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Psychological Conceptualisation: How Do Psychologists Understand a Person’s Difficulties? 

A person may seek psychological help for difficulties like anxiety, anger, avoidance, prolonged depression, or merely changes in his/her behaviour. Although these are.

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History

Mary Whiton Calkins: The Harvard PhD She Earned but Never Received

William James called the exam Harvard’s most remarkable doctoral exam. Over the years, he reiterated his belief more than once and had every.

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Biopsychology

Neurotheology: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Experience

When meditating, do you feel completely tranquil? At prayer, do you get a sense of connection with a power greater than yourself, or.

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Therapy

Understanding Monotherapy in Mental Health

Imagine a physician giving a prescription for depression, epilepsy, hypertension or another chronic illness that includes only one medicine, where other doctors have.

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Emotion

Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions: Understanding the 8 Core Human Emotions

Emotions are a pattern of complex interactions of physiological, experiential, and behavioural patterns. The nature of emotions depends on the nature of significant.

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Biopsychology Clinical Health Psychology

Epigenetics and Psychological Disorders: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Implications

Epigenetics refers to processes that alter gene activity without changing the DNA sequence. The DNA sequence remains the same, while some processes can.

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Cognitive Learning

Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve: How Memory Fades Over Time

Memory is a process of an active system that consists of three stages. The first is encoding, where the information is given by.

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History Social

What Is Cross-Cultural Psychology?

Culture is a way of life. It is one of the most important aspects in sociology and psychology. It includes all the elements.

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Sleep

What Are Hypnagogic Hallucinations? Causes, Symptoms, and When to Worry

Have you ever felt like you’re just moments away from sleeping when your name is called?  Perhaps you saw a flash or shadow,.

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Cognitive Learning

Information Processing Theory in Psychology

Have you ever gone into a room and then completely forgotten the reason why? Or read a whole page in a textbook, then.

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