Social Science

Why is it so difficult to struggle between the desire to act on a behavior and the desire to resist it? First, we have understand the concept of self-control. Self-control is often seen as the ability to keep certain temptations…
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Is selfishness a learned or an innate human behavior? Can it be “cured”? Is it always negative? What are its effects if allowed to go unchecked? These questions and others have been considered by scientific researchers, the religious community, parents…
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You’ll never amount to anything! You’re an idiot! No one likes you! NIGGER! These are phrases and words meant to hurt people. The culture you’re brought up in and your family life can determine if words or phrases hurt you…
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Put simply, the ego is one part of a structural concept within the psychic concept, as defined by Freud.  Although he states that the ego is within the topography of the psychic apparatus, it is not in the brain.  The psyche…
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The reason many people fear death is because human beings are blessed, or cursed, with vivid imaginations, and we are also aware of our own mortality. We know we will die one day, and our imaginations tend to fill in…
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When Can A Man Cry? It’s truly ok to cry… if you know when and you know why? As a guy I’ve always thought of crying as an overrated function that my body had the ability to perform. To make…
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There are various types of intelligence. There is manual intelligence that a mechanic or someone who works with his hands has. There is intellectual intelligence which we are most familiar with. There is imaginative intelligence which allows people like Mozart…
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All scientific investigations are based around five fundamental steps.  Without these steps, each experiment would be conducted in a different manner, and it would next to impossible for other scientists to replicate the results of any experiment.  Having a standard…
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Depression is viewed by psychologists as a mental disorder. There are many forms of depression including seasonal affective disorder, major depression, and minor depression. The criteria for diagnoses varies just as much as the various forms of depression itself. These…
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Modern society primarily undervalues the necessity of psychology. Psychology is glanced upon like it is primarily an issue for psychologists and people who have behavioral or emotional challenges. Nonetheless, the fact is everybody has psychological dilemmas that they try to…
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