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Biopsychology

Key Differences Between Working Memory and Short-Term Memory 

Memory plays a crucial role in our lives; our actions are often shaped by how we recall and interpret past experiences. When we focus on the memory part of the brain, the human mind has mostly four types of memories, namely, Short-term memory, Working memory, long-term memory and Sensory memory. Short-term memory and working memory

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Clinical

Psychology or Moral Policing? The Role of Values in Therapy

Values are an unavoidable part of human decision-making. They are not limited to specific choices or behaviours. According to Schwartz (2012), values are deeply held beliefs that guide action across contexts. They help individuals determine what is desirable or worthwhile, which in turn influences attitudes and behaviour in both subtle and explicit ways. In therapy,

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Positive Psychology

Meaning of the Self and Psyche Through Eastern and Western Eyes 

Let’s begin with an unusual question: If you were not your name, your culture, your job,  your social media account or maybe even your thoughts; who would you actually be? Feeling a bit uneasy? That’s the point. Every day we wake up and slide into our identity like a coat. ‘I am Me’, we say. But who

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others

How to Read a Research Paper Without Losing Your Mind

Reading academic research papers is essential for students, researchers, and professionals across fields. However, it can easily become an overwhelming and time-consuming task due to the dense language, complex ideas, and extensive data. It can be difficult to figure out where to start and how to efficiently extract the most valuable information without getting lost

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Clinical

Building a Private Practice: What No One Tells You

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

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History

Comparing Freud, Jung and Adler’s Views on the Unconscious 

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

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Motivation

Drive Theory: Understanding the Force  Behind Motivation 

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

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Health

Transpersonal Psychotherapy: Bridging Spirituality and Clinical Psychology 

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

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CUET UG/PG Motivation

Motivation in Psychology: Theories and Applications

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

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Brain

The Role of the Limbic System in Emotion and Behaviour

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

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