huntertholkes, Author at Let's put the 'real' back into 'reality'

MSc Thesis poster

Competing psychological models of depression

Engles (1977) proposed a model merging the psychological and social as a science with the biological, providing a more expansive multi-disciplinary lens. This proved acceptance for psychological theories to propose models. Of course, by improving research protocols (Alloy et al., 1999; Licinio & Wong, 2020), though with inevitable scepticism and fraught with limitations as conclusions… Continue reading Competing psychological models of depression

Teaching Assistant Assignment Creation

I recently (Spring semester 2022) was a teaching assistant for a course at St. Cloud State Univiserty – PSY490 Psychological Disorders. During my opportunity as a teaching assistant, I proposed adding a new assignment. After taking the course the semester prior, I felt that an aspect of conducting a psychological evaluation was missing – the… Continue reading Teaching Assistant Assignment Creation

Huskies Showcase Oral Presentation

Special thanks to my presentation partner – Andrea. We graciously were accepted into the ‘finalist’ section that was judged and scored against other presentations spanning from political policy, memory and perception, and biological studies and research.

Midwestern Psychological Association Poster Presentation

Illusory Free Will Exists

What does this even mean? Free will is illusory; this is to say that the awareness and the attachment of your own mental states act in parallel with each other; further establishing the presence of a “spotlight” of attention that is one step behind the precipitating cause – mainly, a phenomenon occurs, therein stimulating a… Continue reading Illusory Free Will Exists

Narcissism Manuscript

What Makes an Expert?

I am not an expert. That claim or utterance should not be assumed within the contents of my writings. So, then, what gives someone the right to talk about a topic with no formal credentials? Citing most claims with relevant research to back up any such utterances protects the utterer from claiming any expertise. If… Continue reading What Makes an Expert?