Social Science

Introverts and relationships Hi I’m Adam, and I am an Introvert. Introverts have been described as “A shy person who tends not to socialize much,” or “somebody whose feelings and thoughts are directed inward.”The first of these definitions points to…
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Throughout life people have always desired validation. It is an element of life that is inescapable. No matter how confident a person is the need to be heard is there. This desire is often demonstrated on television and media. People…
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There are many hundreds of strange phobias that i have heard of. Some of which are understandable and some of which are completely bizarre, because the subject of the phobia are completely harmless under any circumstances. Most phobias are developed…
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I had an interesting discussion with my counsellor about control over our anger and it went something like this. Names of course have been changed in this rendition of our conversation. George my counsellor: “Can we control our anger? This…
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According to process theories of motivation, motivation is a cognitive rational process and concentrates on psychological and behavioral processes that motivate an individual. Main process theories include Vroom’s Expectancy Theory, Adams Equity Theory and Handy’s Motivation Calculus. Vroom’s Expectancy Theory…
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There has been a sudden influx of television shows about self-discovery – but not in the old 1960s sense. Rather, the protagonist of these shows recognises that somehow life has not gone as expected, that the expectations and dreams and…
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The inkblot test, named after Hermann Rorschach who invented the examination in 1921 has had ten images made public by Wikipedia. The test has been highly secretive in order to keep the results effective, but the accuracy of this test…
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Anger can turn into hate if you can’t forgive and forget. The quickest path to feeling hate in your heart, is to let this toxic emotion live inside you like an unwanted house guest. If you are determined to let…
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Unhappiness is the result of the human being seeking to grasp something that they do not yet fully understand. But it must not be denied that external circumstances play a large role in people’s happiness. Too many people see “happiness”…
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Alfred Adler – The Third Man. Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Alfred Adler, the great triumvirate and founding fathers of early psychological theory, are probably the best known names in the world of early psychology. Freud and Jung are better…
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