Social Science

Golden light glows from the lamps and illuminates the talking faces of my relatives. We’re all packed into the dining room with the aroma of apple cider drifting through the house. It’s Christmas Eve at my mother’s house. Thanks to…
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“People talk about “finding” their lives, in reality your life is not something you find it’s something you create” (David Phillips). This is exactly what the goals are for both Humanistic/Person-Centered theory and the Jungian Psychoanalytical theory. The Humanistic/Person-Centered Therapy…
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Projection is the way the psyche interacts and distinguishes itself from the outside world. That is to say: it’s how we get to know ourselves. A perfectly normal system. The problem with projection is when we obtusely stick at it….
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For my money, psychological projection is one of Sigmund Freud’s best ideas. It was refined and expanded by Carl Jung. I think it is so significant because projection is so ubiquitous in human beings. It is safe to say that…
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Before discussing narcissistic personality disorder and control issues, it helps to briefly summarize personality disorders. When a person requires such control and orderly conditions that it impairs their ability to behave appropriately with others, then a personality disorder is probably the…
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For my money, Freud’s defense mechanism of projection is possibly the most brilliant and useful idea he ever came up with. Psychological projection affects all of our relationships. Furthermore, it affects every aspect of our life, both small and great….
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For people who are naturally self-confident then self-confidence within themselves may come easy enough. For those of us who are not, then the question of how to be more confident, and trusting of ourselves is always with us. Confidence within…
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Lateral thinking, or thinking divergently, or ‘outside the box’, is natural process which enables us to learn and think creatively . Basically it is the ability to think freely and imaginatively, and to be more inventive. The notion of thinking…
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Understanding the different types of scientific studies that psychologist’s use is not difficult at all. In fact, once you learn the basic methodologies and a few terms it is easy to put into practice. While I probably practice Naturalistic Observation…
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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias which is caused by the inability of particularly poor performers to evaluate their own performance accurately. As a result, those who are incompetent are also unable to recognize their incompetence and thereby improve…
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