A person may seek psychological help for difficulties like anxiety, anger, avoidance, prolonged depression, or merely changes in his/her behaviour. Although these are various manifestations of mental health issues, their explanations may not always answer questions related to their cause, why they are still affecting the person, or why another person does not have the
William James called the exam Harvard’s most remarkable doctoral exam. Over the years, he reiterated his belief more than once and had every reason to be confident, as he was a member of the committee that administered Mary Whiton Calkins’s PhD exam in 1895, along with Josiah Royce and Hugo Münsterberg, among other Harvard professors.
When meditating, do you feel completely tranquil? At prayer, do you get a sense of connection with a power greater than yourself, or do you experience a moment when your ordinary worries disappear? Whatever else these experiences might be spiritual, religious, meditative, or a deep psychological state you’ve probably wondered how they appear to the
Imagine a physician giving a prescription for depression, epilepsy, hypertension or another chronic illness that includes only one medicine, where other doctors have already prescribed multiple medications and combined treatments. Is it best that the doctor uses just one medicine for you? A single-treatment therapy, also known as monotherapy, refers to using a single medication
Emotions are a pattern of complex interactions of physiological, experiential, and behavioural patterns. The nature of emotions depends on the nature of significant events. For instance, if the event involves rejection of ideas or disapproval, shame is likely to be produced. The word emotions has its root in the Latin word ‘Emovere ’, which simply
Epigenetics refers to processes that alter gene activity without changing the DNA sequence. The DNA sequence remains the same, while some processes can change gene activity in the DNA. Today, several serious illnesses have links with epigenetic mechanisms, linking with almost all types of cancer, cognitive dysfunction, respiratory illness, and cardiovascular illness. Behind this rigid process
Memory is a process of an active system that consists of three stages. The first is encoding, where the information is given by the sensory processes; the second process is storage, where the information is held for some period of time. The third and last process is retrieval, where the information is used in a
Culture is a way of life. It is one of the most important aspects in sociology and psychology. It includes all the elements that make our lives diverse. Also, it primarily includes traditions, customs, rituals, food habits, clothing, language, and all the other elements that man has adopted as members of society. It influences an
Have you ever felt like you’re just moments away from sleeping when your name is called? Perhaps you saw a flash or shadow, experienced a feeling as you were about to fall, felt like someone else was in the room with you, only to become fully aware and realise nobody was actually there. Situations like
Have you ever gone into a room and then completely forgotten the reason why? Or read a whole page in a textbook, then realised you don’t remember much of anything. Each of these examples illustrates a general phenomenon about the human mind: information does not become memory automatically; it must be taken in, selected, processed,