Psychology (Science & Technology)
The Saga of a Lonely Girl - Jack H. Schick
I guess I feel sorry for Alicia Tolton. She reminds me a lot of a girl I went to high school with. They always print the same portrait of Alicia in the newspaper. They’ve surely got more of her by now--mug shots at least—but they always use the same old one. Maybe it’s the most... Submitted 160 days 18 hours ago.
Agatha Christie’s Writing Reveals Alzheimer’s -
- Gregory LewisAgatha Christie may have had Alzheimer's and she may have left clues in her writing. This morning I was treated to an especially interesting Radio Lab show on National Public Radio, one right up my alley. This morning's program was on the subject of literary analysis, and how clues to... Submitted 1 year 254 days ago.
Trends Fads News and How Kevjumba the Heterosexual Bear Wrestler Explains Group Formation Dynamics - Gregory Lewis
THE INTERNET – For the second time in a week I have attained the Sapphire Level status here on SearchWarp’s Author Popularity Hall of Fame. Even though I am barely a discarded toenail clipping to KacyCarr’s perma-Emerald, I rather fancy that little blue precious stone next to my... Submitted 1 year 20 days ago.
SearchWarp, TX - In Gestalt Psychology there is an axiom that says "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Group mind is the concept of a collective mental life made up of many people. Pay attention to the date stamp of this article, because I have a feeling that in the next 10 years we... Submitted 1 year 78 days ago.
Psychology of the Stigma - Gregory Lewis
The psychology of the stigma is both a subject of study and a disability to be overcome. As such, stigma management is of interest to experimental, cognitive, and clinical psychologists. Enough is known about stigma phenomena that psychologists have generalized them into concealable and... Submitted 1 year 228 days ago.
A Sensed Presence - Jack H. Schick
I have an imaginary friend. When I'm in the California desert, his name is Pokey. He's a cowboy. He's not always the same "person". He's a different guy, wherever I am. Whoever he happens to be that day, we're totally different. We have different opinions and different personalities. There's... Submitted 1 year 313 days ago.
How To Anticipate the Unexpected -
- Philip YaffeAccording to the adage, "Travel is broadening". In other words, when you leave your home and go somewhere else, your mind will expand because of the differences you will see. For me, the most valuable, mind-expanding differences are not the big ones that you might be prepared for by reading and... Submitted 3 years 167 days ago.
A Different Outlook On Psychology -
- David TanguayI do not believe in wasting valuable time attempting to understand the complexity of the human mind. I leave such an assignment to the only one qualified with such authority, the creator himself. I believe most abnormalities in the human species, are due to social conditions. Not through a... Submitted 6 years 200 days ago.
Using Formal Operations - Michael Eza
Adolescent individuals can over come psychosocial and cognitive barriers to their development by adhering to classroom management rules and paying attention to the assignments and subject matters being presented by their instructor. Throughout childhood and into adulthood most theorists agree... Submitted 32 days 13 hours ago.
Sigmund Freud -- Where Are We Now? - Octavia Hansen
Around 1895, Sigmund Freud hung out his shingle and patients began talking their way through problems. Talk therapy seemed to help a lot of people. More than one-hundred years later, people are still talking. In a society that tends to isolate people from one another and specifically won't... Submitted 141 days 19 hours ago.
The evidence is insurmountable, and yet, it is unexplainable. This is what many scientists claim when conclusions are made about our universe and us. Apparently there is much to debate about when it comes to us being real or not real. Science and scientists, as well as many other types of... Submitted 343 days 10 hours ago.
Group Formation and the High-5 Feature as a Measure of Article Sentiment - Gregory Lewis
The High-5 feature is relatively new on SearchWarp, but I’m starting to look at it in a new way. Other Web 2.0 enabled sites (web sites with a lot of interactive features) have similar mechanisms for allowing the consumer or patron to signify their approval or disapproval of its content... Submitted 1 year 20 days ago.
Mind Control with a Magnet? - Jack H. Schick
My wife’s got this gadget. Well, it’s not really a gadget, I guess. It’s sort of a pillow/neck warmer/massager thing. It’s rectangular, about four inches thick and has a notch that you lay your head or neck down into. It feels like it’s stuffed with dried beans and... Submitted 1 year 39 days ago.
The Existential Psychotherapy of Rollo May - Gregory Lewis
Introduction Rollo May (1904-1994) was born in Ada, Ohio and grew up in the north Midwest in an anti-intellectual culture where conformity was valued and academic pursuits were devalued (Berecz, 2009; Bugental, 1996). It must have been a struggle for May to achieve his Athenian ambitions in... Submitted 1 year 71 days ago.
Our Self as Constructor of Our Self - Gregory Lewis
Do you see yourself as the constructor of your life, or do aliens control your every thought? Alien, as I happen to be using it in this sense means outside forces of environment and society, not extraterrestrials (although, sometimes it applies to extraterrestrials, too!). Recently I was... Submitted 1 year 92 days ago.
Paying Attention to the "Red Flags" of Negative Emotions- Doing it Our Way - Ella Camp
The question is not- do we have flaws and faults in our character; but what are they, and what do we do about them? For all have flaws; and fall short of the perfection of God. At times throughout life, we will receive notice of our still-abiding shortcomings. Like pop-ups on a computer screen... Submitted 1 year 156 days ago.
Little Girl Wounded- Cry of the Inner Child - Ella Camp
"The mental scars of any type of victimization last a lifetime," says Marilyn Benoit, M.D., psychiatrist and member of the American Medical Association's National Advisory Council on Family Violence. According to the AMA, "Assault, sexual as well as all other forms, is a silent epidemic growing... Submitted 1 year 165 days ago.
How To Cure Clinical Depression:God's Light and Help is Within You -
- Paul SchroederGods Light and Help is Within You: Curing Clinical Depression With Affirmations Major depression in many people is, in addition to the imposed HEAVINESS and pain, the same internal voice saying the same thing. That dark side, self same voice, says the same thing, from; "my life is worthless and I... Submitted 2 years 44 days ago.
Five Reasons People Change -
- Ken WarrenAs a practising therapist for most of my career, I considered myself in the change business - helping people break problem patterns of behaviour. But anyone who works with people knows that not everyone sees the need for change or is motivated to take action. I am thinking of parents I knew... Submitted 2 years 356 days ago.
Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Eric Hoffer -
- Philip YaffePart 10 of an occasional series I am a collector of quotations. I have been ever since I learned how to write, I mean professionally, not in primary school. I am particularly fond of what I like to call "pithy prose". These short quotations can cover an unlimited variety of subjects: love... Submitted 3 years 101 days ago.
Why Does Time Go Faster As We Get Older? -
- Philip YaffeIt is a widely accepted adage that, "The older you get, the faster time seems to go." But why should aging have this effect? After all, there is the parallel adage that, "Time flies when you are having fun." But as we age, time flies whether we are having fun or not. So what's going on? I... Submitted 3 years 186 days ago.
IQ Test Or IA Test? - Steve Gillman
An IQ test is supposed to measure one's "intelligence quotient," to provide a basic rating of how smart a person is. When we try to measure people in this way, we hope it will predict how well they will perform in either their profession or academic work. Of course we know that this doesn't work... Submitted 3 years 306 days ago.
- David TanguayThe history of psychology as a scholarly study of the mind and behavior dates back to the Middle ages. It was widely regarded to a branch of philosophy until the middle of the 19th-century when psychology developed as an independent scientific discipline in Germany. Psychology borders on various... Submitted 3 years 349 days ago.
How Psychotherapy Possibly Gets it All Wrong -
- eI am not trained in psychology, nor do I completely understand psychological terms. I am strictly speaking in a nonprofessional manner using nonprofessional terms about psychology, and about how I believe psychotherapy fails to address the primary problem regarding the mind. The primary problem... Submitted 4 years 36 days ago.
The End of Experience -
- eWhat’s happening?" What have you been up to?" What’s going on in your life?" We use these types of greetings every day in lives filled with things to do. Any break in these nonstop activities is uncomfortable; when someone asks what is going on in our lives, it’s not cool to say “Nothing." We... Submitted 4 years 205 days ago.
