Most of us who work in some aspect of philosophy have had the experience of trying to explain to someone that philosophy is not psychology. To those members of the philosophical set, the distinction may seem obvious, but any attempt…
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As adults, we may have had some psychological problems that we dealt with. These issues are typically normal because we undergo stress and fatigue at some point of our lives. Children might not have that kind of stress or problems…
From two Greek words: psyche, which means the mind or the soul and logos, which means study, the science of Psychology has been studied and defined by many people throughout the ages. Hilgard, Morgan, Silverman, and Schlesinger are just a…
On the evolutionary, contemporary and universal dimensions of culture and identifying the main research areas in cultural psychology The term culture would mean the entire gamut of activities, beliefs, lifestyle, habits, rituals, arts, ethics and behavioral patterns of a society….
Reading the title to this article probably has you shaking your head thinking how ridiculous even the title sounds. Pop psychology has given some truly valuable techniques a bad rap by being inappropriately taught or used. But before you reject…
On the five types of intelligence and why we need to develop comprehensive intelligence tests that will measure all types of intelligence. If in your teenage years you felt like an alien from another planet, felt like you could not…
Where do I get off writing about the Psychology of Collecting? I have no degree in any of the behavioral sciences. (Took a Psychological Foundations of Education to get my teaching credential some years ago. Got an ‘A’, but frankly, I…
Anxiety is a very common disorder in today’s world, largely due to the fact that we feel hurried, pressured and pushed to perform, pay the mortgage, deal with kids, and on top of all that, live a full life. No…
On the human need for personal kindness and kindness of others, and what it means for the future of humanity Kindness or benevolence is a very important psychological attribute. We are kind to others for various altruistic and sometimes selfish…
On why altruism is not completely altruistic and yet ultimately good for humanity… In my discussion on ambition, I left out altruism and in a way that exclusion was intentional. Personal ambition would be directly arising from a personal need…