- Psychology of Toxic Relationships
- Description- A major part of the human experience is the romantic encounters that we experience, learn, and grow from. Living through a relationship that could be harmful to a person’s mental well-being is an experience to which many people can relate to. Given the damage that such experiences could have on an individual it remains a common experience, but why? In this topic I will explore what about the instability and toxicity of these relationships that continue to draw humans in and make it so hard to walk away? How far do the mental damages caused by toxic relationships go and do those damages go away?
https://journals-sagepub-com.remote.baruch.cuny.edu/doi/full/10.1177/0306624X211049187
This article discusses the mental and physical health consequences that arise from toxic romantic relationships. The article analyzes the situations based off of psychopathic traits in order to explain and answer questions through means of experimentation. The article reports that individuals who have experienced or are experiencing such abuse do in fact show negative symptoms in their cognitive, behavioral, and emotional development.
- “Consistent with past research, we predicted victims would more likely report experiencing emotional as opposed to physical harm and that psychopathy scores in victim’s partners would be associated with experiencing polyvictimization and the degree of physical injury (Brown & Leedom, 2008; Humeny et al., 2021; Kirkman, 2005). We anticipated that intimate partner victims would report a variety of negative symptomatology, via cognitive, behavioral, biological, emotional, and interpersonal consequences.”
- Social media and body image
Description- Social media dominates today’s society, but it is no secret that amongst social media usage comes a lot of of darkness. With exposure to social media, young adults are exposed to content that creates and idolizes unrealistic standards which can often lead to dissatisfaction with their image. There is a clear relationship and interconnectedness between social media standards and the discontent with self-image among young adults. In this topic I will discuss how this negative issue can actually turn into even bigger issues such as the detriments it can cause to ones health.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ny_pubs/771
This article conducts research in relation to the connection between social media and the attitudes of young adults regarding their own self image. This article supports the idea that social media does have negative affects to an individuals self esteem and identity as well as their overall mood.
“The purpose of our research was to investigate the impact of body appreciation on the relationship between social network sites usage and body dissatisfaction with young adult women and men.”
- Are zoos helpful or harmful to animals?
Description- In this topic, I would focus on the ethics of zoos. As humans, are we supporting something negative when choosing to visit a zoo? While many zoos claim to act as sanctuaries that take care and restore animals by providing them with habitat, is it really ethical to remove animals from their natural habitat for the purpose of human entertainment?