Finishing a master’s degree in psychology or becoming an RCI-registered Clinical Psychologist is a major milestone. It brings a sense of relief, excitement, and hope. Unfortunately, this does not automatically make things clear about what you have to do next. It can make it more confusing. You now have the qualification you worked hard for, but
At the turn of the 20th century, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Alfred Adler were brought together by a shared passion: uncovering what lies beneath the surface of conscious experience. They began as colleagues, but their paths diverged as each developed a distinct theory of the unconscious. Their theories grew out of clinical observations, personal
At the heart of human life, we can observe that there is a presence of constant need to move, work towards the fulfilment of the primary survival needs, which is accompanied by our day-to-day needs and wants, through evolution. One of the earliest psychological frameworks to explore this persistent drive was the drive theory, developed
In recent years, there has been a rising interest in integrating spirituality within mental health care. More and more people are looking to address not only symptoms, but also something deeper at an existential and spiritual level. There is no doubt that traditional psychotherapy is immensely valuable. But for all its strengths, it often falls
Human conduct is influenced by a dynamic blend of factors as biological, psychological, social and cultural factors, economic situations, environmental settings, and outside stressors. Of these, this paper focuses on motivation, an important psychological factor that has a significant influence on the way people act. Motivation can be defined as the inner urge or will
This article examines the capacities of the limbic framework within the feeling and behaviour of man. The limbic system consists of a collection of interconnected structures in the brain that are particularly known to contribute to emotional response and its biological basis, memory formation, and behavioural control. The overall anatomy and function of the structures
The Stanford Prison Experiment, or SPE for short has been one the most talked about psychology experiments from the 1970’s. Conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971, it has been featured in numerous documentaries, news articles, and magazines while being taught in sociology, criminology, and psychology textbooks. It is often referenced in scholarly literature and literature
While many animals are involved in mimicry, humans are the best. Some earlier thinkers suggested that our ability to imitate was related to our ability to have empathy and recognize what others are thinking, but for much of our advancement, we didn’t have an understanding of the relationship between imitation and empathy, nor did we
Sensation is the process by which our sense organs gather information about the world, whereas Perception refers to the meaning we attach to those sensory experiences. Wilhelm Wundt, was the first person to study these two processes at the University of Leipzig, Germany. Process of Sensation Sense Receptors Vision Rods and Cones- Retina Auditory Cochlea-
Imagine your brain as a bustling city, with its roads and highways linking its many regions, neurons in this case. The ‘traffic’ within this city does not move chaotically, instead, it follows specific pathways, finds quick routes, and builds new ones when necessary. Streams of electric activity move through the highways and byways of clusters
