Social Science

Dwelling on the past is often considered a shortcoming. The individual recounting events and circumstances from days gone by will be advised to let it go, and live in the moment. In reality, reliving the past can serve useful purpose….
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A learned and much needed sense of fear can be a strong first defense against threats, but when a child views the world as a scary place, something has gone awry. The cold hard fact that yes, there are some…
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As a popular 80s song proclaimed, “Everybody’s working for the weekend.” And to some degree, it’s true. Many people kick off the weekend at a Happy Hour on Friday afternoon. It’s time to loosen the ties, and kick back with…
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Economic meltdown, impending climate catastrophe, global terrorism, flu pandemics… I could go on, but why bother? The world is going to the dogs. It’s official. The media tells us so every day so it must be true. Has there ever…
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Decisions of character or social behavior can be somewhat sloppily divided into two different categories. When we make decisions, especially those we deem important, we depend on both parts of our innermost predictors of behavior – morals and ethics. Each…
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Someone once said to me “to get over someone you have to get under someone else” Vulgar and unseemly. That person is no longer my friend. I did it my way, with Brandy, black coffee and tears. Not good and…
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The type of person we are most drawn to is someone who is most like ourselves. We seek people who mirror what is inside of us. I don’t know about you, but if someone has tattoos all over their body,…
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Finding the real meaning of intelligence On the surface of it, intelligence would seem to be a pretty simple and straight forward thing. Perhaps a measure of human mental capacity or aptitude, something we can measure with an IQ test,…
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As a person with multiple mental illness, along with knowing many people with mental illnesses…I believe for the most part people are correctly diagnosed. However, there are many people who misdiagnosed. The reason for that, I believe, is that there…
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We as humans normally fear death. Death is the unknown and we tend to fear the unknown. The unknown is simply Unknown and this gives rise to feelings of vulnerability. When we begin to feel vulnerable a whole cascade of…
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