Why Are Some People More Social Than Others? The Difference Between Introverts and Extraverts
Why is it that some people enjoy going to parties, doing conferences, talking in public, and others absolutely do not?
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What is the Self and How is it Formed? 3 Very Different Theories Try to Explain it
To know oneself (or one’s self) is in fact a life long project. We spend a huge amount of time to get to know people and hereafter we analyze them in order to make sense of what they are doing, and why they are doing so.
What is an Identity Crisis?
One of the grandfathers of personality psychology, Erik Erikson, wrote an interesting article about this subject. Erikson (1970) found that identity crisis is one of the most important conflicts that an individual will face in its developmental course.
A Brief Overview of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that might occur after someone has witnessed or experienced a traumatic event. Only a small number of people who have experienced a trauma actually develops PTSD. It is estimated that the majority of people have experienced at
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The Rationale for Adopting an Infant as Early as Possible: Considering Attachment Theory
According to the developmental psychologist John Bowlby, the young infant develops its selective attachment when it is about 6 months old. Before this period, the child will mostly appreciate the security and comfort of an attachment figure.
Rural-Urban Variations in Mental Illness
An epidemiological study of 94 counties in the US showed that people living in cities had a 17% greater chance of developing either mild psychological distress or serious psychological distress compared with people living in more rural places (Dhingra et al., 2009).
8 Psychological Mechanisms that Enable People to Hurt Others (The Psychology of Evilness)
It seems like most people are capable of doing harm to others, as shown in Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiment. However, self-reports have also revealed that obeying to hurt others may lead to feelings of anxiety, guilt and agitation.