Understanding the psychology in video games and its realism. The difference between fantasy and imagination.

Characters in games such as Final Fantasy look realistic. People know they are not real, yet they want them to look more and more real. What does this need for realism in fantasy have to do with human psychology? What is the difference between fantasy and imagination?

What are some study tips essential to success when taking online courses?

How do I best approach taking a course offered online? What are some study tips essential to success when taking online courses?

Revision and Exam techniques. Idea's on how to revise (flow charts, diagrams etc) and techniques and tips for exams.

How do I revise and prepare for my exam? What are the best and most effective ways to revise and do well in exams?

Measurement of trait and personality characteristics is explained.

Why are the measurements of trait and state personality characteristics useful for coaching? This area is emphasized.

Vigilantism : Circumstances it occurs, bystander action, and its causes of increase.

Under what circumstances will vigilantism occur? Why is bystander inaction more likely when there's a group, but the presence of others increases vigilantism?

Obstacles to self-actualization are defined.

If the tendency toward self-actualization is innate, why are more adults not self-actualized? Maslow estimated that only 1% of adults are self-actualized. If he's right, why is this the case? Based on Maslow's theory, how would you explain it? How would Freud explain it? How would a cognitive psychologist explain it?

Motivation as proposed by Metzler (2002)

Please provide a basic outline of how I should format this paper. Any help will be much appreciated. 1. Consider an athlete whom you believe is low in motivation or whose motivation has waned in recent time. 2. Briefly describe what information supports your belief that the athlete you have selected is low in motivation? ...continues

Emotion and Sports Performance

Of the three stages of the SIT program, what one do you consider to be the most important? Why?

Emotion and sports performance are correlated.

In consideration of the anxiety-performance relationship, this job briefly describes Hanin's individual zone of optimal functioning (IZOF). It compares and contrasts Hanin's IZOF with the inverted-U hypothesis. Is the IZOF an alternative theory to or a variation of the inverted-U theory?

The Resilient Family: Family Tasks and Characteristics

Harway and Wexler (1996) proposed four typical family tasks carried out by most families regardless of lifestyle (single-parent led family, co-habilitating heterosexual adults, gay males and lesbian couples, dual-career family, remarried family, and the like). How do these tasks fit with the Walsh's (1996) "challenge" model of ...continues