Social Science

Understanding sensitive people was very difficult for me because I’m more or less straight forward and actually appreciate bluntness. There are two very sensitive people in my immediate family so I know what it’s like trying to deal with them….
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Denial is one of the most well-known defense mechanisms used by individuals. Often it is used to escape from the truth. Either way, many people find themselves in its grasp through the challenging situations life brings. A person can choose…
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On Being an Island Pizza, always. Chinese, no problem. Burgers, occasionally, depending on where you live. Wonder why nobody delivers Mexican food? A good business idea would be a medium-sized fresh food grocery that sold smaller portions. Single people don’t…
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Letting go of someone you love is just a matter of acceptance. You first have to take the time to evaluate the situation. Once this is don all that is left for you to do is let them go so…
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Everyone gets together with friends on weekends, most of us drink at these outings. We may get together with “non-work” friends on Saturday for social events or just hanging out, and most of us drink then too. Most of us…
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To be a person tending towards introversion usually implies a person prefers their own company to that of a group or large social gathering. In our society, the accepted norm is extroversion. This rule especially applies for males. Males who…
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In Freudian psychoanalysis the Oedipus complex is a crucial process in the normal psychological development of infants. It centres on the male infant’s unconscious sexual desire for the mother. Occurring between the ages of three and five years, the complex…
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Psychology and the Law The science of psychology is the study of behavior and its related thought processes. Consequently, the study of psychology encompasses every aspect of human existence from predicting teen fashion fads to apprehending serial killers. Once a…
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Suppressing any thought be it labelled bad or good seems to be a “bad” idea. In meditation, one of the ways of effectively meditating is to allow any thought arise, to acknowledge it, and let it go. Suppression can be…
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Some young people are well acquainted with dying and death. Many are not. Either way, most people are aware of and familiar with a specific death culture by an early age. What is death culture? Death culture is the acting…
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