Dissertations on Psychology

Psychology is the study of human behaviour and the mind, taking into account external factors, experiences, social influences and other factors. Psychologists set out to understand the mind of humans, exploring how different factors can contribute to behaviour, thoughts, and feelings.

View All Dissertation Examples

Psychology

Latest Psychology Dissertations

Including full dissertations, proposals, individual dissertation chapters, and study guides for students working on their undergraduate or masters dissertation.

Post-Traumatic Growth Following Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Role of Coping Strategies as Predictors of Growth

Dissertation Examples

The aim of this study is to explore whether post-traumatic growth (PTG) can occur in adulthood following an adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the relationship between these two variables and the role of coping strategies in the acquisition of growth in an individual....

Last modified: 6th Jan 2022

Analysis of the Counselling Service Provision for LGBTQIA-POC

Dissertation Examples

In this assignment, I will be using the acronym LGBTQIA to represent individuals who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex or asexual. People of Colour (POC) is a term used to describe individuals from non-white or non-Caucasian backgrounds/ethnicities...

Last modified: 6th Jan 2022

Evaluation of Mindful Eating and Eating Pathology

Dissertation Examples

The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between mindful eating and eating pathology and to determine whether a mindful-eating questionnaire is a good predictor for eating disorder symptomology and disordered eating behaviour....

Last modified: 6th Jan 2022

Change Blindness and its Effect on Eyewitness Testimony

Dissertation Examples

This study examined the relevance of prior research on the perceptual phenomenon of change blindness. The research conducted in this experiment was based from the findings of Davies and Hine (2007)....

Last modified: 4th Jan 2022

Is Critical Psychology Essential to Client Rights in Mainstream Psychology?

Dissertation Examples

Psychology has grown to have branches within it One One such branch is critical psychology. This research paper is going to deal with the question; 'Is critical Psychology essential to client’s rights in Mainstream Psychology?'....

Last modified: 22nd Dec 2021

The Role of Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition

Dissertation Examples

There are both cognitive (working memory, intelligence, attention to name a few) and social factors (such as education, motivation and age) that contribute to successful SLA. This dissertation focuses on the cognitive aspects....

Last modified: 21st Dec 2021

Freudian and Jungian Literary Analysis: Under Milk Wood

Dissertation Examples

This paper seeks to assert that Dylan Thomas’ play Under Milk Wood can be successfully viewed using Freudian and Jungian psychoanalytic techniques....

Last modified: 20th Dec 2021

Relationship between Social Media and Depression

Dissertation Proposals

The aim of this research is to determine the correlation between depression and social media use....

Last modified: 1st Dec 2021

Music Therapy on Stress Reduction For University Students

Dissertation Proposals

This project is to provide a music therapy platform to university students to relief stress and let university students know more about music therapy. In the project, the music is being analysed before putting to the platform....

Last modified: 1st Dec 2021

Effect of Exposure to Media Violence and Aggressive Behavior

Example Literature Reviews

This study aims to investigate the impact of being exposed to media violence, which also leads to aggressive behaviour in individuals....

Last modified: 30th Nov 2021

Effects of Father Absence on Child Development

Dissertation Examples

This paper reviews the past literature and recent research concerning the importance of involved fathers on their children’s development....

Last modified: 30th Nov 2021

Freud's Cases of Hysteria: Birth of Psychoanalysis

Dissertation Examples

This dissertation returns to the original case histories that Freud wrote on the patients he treated for hysteria....

Last modified: 24th Nov 2021

Effect of Domestic Violence on Child Behaviour and Self-concept

Dissertation Examples

The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the effect of domestic violence on children. The main questions explored were the effects of domestic violence on the behaviour and self-concept of children....

Last modified: 12th Nov 2021

Psychological Impact on Newly Diagnosed Lung Cancer Patient

Dissertation Examples

The concern addressed in this dissertation is to explore the psychological impact on a newly diagnosed lung cancer patient....

Last modified: 5th Nov 2021

Psychological Effects of Imprisonment on Young Offenders

Dissertation Examples

The aim of this dissertation is to examine the claim of authors such as Harrington and Bailey (2005) that a substantial proportion of young offenders in the UK suffer from severe mental illness....

Last modified: 4th Nov 2021

The Distinction Between Appearance and Reality

Dissertation Examples

This dissertation concerns the distinction between appearance and reality. Particularly, the metaphysical nature of a class of visual appearances that I call “looks.”...

Last modified: 1st Nov 2021

Sentimental Analysis on Products Reviews

Dissertation Examples

In this paper, our ultimate goal is to tackle the problem of sentiment polarity categorization, which is one of the fundamental problems of sentiment analysis....

Last modified: 26th Oct 2021

Effect of Instagram on Adolescent Female Self-Esteem

Dissertation Proposals

This research study is of importance because social media, specifically Instagram, has put pressures on teenagers and adults to fit into what society portrays as beautiful and perfect, these outside influences have lead to eating disorders and health issues....

Last modified: 25th Oct 2021

Content and Structure of Professional Self-fulfilment

Dissertation Examples

The aim of this study was to determine the content and structure of professional self-fulfilment and to develop a method for assessing this phenomenon....

Last modified: 13th Oct 2021

Concept of Motivation in Human Behaviour

Example Literature Reviews

The purpose of this project is to conduct a study on employee motivation with special reference to Tesco Extra store....

Last modified: 12th Oct 2021

Barriers to Student Engagement in Online Self-Help Programs

Dissertation Introductions

This thesis aims to identify several vital barriers influencing students’ decisions to complete extra-curricular online self-help well-being programs....

Last modified: 8th Oct 2021

Theories of Compulsive Buying Behaviour

Dissertation Examples

In this analysis, the study revealed the key predictors of compulsive buying to be self-esteem, dependence and anxiety....

Last modified: 7th Oct 2021

Relationship Between Motivational Beliefs and Education

Dissertation Examples

This research study is designed to explore the impact of motivational beliefs on the experiences of learning....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

How Individuals Perceive Stress and Coping Responses

Example Research Proposals

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between individual’s personalities and how an individual perceives stress and their coping responses....

Last modified: 5th Oct 2021

Emotional arousal and the Mozart Effect

Dissertation Introductions

An exploration of the power of music on individuals spatial temporal reasoning ability in the context of 21st century contemporary music styles....

Last modified: 5th Oct 2021