yale, conducted an experiment to examine the extent of obedience in ordinary people. While many of Milgram’s peers praised his elaborate experiment and found it to offer valuable insights on obedience, one…

In “A Respectable Woman”, a short story wrote by Kate Chopin delves into the psychology of Mrs. Baroda, a wealthy woman with a loving husband who faces temptation in the person of Gouvernail, a polite, unassuming visitor to the Baroda plantation. The story talks about a couple that had a plantation in a city. In…

“The Scarlet Letter” is that of sin and guilt. Nathaniel Hawthorne attempts to show how guilt can be a form of everlasting punishment. The book represents sin and guilt through symbolism and character development. In his novel, “The Scarlet Letter”, Nathaniel Hawthorne explains how the punishment of guilt causes the most suffering among those affected….

In the case of Rebecca, her psychologist has conducted an assessment for her with a plan of continued therapy and medication. DRP. Johnston did start out by defining the problem with Rebecca. In DRP Johnston assessment of Rebecca, he started out by clearly stating what the clients issue were, followed by her background from her…