Social Science

The great American psychologist Abraham Maslow studied human behavior over many years, and in 1943, published his Theory of Human Motivation. His Hierarchy of Needs model can be understood as a series of basic human needs that represent goals to…
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Human behavior can be a fascinating subject. On one hand, it can aid the seeker in deepening their understand of themselves and their world. On the other, cultural diversity and ethnocentric perspectives present challenges in the ability of the human…
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Most of the time we as humans run around in a hurry everyday. We try to take care of our families, and pay the bills. In fact, our lives are so active that we rarely have time to address our…
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THE PARADOX OF ALTRUISM For centuries, philosophers, scientists, religious leaders, economists, sociologists, psychologists – and Uncle Tom Cobbley and all! – have debated this subject. Are we born selfish, with, as Richard Dawkins suggests, a ‘selfish gene’ that means every…
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Isn’t it curious that I hardly know any of the people living inside my head? Even if I did it would make no difference. They are an unruly group most of the time, uninterested in me and always fighting over…
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I don’t know that people are as afraid of dying as they are afraid that they won’t have accomplished what they wanted before they get there. Death is absolutely, positively inevitable. Fearing it isn’t going to change it. However, some…
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Carl Jung was born in Switzerland, on July 26, 1875 to Emilie Jung and Johann Jung who was a minister. In fact, religion played a tremendous role in young Carl Jung’s life. Being surrounded by religion and medicine may have…
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To take a journey into the man, mind, and logic at work is truly based on belief and opinion at best. I have read a lot on Freud and still do to this day. (Everything I can get my hands…
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Intrinsic motivation is the type of motivation that causes an individual to do something for the sheer pleasure of the act. There are no rewards for a person to feel motivated to do a certain act if they possess intrinsic…
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Humans learn best by experience for the simple reason that we remember from past experiences the best and worst ways to accomplish any particular task we might be encountering at that time. Unlike animals which have only a limited memory,…
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