Social Science

You can do this. Right now, before you do anything else, stop and take a slow breath. Just pause.  Now, the very next thing that you need to do in the search for a good psychiatrist is to treat your problem…
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Did you know that every day of your life on earth is touched by some form of operant conditioning ? It’s doubtful that the concept even passes through your mind, though indeed it forms part of every waking moment in…
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How often do people assess their errors? Once a year, a whole segment of the U.S. population makes “New Years Resolutions”. Within a week or two, most of the avowed resolutions are put into storage, of the mind, and forgotten….
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A good friend of mine who used to see a psychologist said it to me best: “They make my unconscious… conscious.” Okay, vague? Yes. But pertinent? Well, yes to that too. There ARE some ways for you to become friends…
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Determining quackery often involves intuition. Does your gut tell you something is not right? Has s/he talked to you in an inappropriate way? Has s/he touched you in a way that makes you uncomfortable? Does s/he argue with you about…
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In order to answer the question, it is really important to understand the terminology we’re working with.  It seems as though many, including some who write for helium, are still under the misapprehension that an introvert is shy.  That isn’t…
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Are Introverts really shy? Read any article or book mentioning introverts and the topic of shyness consistently appears. This trait seems tightly wound with introversion, and how these are linked puts introverts at a disadvantage. It attaches a social stigma…
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Psychology began with foundations in both philosophy and biology. Both fields had a set of questions that required experimentation and scientific investigation. Philosophy had questions that great minds speculated on for hundreds of years, before the thought of using science…
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Introversion and extroversion are terms often used to categorize people’s general personality and intrinsic behavior.  They were first introduced by Carl Jung through his personality theory and analytical psychology for which he is notably known for. In effect, he classified…
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner: The Observer of Animals Old-fashioned and hard-working are the words that describe Burrhus Frederic Skinner. Because B. F. Skinner was an active and out-going person, he truly enjoyed school and the outdoors and building which education allowed…
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