… to our understanding of child development. Until the mid 1900's psychologists had no useful theory for explaining how children's minds change as they age. Psychologists interested in this field either has to study it in relation to behaviourism,…

… biological, learning, emotional and environmental factors combine in various ways to produce aggression in various situations." (Bernstein et al., 2003). Aggression is commonly defined as physical or verbal behaviour intended to physically or psychologi…

… This essay shall briefly describe Durkheim's Sociological Theory of suicide and Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory. Psychological autopsies shall then be discussed which have contributed to Shneidman's shared characteristics of suicide. Suicide victims…

… home desktop market but there is a new contender on the block in the shape of LINUX that is beginning to compete with Microsoft Windows on many different fronts. What is this LINUX and how does it compare and contrast with the Microsoft Windows operating…

… the potential to be a sadist. In "The Stanford Prison Experiment", Phillip G. Zimbardo examines how easily people can slip into roles and become sadistic to the people around them, even going so far as to develop a sense of supremacy. He does this…

… have affected the way we live today. Some of these people have devised laws, created machines, or sculpted artwork. Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti are two of these people. Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, inventor, musician, architect,…

… a powerful interpretation of reality. In many ways, especially as an IB student, statistical data is always useful for us to study geography, history and economics etc. Politically, it has been successful in propaganda since it used. That is because…

… by the American public. Some saw it as simple marketing; find the most compelling stories to gain more viewers. Others saw it as propaganda, using video feed to sway the public opinion, while others saw it as the raw truth, whether it was…

… Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage are at the core of every Army leader. Although not defined as such values in the mid nineteenth century, Army leaders were held to these characteristics just as leaders of today's…

… of punishment, or the fear of divine reprisal? Or because behaving just is good to do so? Or is it because the weaker one is scared into submission in the name of law, due to the fear of the stronger? Is justice good in itself, not considering its reward…