Human beings are social beings. The tendency to behave, talk and walk like others is what we call conformity, which has been documented in various studies. Continue reading
Posted in Behaviors, Empathy, Motivation, Personality Psychology, Self-help, Social Psychology
Tagged antisocial, empathy, generousity, prosocial, research, study
Why would people maintain negative self-evaluations when they result in a great degree of distress? What purpose do negative self-evaluations have? Do they help us solve our problems, or do they help us in some other way? It seems not. Continue reading
Are you aware that psychological need satisfaction is crucial to your well-being, and that it should be one of your biggest priorities? This post will show you why. Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development, Psychology, Self-help
Tagged databases, education, educational, personal development, psychology resources, research, self-help
Brain training is a hot topic. It’s a million-dollar business and its popularity is still increasing. We have been interested in increasing people’s intelligence since the study of intelligence, but computerized brain training is a relatively new invention. Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development, Psychology, Self-help, Success, Well-being
Tagged abilities, mental health
What if your mind were so peaceful?
We like to compare ourselves to others (self-comparison). Are we good enough or are we falling behind? We constantly judge ourselves and our own worth. Objective evaluations, like grades in school, force us to be compared to others. But we should not judge ourselves from the grades we get or from the accomplishments we achieve. We are more than that. Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development, Psychology, Self-help, Success
Tagged buddhism, goals, inner peace, meta awareness, mindfulness, self-efficacy, values
We are often mind full instead of mindful. Good news is we can increase our present-centered awareness and become more mindful.
Thoughts are just products of our minds. They are a part of ourselves, but they do not define us. Our thoughts influence our behavior, but they do not control it. This idea is central to mindfulness. Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Personal Development, Psychology, Self-help
Tagged mindful, mindfull, mindfulness
My name is Simon Moesgaard, a psychologist from Denmark, and this is my blog about psychology.
