How do you assess your errors, and become a better person? Well, as they say, the first step to solving your problem is to admit that you indeed have a problem. You have to be able to admit that you…
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Dreams have played a significant role in the lives of humans as far back as we can go in recorded history. Native Americans looked to dreams for all of their major decisions. A tribe would seek dream advice before going…
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Although, Americans love to hate serial killers, mass murderers, spree killers and the like, just hating them isn’t going to make the problem disappear or go away. Certainly, no other nation generates these heinous and deeply troubled misfits as voluminously…
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I am sitting in a hospital room with machines beeping loudly, nurses and doctors coming in every 30 minutes to check her breathing, her blood pressure and her pulse. I am beside her, holding her hand, praying that she will…
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As a psychology major in my last two years of college, it was pretty common knowledge that psych majors were considered to be “weird” at best. I don’t think there is any relationship between studying psychology and developing a mental…
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Oneirology, is the study of dreams. It is about studying the reasons for dreaming, on the one hand, and the possible meanings of dreams on the other. And linking the two together, it also includes the study of why dreams…
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Roots of Cognitive-behavioural approaches Cognitive-behavioural approaches are based on empirical work. They believe that we can use animal behaviour, to learn more about human behaviour. Pavlov initiated experiments on dogs in which a bell would be rung and then the…
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In the Scientific American article of October, 2007 titled How Does Consciousness Happen? neuroscientists Christof Koch and Susan Greenfield discuss independent theories on the nature of consciousness. The synopsis introducing the article on the content pages of that month’s issue…
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Why is it that some people are afraid of dying, and others aren’t? I don’t think that anybody is really unafraid of death, I just think that some people deal with it better than others. It is said that death…
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Why would I fear death? When my mortal body dies, my soul, the essence of who I really am, will go to Heaven. How awesome it is to imagine meeting God face to face! My deep faith in an afterlife…
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