Social Science

Whilst some forms of criticism can propel us on to bigger and better things, other forms can leave us feeling deflated and anxious. This is because criticism can come from different places. One of these places is from a need…
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Like it or not, believe it or not, we bring our biology and biography to work, i.e., we bring our “family” to work. It’s a fact of psychological life at work that much of our behavior is based on how…
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Just as medical students often seem to ‘develop’ symptoms of possible illness during their first year or so of study, psychology students may look at detailed descriptions of mental illness and start to weigh their own sanity against what they…
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Death may appear to be a scary, ugly, dark word. But is it really? In some cases no, in others yes. You see, when a sick person passes away, we say, atleast now they are not suffering, in this case…
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Theories & Non-Theories of Mind Preface Immanuel Kant’s technique of transcendental reasoning has had considerable influence on the development of psychology as a science, most notably in the area of cognitive science. Although the implementation of this technique within psychology…
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Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Note: the scientific study. Psychological science has been designed to observe, describe, explain, and predict behavior. Other sciences have the same goal: observing, describing, explaining and predicting. The…
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Among the many aspects of human life, sexuality is one of the most important. It pertains to marriage, economic and kinship ties, identity, and satisfaction. Most people acquire some level of sexual experience at some point during their lives; and,…
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Perhaps the best known name in the world of psychology is that of Sigmund Freud. Perhaps no other name provokes greater controversy. Was he a genius or a charlatan? Born in Vienna to a middle class Jewish family, young Sigmund…
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An impulse is a spontaneous decision or thought occurrence that results in a particular following of action that may or may not be beneficial when comparing it to rational thought and planning. Often thought as a negative characteristic of younger…
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The fact that there are differences in intelligence in individuals of the same gender and race indicates that there is certain to be differences in intelligence between the sexes. For intelligence that is centered or structured around thought that is…
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