Just as physical health is about more than being free of illness, mental health is about much more than the absence of mental disorders. It includes psychological, social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral factors. It involves your ability to manage stress,…
Sometimes in psychology experiments, groups of participants are required to take the same test more than once. In some cases, performance can change from the first instance of testing and the next simply due to repeating the activity. In psychology…
A short attention span is a common problem for many people. It happens to the best of us. You’re sitting in class or in a meeting and you suddenly find yourself daydreaming, losing focus, and not paying attention. In one…
Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify, understand, and manage emotions. This involves not just understanding your own emotions, but also understanding the emotions of other people. Emotional intelligence has been described as both a personality trait and an ability.…
While conventional views of human intelligence focus on an individual’s intellectual potential, the theory of multiple intelligences suggests that intelligence is more than just a single general mental ability. First introduced by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner in his 1983 book…
Observational learning is a way of acquiring skills and knowledge by observing and imitating others. People watch others perform a skill, remember what they have observed, and later replicate this knowledge through their own behaviors. This type of learning is…
What is it that makes you who you are? Some might say that it is your genes that have the greatest influence in controlling your personality and preferences. Others might say that it is your environment and the unique experiences…
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst whose work had an influence on the field of psychiatry as well as philosophy, religion, and literature. He was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud and the two were friends until a bitter…
Introverts make up an estimated 40 percent of the population, but people with this personality type are often seen as something of a mystery. What exactly is an introvert? What characteristics do introverts usually share? What Is an Introvert? Introversion…
Everyone has fears, but when these fears become so overwhelming that they interfere with normal functioning they become known as phobias. A specific phobia is defined in the DSM-5 as an intense fear or anxiety in response to a specific…
