Social Science

Alternatives to seeking psychological help when you need to find ways to deal with living your life to the fullest potential include education; the church and your minister, priest or rabbi; community organizations; living a healthy and well-balanced lifestyle; or…
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Originally, a classifying system for mental disorders was needed. In the Census of the 1840s, the classification system was called “idiocy/insanity”!  There were seven categories which included melancholia, mania, monomania,paresis,dipsomania, epilepsy and dementia. In the early 1900s the American Psychiatric…
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I will start this commentary on Freud by defending at least one basic tenet of his teachings. That is his stern belief that everything done, said or dreamed-even the misspelling of a word-almost always has meaning. I proved this to…
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“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive”. Sir Walter Scott wrote those lines perfectly describing how most of us refuse to acknowledge our faults, and then spend years and years denying them. The only…
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Article: The Four Humors of Human Personality The purpose of this article is to discuss the origin and basic development and structure of human Personality.  The Four Humors/Temperaments or Personality Traits are considered ancient indicators for diseases of the body,…
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Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Stages of Development-This learner has gained a better appreciation for Piaget’s contribution. The ability to comprehend how one’s mental capacity develops is very important. This new understanding will aid in the ability to communicate in a manner…
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If you’re a perfectionist you’ll know being so go’s hand in hand with killing of confidence. If you attempt to be perfect in all your endeavours, you become nervous, edgy, and dependant on outcomes and results. If things don’t go…
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Sigmund Freud is the father of psychoanalysis, however, he did not singlehandedly develop the science. He produced the 5 pillars of beliefs, but even his students Adler and Jung disagreed with them and moved on to develop their own branch…
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INFLUENTIAL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN HISTORY The most influential psychologists in history are Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, Erich Fromm, Erik Erikson, Gordon Allport, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Rollo May, B. F. Skinner, Frederick S. Perls, and Albert…
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There’s nothing shameful about seeing a psychiatrist, most people would benefit from it if the price was not too high! However, sometimes they are a must regardless of the expense: When your loved one’s behavior is disrupting their life and…
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