“Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.” – Albert Bandura (From Self-efficacy: The Exercise of Control, 1997). Born in a lower middle-class family on the 4th of December 1925 in the small town of Mundare in Canada was Albert Bandura. Due to shortage in teaching staff at local high school,…
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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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Introduction Kurt Lewin is considered as a member of the Gestalt school in the discipline of psychology. Lewin’s theory is oriented towards Gestalt ideas but at the same time differs from the orthodox Gestalt psychology because this theory lays emphasis on the needs, will, personality and social factors. Founders of Gestalt thought focused on perception…
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By- Sakshi Sharma, B.A., Department of Psychology Childhood mental and development disorders encompass Emotional, behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders and they are often diagnosed when a child is of school age. These disorders have very broad and adverse impacts on psychological and social well-being of the children and if not taken seriously it can continue to…
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