Social Science

To think in a logical manner requires the proper application of unspoken words with a bit’ of common sense – more would be better, but in today’s society that would be pushing it. A prime example is myself, as I…
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You are alone, it is night. Dark storms clouds blacken the sky. There are no stars, no street lights, and the camp fire is out. You hear a deep growl, your hairs stand on end, your heart beat increases, muscles…
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It would be a great temptation for a person who is logical minded to say that there is never a time when we should not think logically. Likewise, someone who doesn’t think logically might have an impulse to say “never”….
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There are many things that we can be scared of or that bring about fear in us all in some way. What most people overlook however is that all fear actually comes from the same place, and is for the…
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Irritability is a symptom of anger, but being irritable cannot be exclusively attributed to being angry. There are many reasons a person might display signs of extreme annoyance, anger being just one of them. Irritability can be a by-product of…
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          Psychology is not an exact science.  One cannot duplicate experiments with human subjects and get the exact same results time after time.   Contrast psychology to a hard science such as physics or chemistry.  You can test the theory of gravity…
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First of all, I have to ask, how bad are these thoughts? Personally, I find it very difficult to completely suppress any thoughts, much less “bad” ones. I’d say there’s little we can do about what we think. What we…
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Nobody likes to fail, and especially,  nobody wants this failure to be glaringly obvious to everybody around them.   Diets are prone to failure, simply because of their restrictive regime.  When going on a diet, people tend to tell others about…
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Informed Consent and a Right to WIthdraw These first two go hand-in-hand. One of the main rules is that a psychologist cannot simply come up and experiment on you. (S)he has to first let you know that you’re in a…
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In the studies of behavior, conditioning, and motivation, scientists in the field of psychology focus on the basic principles of operant conditioning. The first and most important of the elements of operant conditioning is the concept of reinforcement; positive and…
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