Anxiety is Not Just an Evolutionary Signal, But a Mask and a Symptom
Anxiety is a natural human response to stress or potential threats. It is a feeling of fear, worry, or unease about future events. Occasional anxiety…
Psychology
Why did people use to “look older”?
If you’ve ever looked through your relatives’ old photo albums from when they were young, or seen old TV episodes, you might have wondered why…
Consciousness Raising
Consciousness raising (also known as awareness raising) is a type of activism popularised by feminists in the United States in the late 1960s. It frequently…
Cognitive Dissonance – in the Field of Psychology
Cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information and the mental toll it causes in the field of psychology. Leon Festinger coined the word “psychoanalysis”…
Why Positive Affirmations Can Be Harmful Rather Than Beneficial
Positive affirmations are powerful statements that can help boost your self-esteem, confidence, and overall well-being. The concept behind positive affirmations is rooted in the idea…
How Your Concern for Your Health is being Exacerbated by Your Dread of the Unknown
Health anxiety, also known as illness anxiety disorder or hypochondriasis, is a mental health condition characterized by excessive and persistent worry about having a serious…
Even Minor Traffic Noise has an Adverse Effect on Work Performance
As cities continue to densify, there is now construction very close to roads and thoroughfares. Noise is already known to have a negative impact on…
Accept Life as a Challenge to Overcome Rather Than a Threat to Avoid
Because of how our brains have developed, we have the ability to fight our most fundamental instincts (though not easily), which distinguishes us from our…
Clinical Geropsychology – a subfield of psychology
Clinical geropsychology is the application of “the knowledge and methods of psychology to understanding and helping older persons and their families to maintain well-being, overcome…
According to Research, Socially Tolerant Monkeys have better impulse Control
The ability to inhibit or delay an immediate behavioral response in order to achieve a long-term goal is referred to as impulse control. It is…
How Music can help you avoid Cognitive Decline
Music has been shown to have a number of positive effects on cognitive function and may aid in the prevention of cognitive decline. Progressive cognitive…
According to Research, some Children Learn Words more Slowly than Others
There are a variety of factors that can contribute to some children learning words more slowly than others. Several potential explanations for this variation have…
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