Freud and the psychoanalytic unconscious

Freud and the psychoanalytic unconscious

By admin on 09/08/2009

Probably the most detailed and precise of the various notions of ‘unconscious mind’ — and the one which most people will immediately think of upon hearing the term — is that developed by Sigmund Freud and his followers. It lies at the heart of psychoanalysis. Consciousness, in Freud’s topographical view (which was his first of [...]

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Psychological abuse

Psychological abuse

By admin on 31/05/2009

Psychological abuse, also referred to as emotional abuse, is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behaviour that is psychologically harmful. As of 1996, there were “no consensus views about the definition of emotional abuse.” Psychological abuse involves the willful infliction of mental or emotional anguish by threat, humiliation, [...]

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Blended Learning

Blended Learning

By admin on 30/05/2009

Blended learning is the combination of the different style of learning using the technology and instructor. Instructor takes the face to face sessions for providing pertinent information to the learners and then motivates them to take the advantage of the different medium of learning like e-learning. Technology has helped a lot in development of certain [...]

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Secrets of a happy marriage

Secrets of a happy marriage

By admin on 01/05/2009

No one can truly know what goes on inside a marriage except the two people involved, but researchers are getting increasingly good glimpses at what makes couples tick, how relationships are stressed and what factors can keep the spark alive. The goal: To find out what keeps love alive and couples together. Putting marriage under [...]

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Kurt Lewin - Father of social psychology.

Social psychology

By admin on 15/08/2009

Social psychology is the scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of investigation. The terms thoughts, feelings, and behaviors include all of the psychological variables that are measurable in a human being. The [...]

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Relationship

Interpersonal relationship

By admin on 26/07/2009

An interpersonal relationship is a relatively long-term association between two or more people. This association may be based on emotions like love and liking, regular business interactions, or some other type of social commitment. Interpersonal relationships take place in a great variety of contexts, such as family, friends, marriage, acquaintances, work, clubs, neighborhoods, and churches. [...]

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Emotions

Hiding emotions makes it difficult to build friendships

By admin on 26/07/2009

An Indian-origin researcher in the U.S. says that people who keep too much of their emotions to themselves may find it difficult to Build friendships. Sanjay Srivastava, a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, says that even though suppressing emotions in new or difficult situations is understandable and perhaps appropriate, carrying the practice [...]

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