Social Science

HUMAN CONSISTENCY IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY What is social psychology? Gordon Allport (1985) described social psychology as using scientific methodology to understand how the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals are influenced by the actual or imagined presence and actions of…
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The prominent feature of impulse control disorders is the repeatedly inability to stop behaving impulsively, or to resist the desire for short term satisfaction from behaviors and actions that result in great long term loss or harm. Pathological gambling develops earlier in…
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Carl Gustav Jung was a strange melancholic child who had no brothers or sisters until he was nine, so he played his own imaginary games.  Jung was born in 1875 in Kesswill, Switzerland, the only son of a Swiss Reformed…
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The DSM-IV TR identifies many impulse control disorders. Some of them involve self defeating, strange, socially unacceptable, or self destructive behavior. Others involve legal, but socially unacceptable acts which escalate to an inability to comply with the law when impulses take over. Whether…
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The prominent feature of impulse control disorders is the repeated inability to stop behaving impulsively, or to resist the desire for short term satisfaction from behaviors and actions that result in great long term loss or harm. Like other psychological disorders there…
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In order to understand the meaning behind a dream of snakes, one must take into consideration the way he or she regards snakes in waking life.  While some people have phobias toward snakes, others keep them as beloved pets.  In…
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Most children are fascinated with campfires, fireplaces, bonfires, etc. That’s natural. But when fascination turns into an obsession, fire setting can become a serious problem. Juveniles who set fires obsessively become a huge problem to society, and property losses from…
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Forensic psychology is a division of psychology that applies to the courts and to law enforcement. The bulk of forensic psychologists work for the civil, criminal, and family courts as either therapist/counselors, evaluators or assessors of psychological abilities, disorders and…
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The most influential psychologists in history are those of the 20th century, when psychology was still being considered as a new field. Individuals such as B.F. Skinner, Jean Piaget, and Sigmund Freud were the main ones involved at this time…
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The inside workings of children’s mind intrigued Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist is known for his pioneering studies of how children learn. He was fascinated by the workings of their mind, and not so much as when they gave right…
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