Getting enough sleep is essential for maintaining good physical and mental health. During sleep, our bodies recharge and repair. However, not everyone can fall asleep or stay asleep easily, leading to various types of sleep disorders. Sleep-wake disorders commonly referred to as sleep disorders, are conditions that can disrupt the quality, quantity, or timing, of…
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A Amnesia Amnesia is a condition that causes partial or total memory loss in a person. The condition can be caused due brain damage, head injury, psychological trauma, etc. There are many kinds of amnesia, such as retrograde amnesia (the loss of pre-existing memories), and anterograde amnesia (the inability to make new memories). The treatment…
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Author: Sigmund Freud Book: The Interpretation of Dreams, 1899
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In social psychology, the Yale attitude change method studies the factors under which people are most likely to alter their attitudes in response to persuading messages.
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A psychological process of acquiring, storing, retaining, and later retrieving information is memory. It involves three major processes encoding, storage, and retrieval. The Atkinson-Shiffrin (1968) model of memory proposed three types or stages of memory: Sensory memory, Short term memory, and Long term memory.
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Social psychology is the study of the impact social forces has on how people think, feel, and act. Our perceptions of ourselves in relation to the rest of the world influence our decisions, behaviors, and beliefs. In turn, the opinions or even the mere presence of others influence our behavior and how we perceive ourselves. Social…
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What comes to mind when you think of the job of a psychologist? When most people are asked this question, the first thing that comes to their mind is counseling and talk therapy with a client lying on a leather couch. A Psychologist is a mental health professional who holds a Psychology degree. Professionals who use…
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Your first encounter with the history of psychology must have started with names like Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Wundt, John B. Watson, and B.F. Skinner, William James, Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, Erik Erikson, Albert Bandura, and the list can go on. They have indeed made an immense number of contributions to the field of psychology. However,…
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N: Neurotransmitters – The chemical messengers of the body that carry signals from the neurons to the other target cells of the body. They are found both in the brain and body and responsible for critical functioning like breathing and learning to even psychological functioning like fear, pleasure, and joy. The most common neurotransmitters are…
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A: Abnormal Psychology – A branch of psychology that deals with psychopathology, the study of mental disorders and maladaptive behaviors. The term “abnormal” behavior (though a debatable term) in the clinical context is differentiated from normal, in terms of the disruption it causes to the person, their surroundings, and their ability to function normally in…
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