Social Science

Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a, perhaps, oversimplified explanation of how human beings grow as people. Just because something may be oversimplified does noit mean it is inaccurate. It simply means that the concepts are broken down easily enough…
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Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 in Austria to a jewish family. He was trained as a physician at the University of Vienna. His speciality was in neurology. In addition, he has worked as a psychiatrist and has seen many…
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This article will discuss inner and outer direction. I will argue the case that if all is only oneness, then any inner or outer direction must only ever just be a label that we ourselves have placed on an illusion…
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Karen Horney is a psychoanalyst who like Sigmung Freud believed that the unconscious is a major factor of the personality of humans. She disagreed, however, with him about the determinants or faces which are responsible for the existence of conflicts…
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How do we interpret our dreams? Dreams are mental processes, symbol representation of thoughts conveyed by our subconscious minds. We all dream, but we don’t all remember our dreams, and those of us who do, remember them because it’s a…
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Carl Jung was born in Switzerland in 1875, and was trained as physician there. He is one of the followers of Sigmund Freud and was influenced by his ideas especially the interpretation of dreams. Jung departed later from Freud and…
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We have all known for a long time that both teenage girls and pre-teen girls have had body issues. We know that society can shape the ideas that these kids have about themselves. But over the last while it seems…
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As a mother of three sons and 14 grandchildren, I have found that sleep is in-between the words “banana split” and “cheeseburger and french fries” in the teenager’s top requirement list-and to heck with the alphabetizing. And if I were…
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While appearing to be similar, this question is asking about two different things. It’s asking a lot to have anyone sum up these concepts from a psychological perspective in about 400 words. But, my guess is, most writers, like me,…
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Laughter is generally associated with pleasure and humour. But it can also happen uncontrollably when we are tickled and, until the tickling actions stops, it is virtually i,possible to control the laughing fit. However, it cannot be said that this…
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