Social Science

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) had significant education in the biological sciences, and was in fact a neurologist. The intellectual atmosphere of the time favored the influences of biological factors as the prime, or even sole influences and motivating factors in human behavior. Biology, in…
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The formal study we call psychology today is just over a hundred years old. In its infancy, its theories were often based on observation and deduction, but over the years, it turned instead to evidence, experiment and the rigors of…
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No doubt, there is no other part of childhood which defines all aspects of one’s life more than the teenage years. During these measly seven years, we severe old friendships, make new bonds, and walk the path towards reality. And…
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Chosen and delivered carefully, words can be as painful (or even moreso) as “sticks and stones.”  There are a number of factors contributing to the degree and depth of the hurt.  Who is using the hurtful language?  What is the…
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Insecurity is defined, in a psychological sense, as a feeling of apprehensiveness and uncertainty; a lack of assurance or stability. More fundamentally, it is the basic fear of the unknown. It is not hard to imagine how one could decide…
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We are all surrounded by color. but many of us do not realize that color can play a significant role when used as a healing therapy. Color therapy has been practiced throughout the centuries by many cultures. Thereasoning behind it…
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The debate of nature vs. nurture is one of the most widely argued subjects of modern psychology. People who believe that nature is stronger in personality development think that everything, or nearly everything, is determined by one’s genes before birth….
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“Stop the world I want to get off”.As a kid I remember hearing of a Broadway show by that name and not really knowing what it meant. Now that I have ridden on the merry go round of life I…
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Born 1 April, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York Abraham Maslow studied hard and became interested in psychology. He worked with Harry Harlow observing baby Rhesus monkeys and attachment behavior. From his observations he noticed that some needs took priority over…
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It is the syncopation of each level of intuitive-being (intuition) that brings about harmonious living as a cumulative effect – the culmination of both cause and effect as a synchronizing ends-means. Each prior moment is as but a means of…
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