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Travel

What Is your travel personality?

In the preceding articles of this curated series of travel and personality, it was brought out that an individual’s choice of routes, driving behaviour and travel-selfie-taking behaviour is influenced to an extent by personality factors. Moving on to the concept

Education

Kleptomania: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

Kleptomania is a rare (around 1% and below 4% of the population as per DSM) psychological condition defined by repeatedly acting on consistent irresistible and overpowering impulse to steal items that an individual does not need. This condition is elusive

Awareness

Exploring the Motivations Behind a Stalker’s Behavior

The word ‘stalking’ is used around these days very casually. You might hear people say that they’ve stalked someone online even if they just browsed the other person’s Instagram account one time. By doing this, the meaning of the word

Life Style

Why Do People Sometimes Ignore each other?

Why Do People Sometimes Ignore Each Other? We have all been at the receiving end of ghosts on text or ignored by someone. Likewise, we have also ignored people in our lives at one time or another. Whether you’ve been

Education

What is Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)?

APA Dictionary of Psychology defines REBT or Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy as a form of cognitive behaviour therapy that is based on the idea that an individual’s self-defeating beliefs influence and may even create negative feelings and behaviours. REBT was

Health

What is Ombrophobia?

Ombrophobia, also known as pluviophobia, is an anxiety complaint characterized by an inordinate and illogical fear of rain. People with ombrophobia may experience intense anxiety, panic attacks, and avoidance behaviours when exposed to rain or the thought of rain. It

Entertain

“Daddy Issues” What is it actually?

Growing up, how has your relationship been with your father? You might not completely be aware of it, but this relationship between the two of you plays an important role in deciding who you are today. You are likely to

Education

The Psychology of Learning

The Psychology of Learning All of us have been learning and have been running behind the academic rat races unique to each of our lives ever since we were children. Not just academics, most of the behaviours one exhibits during

Education

Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development

Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, is a pioneering figure in the discipline of psychology. He contributed extensively to the advancement of the knowledge base of the discipline and revolutionized the comprehension of the human

Awareness

Cognitive Biases in Everyday Life

COGNITIVE BIAS IN EVERYDAY LIFE A consistent pattern of deviance from norms or rationality in judgment is known as a cognitive bias. People construct their subjective reality based on how they interpret the information. An individual’s conduct in the environment