Current Issues and Debates in Psychology
Consideration of modern psychological tendencies assures psychologists and psychoanalysts that physiological researches are widely progressing, involving in its scope of inquiry more spheres of human life and thus, bringing into spot new disciplines, methods and research fields. Consequently, the issues put onto discussion grow in number
Unconscious and Conscious Mind
Last month, I talked about the Huna perspective on the unconscious mind (unihipili) and how the ancient Hawaiians worked with it to release negative emotions to maintain their physical and emotional health. The article raised a number of questions about the unconscious that I’d like to address. Theories about the unconscious vary widely within psychological circles, from the Freudian view that it’s a storehouse of socially…
Mental illnesses and disorders list
Below is a guest reading list by journalist Genna Buck. Buck wrote our recent Longreads Member Pick, “Autistic and Searching for a Home, ” published by Montreal’s Maisonneuve magazine. She was generous enough to share this follow-up reading list—one story, one documentary, and three books—on what it’s…
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Cognitive science VS Neuroscience
A professor writes: My colleagues here at my small liberal arts college in several disciplines (biology, biochemistry, psychology, computer science, languages) want to start a minor that covers neuroscience (including neuroscience that is not cognitive neuroscience) and what I would call cognitive science…
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Jobs in personality Psychology
Personality psychologists often act as advisers and professors in academic settings. Jupiterimages/Comstock/Getty Images Personality psychologists examine the social, biological, environmental and psychological factors that influence the development of personality. They also study specific traits, attitudes…
Power Of The Subconscious Mind
This book will give you the key to the most awesome power within your reach! This remarkable book has already helped readers the world over achieve the seemingly impossible just by learning how to bring the incredible force of the subconscious under their control. Now you, too, can learn these powerful…
Medicine for mental disorders
Precision medicine seems to be the new hot topic in the research world. President Obama spoke about precision medicine in his State of the Union speech on January 20, his budget released today requests $215M for precision medicine, and NIH just announced plans for a study of a million or more volunteers…
Psychology personality Quiz
Our quizzes work in a rapid, single-click visual answer interface that we believe interferes much less with your emotional state than conventional online surveys. Here’s how it works: taken together, our methodology captures subconscious thoughts, impulses, emotions and inherent likes and dislikes. These…
Anxiety disorders mental illnesses
Most people experience feelings of anxiety before an important event such as a big exam, business presentation or first date. Anxiety disorders, however, are illnesses that cause people to feel frightened, distressed and uneasy for no apparent reason. Left untreated, these disorders can dramatically…
Evolutionary Psychology criticism
About a month ago, Rebecca Watson gave a lengthy presentation at Skepticon critiquing evolutionary psychology. Her talk has re-ignited online debate regarding the scientific validity of the field, and recent discussions have brought many defenders out of the woodwork. If you have not seen her talk, you…
Psychology and Personal Growth
The idea of personal growth or personal development has become a massive industry where people move from one concept, book or idea to the next, perhaps inspired and motivated, but without actually addressing what it is that’s creating this endless search for happiness, calm, creativity, clarity, or even…
Cognitive Neuroscience programs
What Is Cognitive Neuroscience? Have you ever wondered why we do the things we do? What makes us tick? Human beings are utterly complicated animals, with utterly complicated thought processes. Ultimately, however, we are controlled by chemicals and electrical impulses. This, of course, is an overly simple explanation, and the actual processes that the brain goes through in order to produce certain reactions or thoughts are…
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Psychology Experimental
Before you major in experimental psychology, it is very important to set aside time to learn what an experimental psychologist does on a daily basis. In short, an experimental psychologist is a professional who uses scientific methods to collect pertinent data that will allow them to perform research on human and animal behavior. While this is experimental psychology summed up in an extremely general sense, there is much more…
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PHD in Experimental Psychology
The PhD program in experimental psychology (which includes earning the M.S. degree, unless the student already holds a master’s degree from a psychology department that was based on an empirical thesis) follows an apprenticeship model in which the student is exposed to individualized research experiences within the laboratory of his or her major professor and, in many cases, other faculty as well. This research training is…
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