“I often feel that whatever things I have achieved till now were not because I worked for them or put effort into them. My peers and professors think I am an intellectual, smart and hard-working person because my results say so but they don’t know that I have not put any effort into my achievements
Social Facilitation Theory, also called the Audience Effect suggests that the presence of other people while any individual is performing any task, can facilitate in increasing the performance of the individual. A psychological notion known as “social facilitation” refers to the tendency for someone’s performance on a task to increase when others are around. History
Even before the establishment of psychology as a discipline, philosophers and scientists were actively researching learning mechanisms. Debates about the nature of learning can be dated back to Ancient Greek philosophers such as Socrates., Plato and Aristotle. The nature and processes of learning have always been a core theme in psychology. It continues to be
Schema is a concept that emerged in Greek philosophy to define ideal forms or archetypes that would help structure and understand the physical world. It was further adapted into psychology and linguistics as well. However, in psychology particularly, Schema can be defined as a mental framework of knowledge in long-term memory that helps organise and
Jean Piaget (1896-1980), renowned as the Father of Child Psychology, is well-known for his contributions to this field. Although he began his career studying molluscs, soon his focus shifted to development and cognition. He was an intellectual child right from the beginning, as evident from one of his research published when he was merely 11
Classical conditioning was proposed by the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov. He studied classical conditioning through detailed experiments with dogs and published the experimental results in 1897. So, he described classical conditioning as a learning process where pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus triggers a response. Gradually, the neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus
Throughout life, we meet various individuals and notice that they are fundamentally different from us in many ways. Some are great at sports, others are great academically. Some are great dancers and musicians, while others make magnificent drawings, paintings and pottery. Some are comfortable socially and have a big circle to move around, whereas others
Has it ever happened that you worked tirelessly for an important school test but still did not get good results and then thought to yourself that no matter how much hard work you put in you never get the results, so you feel like giving up altogether? This particular thought pattern might showcase the psychological
There are many integral theories of motivation given by prominent psychologists and ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory’ is one of them. It is a theory of motivation that explains that people discover motivation to fulfill their needs based on an ascending order outlined by Maslow. It was first introduced by Abraham Maslow in 1943 and
It has become normal to hear news about suicides, depression, and anxiety. Every day, we see countless posts or videos talking about their mental health struggles. People are becoming more aware of disorders beyond depression and anxiety. Now, more than ever, people are ready to begin their healing journey. According to the World Health Organization
