Many people doubt that psychology is a branch of science. Of course, within the subject, there are non-scientific methods of research. However, psychology as a whole, is in fact a science; or more specifically, a social science. This statement is …
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For me, solitude is a nice, relaxing time with peace of mind. If you are surrounded by others 24/7, you most likely feel an unwanted stress that can only be relieved with some alone time. The amount of time you…
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For most people, expressing anger in a healthy way is extremely difficult. The tendency for most is to just explode and rant on, often injecting irrelevant things into the anger. This seems to intensify the original cause for the anger,…
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Pain, such a trivial, yet powerful thing in life. Each person has their own of living with it. Gender has no part in how one feels pain. Yes females are more emotional, and most women will agree that because of…
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I’m a person who can’t stop worrying. Well, not without effort, at least. It can be hard to take your mind off what’s troubling you, especially if it’s related to people’s perceptions of you or a significant other that’s giving…
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Attitude is not something that I control very well. I have the opportunity almost everyday to change the way I react curveballs in life but, for some reason I do not care at the moment what my attitude is going…
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High intelligence and insanity have walked hand and hand through the ages. Society has long thought that brilliance comes with an increased risk of insanity. This common perception has yet to be totally disproved, but what has been discovered is…
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There are some ideas that are so ingrained in our society it is sometimes hard to remember that at some point someone had to create that idea. One of the keystones of modern teaching and parenting is the idea of…
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Dr. Sigmund Freud changed the world by changing the way people think about the human brain. His ideas have become so popular people often don’t even question ideas like the subconscious and the id. Yet there is more to Freud’s…
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Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) was trained as a medical doctor (neurologist), but his significance lies in pioneering the non-biological approach to psychiatric conditions. Freud is known as the founder of psychoanalysis as a method of treatment of mental disorders…
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