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Comparative Psychology: Exploring the Behaviour Across all Species

Comparative psychology is the scientific study of mental processes and behaviour of animals like dogs, cats, rats, pigs and other such animals, unlike humans. The father of comparative psychology is C Lloyd Morgan due to the fact that he provided

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Psychology behind Avoidance Behaviour

Avoidance behaviour is the kind of strategy people adopt to distract themselves from tough situations and escape out of their mind to get rid of their own negative thoughts, feelings, ideas or assumptions. It could be as a result of

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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy’s Role in Mental Wellness

According to the World Health Organization, more than 7 lakh people die every year due to suicide. Suicide is associated with numerous psychological disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder and major depressive disorder. To treat these disorders and to reduce the

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Health Harmony: Balancing Act for Sustainable Behaviour Changes

Every new year we set resolutions for our health. Some of us start working on it, but face barriers down the line. As a result, it gets more and more difficult to maintain the new changes we have made in

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Transtheoretical Model of Health Behaviour Change

Have you ever started working on a New Year Health Resolution with full zeal only to bring it to a halt at the end of month 1? I am sure you have, and you are not alone in this! But

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Concepts, Types & Techniques

In the 1960s, Aaron Beck proposed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a psychotherapeutic approach that deals with automatic negative thoughts, cognitive distortions and underlying beliefs or schemas that disturb one’s cognition, emotions and behaviours. Today, CBT is extensively researched and used

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The Psychology behind Aggressive Behaviour

The APA Dictionary of Psychology defines aggression as any behaviour to harm others physically or mentally. Characteristics of aggression include but are not limited to: Read More: Impact of Media Violence on Mental Health Types of aggression Aggression could be

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The Psychology of Behaviour

Have you ever wondered why you do the things that you do? Or why do other people behave the way they behave? The field of psychology tries to answer questions like these by studying the mind and behaviour. This article

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Behavioural Disorders in Children

Children are often naughty and do things that their parents ask them not to. This is their way of exploring their environment. Sometimes they are moody, and other times they might throw tantrums to get what they want. In such

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8 Techniques from Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Positive Change

The primary goal of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy is to make an individual aware of their negative thought patterns (also known as irrational thoughts), make sense of them, promote rational thinking in its stead, and lead to a healthier coping mechanism. Intending