Category: Psychology
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What is Neurosexism in Psychology? Definition and Examples
Neurosexism –The Gender Bias in Brain Science: This article explores the gender bias in the studies of the brain, and how feminism has brought under scrutiny these bigoted opinions which are very conveniently circulated as valid facts under the garb of ‘science’. Sexism is prevalent everywhere. In a world where a majority of the societies…
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How to Get a Psychology Degree Online: A Beginners Guide
As technology advances throughout time, the options for earning a degree continue to become a lot more accessible and cheaper. The wide-ranging options for receiving a degree online are also opening up new and unique opportunities for people around the world. If you would like to receive a degree in Psychology and would like to…
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Common Sense Versus Psychology: Explained With Examples
Psychology and Common Sense: Psychology can be understood as the science of human behaviour that seeks to understand how human beings feel, perceive, think, learn, interact and understand themselves and the world around them. It is a science that studies observable and measurable human behaviour and also the human mind, both the conscious and the…
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Queer Affirmative Therapy: Origin, Need and Practice
This article discusses the practice of queer affirmative therapy and its importance. Queer people go through unique challenges because of the heteronormative standards of society and therapeutic practices that acknowledge and help them with these challenges are vital. History of the LGBTQ+ community and psychology Psychology has a complicated relationship with the queer community. The…
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Sudhir Kakar: Biography and Contributions to Psychology
Biography: Sudhir Kakar is an Indian psychoanalyst, novelist and scholar who specializes in the fields of cultural psychology, psychoanalysis and religion. Kakar belongs to the psychoanalytic school of thought, based on the work of Sigmund Freud, which posits that all manifestations of behaviour are determined by latent (hidden) causations, placing heavy emphasis on the unconscious….
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Peace Psychology: History, Four-fold Models, Conflict resolution
Synopsis: Peace psychology emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, calling for a discipline that observed the dynamics of peace, war, violence, and non-violence in society. Apart from observing the manifestations of peace and war, peace psychologists concern themselves with constructing models of conflict resolution at macro and micro levels. This article looks…
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Environmental Psychology: Origin, Theories, Scope, Applications
Synopsis: Environmental psychology is a branch of psychology that mainly deals with the interface between human behaviour and the sociophysical environment. It can be defined as the study of transactions between individuals and their physical settings during which individuals change the environment, and their behaviour and experiences are also changed by the environment. In this…