“The Laboratory” by Robert Browning is a poem about a woman being engrossed by jealousy. Browning uses many literary techniques to show the escalating changes of the main character. Through the tone‚ persona‚ and figure of speech‚ Browning utilizes these three elements in order to create the envious nature of the woman in the poem. The poem begins with a tone that is filled with resentment‚ which also describes the speaker’s emotions that soon escalates erratically. The first sign of resent is when
Premium Emotions Woman Envy
Psychological Perspectives for Aggression Psychology is composed of a lot of different branches such as biological psychology‚ cognitive psychology‚ evolutionary psychology‚ social-cultural psychology‚ etc and they all have different justifications pertaining to behavior. Biologically speaking‚ aggression can be inherited by genes of past generations. If aggression was a quality of the ancestors or relatives of a person then it is likely that the person will also be aggressive. Additionally‚ if
Premium Psychology
just like children who tend to be sensitive or withdrawn‚ vary considerably. Some may be aggressive because they are frustrated and highly sensitive. Other children may be aggressive because they crave lots of sensory input. Whatever the cause‚ aggression in a child can tax us to our limits. But if we can understand the underlying physical and emotional reasons‚ we can use it as an opportunity to help the child grow and develop
Premium Emotion Aggression Psychology
Discuss two or more psychological explanations for institutional aggression. The importation model is a dispositional theory which states that an individual would bring in – import – characteristics from outside of prison which lead them to be aggressive in daily life. This then leads to aggression while incarcerated. Cheeseman said that men have a certain way of behaving‚ probably why they ended up in prison to begin with‚ which they then apply to their new setting. Irwin and Cressey found 3 subcultures
Premium
behind all of them was the jealousy of a man named Iago. The theme of jealousy is much apparent to even the casual reader as the words "jealous" and "jealousy" appear in the play 16 times‚ which mostly occur in the crucial act III‚ scene III where Othello confronts Desdemona. Yet the first direct reference to Iago’s jealousy occurs in the soliloquy in act II‚ scene I; where he muses on a plot to ruin Othello‚ "Or‚ failing so‚ yet that I put the Moor At least into a jealousy so strong That judgment
Free Othello Iago
which have made “Othello” great. These themes include jealousy‚ deceit and of course… love. I personally believe that jealousy is the most influential theme of the play as it provides the backbone or structure of the play and creates tragedy which is what Shakespeare is synonymous for writing. It is with the combination of these three themes and their techniques which provide mysterious‚ backstabbing tragedy which is “Othello”. Firstly‚ jealousy is an important theme featured in “Othello” as it
Premium Othello William Shakespeare Iago
Infidelity is the act of unfaithfulness to a person‚ union or situation. Marriage infidelity is a common phenomenon that is almost as equally participated in by wives as well as husbands. There is a significant amount of time dedicated to the subject. Everything from talk shows to weekly dramas‚ rely on the topic of infidelity for ratings. How to avoid and/or survive infidelity are usually the topics. But rarely does one address the psychology of infidelity. People cheat for various reasons
Premium
Evolutionary Theory of Attachment The evolutionary explanation of attachments was first developed by Bowlby. He said that an attachment is biological and crucial for survival as it ensures the infant is cared for due to the reciprocal nature of attachment. Bowlby also said that both infants and carers are innately programmed with the ability to make attachments and that Bowlby believes in monotropy‚ the belief that a child can only create an attachment with one primary caregiver only and this
Premium Attachment theory Developmental psychology
07/09/12 Bowlby’s Evolutionary Theory “Babies’ smiles are powerful things‚ leaving mothers spellbound and enslaved. Who can doubt that the baby who most readily rewards his mother with a smile is the one who is best loved and best cared for?” – Bowlby‚ 1957. John Bowlby was a psychoanalyst (like Freud) and believed that mental health and behavioral problems could be attributed to early childhood. Bowlby’s evolutionary theory of attachment suggests that children come into the world biologically
Premium Attachment theory John Bowlby
relations before marriage as well as during and also explore issues of premarital sex‚ non-marital sex‚ and marital fidelity. Diving deeper into the sexual morality issue known as marital fidelity‚ we discover that marital fidelity‚ or rather marital infidelity as is explored in this paper‚ is a prominent ethical issue also known as extramarital sex. Extramarital sex is most commonly known
Premium Morality Sexual intercourse Human sexual behavior