This is a case study concerning John Nash's schizophrenia. It is based on the movie "A Beautiful Mind."

Essay discusses the effects of divorce on children.

Essay examines the many types of child abuse and their effects on the child.

The research gathered in this study examines the similarities and differences between classical and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning consists of four identifying elements, the unconditioned stimulus (US), unconditioned response (UCR), conditioned stimulus (CS) and the conditioned response (CR). Conditioning is achieved by manipulating reflexes. Operant conditioning relies on the use of reinforcement and punishment and deals with the cognitive thought process. Similarities between classical and operant conditioning include reinforcement, extinction, generalization, discrimination and spontaneous recovery. One way in which both learning forms differ lie in the extent to which reinforcement depends on the behavior of the learner. All organisms implement both forms of learning even if they are unaware of the process they are taking part in.

Cocaine is the third most widespread drug being abused today, with people being attracted to the drug either for stress relief or the lure of easy money. Cocaine adversely affects the body both mentally and physically, and the road to recovery from cocaine addiction is long and extremely difficult.

Many examples in the movie "Parenthood" relate to psychology in general and cognitive development in particular. The source of Gil Buckman's feelings of rejection and how those feelings affected his son; the cognitive development of each of Gil and Karen's children; the use of other parental styles besides that of Gil and Karen; and the significance of Grandma's roller coaster story all prove the presence of cognitive development.

Explores the area surrounding how cognitive psychology has affected or disaffected policing practices and the positive or negative outcomes of it.

Aaron Beck and his Cognitive Therapy.

An essay concerning how color affects appetite, and why many resturants, and food buisnesses use this to thier advantage.

Discusses a new method available to communicate with autistic children and adults. The method involves typing out questions on a computer keyboard. Answers critics who say such communication is not possible.

Details an experiment titled, Comparing Imagery and Rehearsal for Memorising Paired Associates. Provides an abstract of the experiment, the purpose of which was to find which technique of memorising was more efficient, rehearsal or imagery.

Essay is based on Bandura's research with the bobo doll.

Evaluates the learning perspective and its techniques in psychology today. Explores claims that conditioning and reinforcement techniques are sufficient by themselves to account for learning in humans.

This research paper discusses the link between creativity and mood disorders.

Addresses and explores the characteristics of a criminal offender, having been "labeled" a psychopath or non-psychopath. Focuses on the article In Cold Blood: Characteristics of Criminal Homicides as a Function of Psychopathy, from the Journal of Abnormal Psychology 2002, to compare the fashion of homicides compared between a psychopath and non-psychopath.

A summary of a paper written by Neal D. Ryan titled "Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents." The paper is a review of studies about the hereditary and environmental factors that lead to depression in children.

A critique of the article "Predictors of Social Interest in Young Adults," which appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of the Journal of Individual Psychology. The article investigated Alfred Adler's theory on social interest and examined family functioning, birth order, and gender as determining factors in the development of social interest.

The adolescent psychological problems some foster children face as illustrated in "The Lost Boy" by Dave Pelzer.

A critique of Edward Thorndike's 1910 article in the Journal of Educational Psychology, which explains the relationship between education and psychology and the importance of psychology in understanding ideas and material in education. The critique includes a synopsis of the article, the article's limitations, the relevance of the topic, and the implications for the field of educational psychology.

In his essay "A Mirror for Man," Clyde Kluckhohn makes the valid suggestion that cultural upbringing, not genetic makeup, determines an individual's behavior. Kluckhohn's position that people behave the way they do because "they were brought up that way" is accurate; the culture in which a person is raised reflects their values, attitudes, and behavior.