Category: Psychology
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Mental Health And Disorders – Awareness: An Overview
An Overview of mental health and illnesses Concept of Mental Health: A mental trait is characterised as abnormal if it causes distress to the individual, persistent over long periods, deviates from the ideals of normal as stated by society and causes significant impairment in functioning. Mental illnesses have been treated with various aspects through history…
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Educational Psychology: Understanding Learning and Teaching
Educational psychology aims at creating an understanding of how individuals learn and implications for teaching in educational settings. Educational psychology attempts to understand an individual’s development & related factors. To do so, educational psychology offers strategies to enhance the quality of learning and instruction, improve the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process and understand the philosophy…
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What is gender schema theory in psychology?
Gender Schema Theory is a cognitive theory that was formulated by psychologist Sandra Bem in 1981. It states that gender roles stem from the culture in which a person is brought up rather than being inborn. This theory attempts to demonstrate how individuals become gendered and how the sex-specific characteristics are retained and further passed-on…
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Margaret Mead: Biography and Contributions
Margaret Mead is one of the most prominent figures in American anthropology. Born on the sixteenth of December 1901, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mead’s research on primitive societies in the islands of the South seas gained her recognition in the anthropology community. Anthropologists over the years have travelled across the globe, attempting to study societies for…
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What You Should Know About Gender Dysphoria
Gender has become one of the most sensitive and important topics of discussion amongst many feminist scholars in the contemporary world. Though our society recognizes binary genders as natural and they are the only genders accepted by society. If any person is seen to be engaged in some activity that is not assigned to their…
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Psychology of Gender: A Theoretical Overview
Psychology of Gender: Psychologists view gender as the “condition of being male, female, or neuter. In a human context, the distinction between gender and sex reflects the usage of these terms. Sex usually refers to the biological aspects of maleness or femaleness, whereas gender implies the psychological, behavioural, social, and cultural aspects of being male…
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Jean Piaget: Biography and Contributions to Psychology
Jean Piaget, a prominent figure in developmental psychology, was known for his theories that helped create an understanding of early development. In the field of psychology, developmental psychology has played a crucial role in understanding the development of the human mind. Combining evolutionary findings with present-day research developmental psychology aims at studying the change in…