Research Topics
Choose one of the following for a topic of your research paper, or develop your own research topic from areas mentioned in our textbook.
- Addictions: which substance(s) most addicting? Which easiest/hardest to treat?
- Role of the environment in the development of personality.
- Addiction: influences of genetics vs. peers/environment.
- Anxiety: causes, symptoms, and therapy.
- Psychological and physical benefits of laughing.
- The effects of the circadian rhythms on human beings.
- The nightly dream cycle and sleep deprivation: impact on mental health.
- Collectivist vs. individualistic cultures: impact on positive self-esteem/sense of self.
- Interpersonal attraction: causes, gender differences; is there an "ideal"?
- Endorphins and happiness: production, role, implications for mental health.
- Learned optimism/helplessness: how each come about; implications for mental health
- The Internet; positive/negative effects on our psychological health.
- Childhood trauma: impact on personality/role in personality disorders.
- The dual roles of genetics and environment on intelligence.
- Alzheimer's disease: causes, treatment, and role lifestyle plays.
- Contact sports and degenerative brain disease.
- Workplace stress: environmental factors? Role of culture, of job type?
- Bullying: causes, who gets bullied; what can parents/teachers do to stop it?
- The psychological effects of torture.
- How to motivate children to achieve.
- The function of play in psychological health/well-being.
- The psychological benefits of pets and pet therapy.
- The emotional effects of solitary confinement.
- Attractiveness and bias: are the attractive treated differently?
- Habits: how are they formed and how can they be changed?
- Divorce: causes, psychological impact.
- The psychological aspects of obesity.
- Significant findings from research on identical twins.
- Abusers: a profile - early psychological history of a future abuser.
- Eating disorders: why are they so resistant to treatment? Role of gender? Brain changes?
- The psychological problems of the homeless.
- How does social anxiety disorder effect the routine of a person, treatments?
- ADHD: the latest research and recommended treatment.
- The link between exercise and emotional health.
- Anger management: what makes psychological treatment effective?
- Psychological characteristics of long-standing marriages.
