“We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” – Oprah Winfrey The meaning of personal-growth or self-growth may differ from one individual to another. In general , it refers to improvement of your skills, goals, way of thinking, and personal qualities, in simple terms’ ‘Self-improvement’ or ‘development of an individual.…
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CAN WE BE REAL WITH OURSELVES? The past several months have seen mental health deterioration severely affecting lives including our own. All of us may or may not be dealing with a serious problem but in reality dealing with an intensely challenging personal problem is a personal view, a problem that affects you intensely might…
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Do Positive Affirmations Really Work? Yes, according to an article on positive psychology: “One of the main psychological theories behind positive affirmation is self-affirmation theory (Steele, 1988). Yes, there is an empirical study based on the following point of view : We can maintain our sense of integrity by telling (or confirming) what we believe…
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Humanism, as the name suggests, is built on optimistic views concerning human nature. This school of thought lays its emphasis on the innate goodness of humans and their yearning to attain a higher purpose in life. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow, the key architects of this approach, claimed that all humans have a free will…
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Memory formation is the most fascinating cognitive process. The evolutionary significance of forming memories was to record past experiences to avoid unpleasant encounters and potential threats to one’s survival. Hence, the elementary memory processes are common to all the species but in humans, it takes up a rather complex role and manifests diverse higher-order functions.…
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You all are going to have some stress in your life and we all do, and it’s normal nowdays. We need our body to release cortisol hormone to rise and fall throughout the day. Stress is something which helps us to wake up in the morning. Stress is of two types positive and negative for…
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“Everyone engages in addictive behaviours to some level because such things as drugs, sex, drinking, and eating are important for survival and highly reinforcing, says G. Marlatt. Addiction is defined as not having control over activities or using somethings to the points where it could be harmful to you its is most commonly associated with drug…
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In recent years, the media, the sciences, and philosophy have frequently discussed the people’s tendency to search for information that supports their belief and distort data contradicting them, this tendency of people to find evidence for their pre-existing beliefs is called Confirmation Bias. What is Confirmation Bias? Left-handed people tend to be more creative…
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Introduction Sigmund Freud was an Austrian Neurologist who found one of the most influential schools in psychology, Psychoanalysis. It is also known as the second force in psychology. Psychoanalysis gave a detailed account of human personality, structure of the mind, instincts, unconscious desires, and developmental stages. According to Sigmund Freud human behavior is influenced by…
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What does language mean? Language is a system for combining symbols (such as words) so that it is possible to create an infinite number of meaningful phrases to communicate with others. Language enables individuals not only to interact with each other, but also to represent their own inner mental activity. Language is, in other words,…
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