Social Science

Each of us, in reference to that part of the ego which we reveal to the outside world, has a persona, or mask, that we put on in childhood that enables us to give definition to our public sense of self….
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Are you deathly afraid of spiders? You may have arachnophobia. Phobia means having an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations. You’ve heard of taphophobia (being buried alive), acrophobia (fear of heights), and…
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Cope with criticism It is annoying to receive criticism, especially from people you care about. It somehow affects your own view of yourself and self-worth. True, criticism stings but instead of looking at it as an offense, an injustice, view…
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Howard Gardner developed the theory of multiple intelligences. According to Gardner, intelligence tests were too narrow in analyzing a person’s intellectual abilities. He developed the theory of multiple intelligences to describe varying degrees of abilities in a range of different…
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For most of our first million years on earth, the word world meant your known tribal locale, and anxiety meant nothing at all, because the word anxiety came as a new label for discomfort and distress, much later.  With words…
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We all know people who can’t stop putting others down.  This is always a sign of insecurity.  When we find constant fault with others, this is what pychologists call “projection.”  The critic is projecting their own feelings of insecurity, which…
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Life is ever-changing.  Change is the only permanent thing we know.  If you seek stability, security, and permanence, you are in line at the wrong universe.  In this universe, change is what drives the cycles of your life from the…
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In the search for the significance of our dreams, we should perhaps start with the basics of neurotransmission, neurochemicals, and neurochemoreceptors. As our brain progresses after birth, and sometimes prior, we have reactions we learn from various stimuli, and automatic…
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Abraham Maslow was the closest scholar of the mind to an Ecopsychologist that can be found if one thoroughly studies the twenty-first century insights into Psychology and behavior.  To summarize his impact, and how it differs from the contributions of…
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Two of the most influential psychologists in education are Jean Piaget & Lev Vygotsky. Both psychologists developed theories into understanding how individuals learn and both psychologists recognized the increase of knowledge with the progression of age. Together, these theories are…
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