Introduction The concept of social stereotype was brought into scientific use by Walter Lippman, who considered it as the ordered, and schematic image or picture determined by culture of the world in people’s head. Lippman outlined the following principal causes based on which people resort to stereo-identification: first, based on...
In life there are changes that occur to human beings and in turn give a rise to how an individual reasons logically about ideas, activities and believe. These changes are brought about from an early stage of development of an individual. Piaget developed a standard measure to study the behaviors...
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a renowned professor of psychology and the author of the book “Flow and Psychology of Discovery and Invention” and is the latest book by the professor. In this book, creativity is closely examined by the author and clearly brought out in the chapters though some people believe...
Behavior refers to a response, simple or complex, of a person and behavior modification or behavior change is sought when a desired response is sought from a person (Schwebel and Fine, 1994). Sometimes behavior change is sought as a therapeutic measure to lead better lives and sometimes behavior change is...
Psychology is a critical aspect of human life and scientific knowledge is normally used to verify the authenticity of the truth. A critical analysis of the Folk Wisdom: Was your grandmother right? Gives insightful knowledge in the examination and analysis of the impact of psychology in scientific testing. The scientific...
Studies on comorbidities in mental health issues, as well as the application of various types of therapies as the means of catering to the needs of patients with the specified health concerns, require a profound and detailed discussion. The pressure of emotional weight experienced by patients with mental health disorders...
Subsequent to transcription and encoding of all data, computer-aided content analysis proceeded employing the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) software, 2007 version, developed by Pennebaker et al. (6-10). Like previously-popular, if dated, alternatives in the computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) field – Nudist and Atlas/ti (Barry 1-2) –...
Introduction From the earliest childhood experiences, each person starts to form a perception of the world around. The process of learning is called inductive learning, and is largely subconscious. The perceptions build up as the person grows up, becoming reinforced or substituted with time. In due course, the person attains...
Psychology is the study of human behavior in relation to the mind. Psychological processes manifest themselves in a number of social issues. For instance, it is possible for an individual to point out either his/her state of emotion as a great influence of ones behaviors. James as quoted by Parrott,...
Introduction Childhood and adolescence psychology involves the in-depth study of both psychological and biological changes occurring in an infant from childhood stage until the end of adolescence. The changes occurring the life of children in the course of their development depend not only on the genetic makeup and on inherited...