Psychology Term Paper Topics

List of 183 Psychology Term Paper Topics

Social Psychology Term Paper Topics

1. A new slant on what is antisocial behaviour. There are a new set of rules –what behaviours are seen in today’s society that may not have been prevalent 20 years ago (e.g. texting continually, double dipping etc.).
2. Are leadership skills observable in young children? What are the observable qualities if a leader – can this be applied to a young child?
3. Avoidance tactics regarding stress in the work place. Again this is a new one – what tactics do we use in the workplace today that helps us cope with stress and stressful environments – supports your argument with strong research.
4. Body Image and Self-esteem – this may be one that has been used before but it seems to be very controversial especially for young children. There will be lots of backup research that you can use but remember to show two sides of the topic. Perhaps you could look at this from an historic point of view (centuries ago children were not children for very long).
5. Can you measure creativity? Is it something that can be socially measured?

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6. Damsels in distress, do looks count – do looks depend on whether the female is helped in times of distress? Again look historically at the evidence that is provided though history as well as through social psychology research.
7. Do men and women really think differently? If males and females think differently is it because of gender differences, creativity or innate workings? What happens in gender reassignments?
8. Does our sense of humour change as we grow older? Does age change us if so what in social psychology instigates those changes
9. How does fear impact on Social behaviour? – is this something that happens as we age? Is it fear or social anxiety?
10. How much are our personalities innate and how much is moulded by our environment? This is about what is measurable and what is theory
11. Jealousy between siblings? – does it really exist, is it worse for males or females? What evidence is there siblings actually grow out of being jealous of each other?
12. Joining a fraternity – what is the impact on the social psychology of joining a fraternity. Link this into theories of groups and wanting to belong. Look at research that both supports and refutes ideas of needing fraternities. Is the idea of a fraternity outdated in today’s society?
13. Long distance relationships do they really work? What research evidence supports that they do and what evidence says not? Does this relate to what is reported in the media?
14. What inhibits people from disclosure? Why do people distrust others?
15. Why do we suffer from low self-esteem in some situations? What are the factors and situations to look out for?

Psychological Treatments

1. Acupuncture
2. Aromatherapy
3. Biofeedback
4. Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
5. Craniosacral Therapy
6. Depressants
7. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
8. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
9. Facilitated Communication (FC)
10. Gestalt
11. Gingko Biloba
12. Homeopathy
13. Humanistic Psychology
14. Hypnosis
15. Kava
16. Opioids (Opiates)
17. Past-Life Regression
18. Prefrontal Lobotomy
19. Primal Therapy
20. Psychiatry
21. Rebirthing
22. Rolfing
23. St. John’s Wort
24. Split-Brain Surgery
25. Stimulants
26. Therapeutic Touch
27. Thought Field Therapy
28. Transcendental Meditation

Psychology and the Law

1. Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142)
2. Insanity Defense

Psychological Theories and Ideas

1. Attachment
2. Bilingualism
3. Birth Order
4. Body Type
5. Brainwashing
6. Chemical Imbalance
7. Cognitive Dissonance
8. Diffusion of Responsibility
9. Emotional Intelligence
10. Gestalt
11. Humanistic Psychology
12. Insanity Defense
13. Media Violence and Its Effects on Children
14. Memory
15. Moral Development
16. Mozart Effect
17. Obedience to Authority
18. Parapsychology
19. Parenting Styles
20. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
21. Savants and Prodigies
22. Self-Esteem
23. Stockholm Syndrome
24. Subliminal Perception
25. Ten Percent Myth

Psychological Research Methods

1. Brain Imaging Techniques
2. Correlation
3. Hawthorn Effect
4. Nonspecific Effects
5. Obedience to Authority
6. Parapsychology
7. Research Methods in Psychology

Psychological Assessment

1. “Big Five” Personality Factors
2. Brain Imaging Techniques
3. Gardner, Howard
4. Intelligence
5. Projective Tests of Personality

Pseudoscience and Psychology

1. Acupuncture
2. Alien Abduction
3. Aromatherapy
4. Astrology
5. Body Type
6. Chopra, Deepak
7. Cold Reading
8. Craniosacral Therapy
9. Dianetics/Scientology
10. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
11. Facilitated Communication (FC)
12. Gray, John
13. Homeopathy
14. Parapsychology
15. Past-Life Regression
16. Pseudoscience
17. Randi, James
18. Rebirthing
19. Rolfing
20. Satanic Ritual Abuse
21. Self-Esteem
22. Subliminal Perception
23. Ten Percent Myth
24. Therapeutic Touch
25. Thought Field Therapy
26. Transcendental Meditation

Popular “Gurus” and Movements in Psychology

1. Chopra, Deepak
2. Dianetics/Scientology
3. Gray, John
4. McGraw, Phillip (“Dr. Phil”)
5. Transcendental Meditation

Historic Figures in Psychology

1. American Psychological Association (APA)
2. Chomsky, Noam
3. Erikson, Erik
4. Freud, Sigmund
5. Galton, Francis
6. James, William
7. Jung, Carl Gustaf
8. Kinsey, Alfred
9. Masters, William H. and Johnson, Virginia E.
10. Neo-Freudians
11. Pavlov, Ivan
12. Piaget, Jean
13. Skinner, B. F.
14. Vygotsky, Lev Semenovich
15. Watson, John B.
16. Wundt, Wilhelm

Drugs and Chemicals

1. Addiction
2. Chemical Imbalance
3. Depressants
4. Gingko Biloba
5. Kava
6. Opioids (Opiates)
7. Psychedelic Drugs
8. St. John’s Wort
9. Stimulants

Psychological Disorders

1. Addiction
2. Alzheimer’s Disease
3. Amnesia
4. Aphasia
5. Asperger’s Disorder
6. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
7. Autism
8. Chemical Imbalance
9. Down Syndrome
10. DSM-IV
11. Epilepsy
12. Learning Disability
13. Mad Cow Disease
14. Mental Retardation (MR)
15. Mood Disorders
16. Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD)
17. Munchausen Syndrome
18. Narcolepsy
19. Nervous Breakdown
20. Paraphilias
21. Pervasive Development Disorders
22. Phobias
23. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
24. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
25. Schizophrenia
26. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
27. Tourette Syndrome
28. Williams Syndrome

Biological Bases of Human Behavior

1. Addiction
2. Aphasia
3. Biofeedback
4. Brain
5. Brain Imaging Techniques
6. Chemical Imbalance
7. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
8. Epilepsy
9. Imprinting
10. Mad Cow Disease
11. Nervous System
12. Prefrontal Lobotomy
13. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
14. Sleep and Dreaming
15. Split-Brain Surgery
16. Stroke
17. Ten Percent Myth