PSYCHOLOGY

This is the collection of various psychology papers and projects I've written through 4 years of university.

All photos were taken from Pintrest, other than the cat photos.

When Does the Abuse End? A Proposed Study on the Duration of Cyberbullying

Prompt: Research a topic in cyberbullying.

I researched potential ways to end cyberbullying, and why certain demographics experience worse rates than others. I proposed a study that examined if certain cohorts had experienced longer durations of cyberbullying and how its implications could alter policy and reform for social media companies or government outreach.

Cognition in News, Why Memory is Unreliable

Prompt: Watch a TedTalk from a given list and summarize it. Explore how it relates to what we’ve learned in class.

I wanted to explore memory because of how it is affected with various situations. We had touched on memory for a short time, and I wanted to delve deeper into the different ways it is affected.

Magic Mushrooms and How They Have Impacted Social Perception

Prompt: Write about some news in psychology and explore its implications.

I have always been interested in how plants can be used as medicine, as the world has been brewing poultices and potions for millennia. I wondered how the rediscovery of psilocybin as medicine fit in with treatment resistant depression, amid the news of ketamine being approved for such illnesses.

Guilt and Shame: A Literature Review on Differentiating and Comparing Guilt and Shame and Exploring How They Affect Different Psychopathologies and Populations (Children, Assault Survivors, Veterans)

Prompt: Find a research topic related to affect and emotions and explore its broader implications.

I chose guilt and shame because of how prevalent it is in certain populations, and I wanted to explore where it is in the brain and why we feel these emotions so intensely, even when we are not directly responsible.