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Health

Anxiety: Symptoms, Causes and Intervention

Do you sometimes experience a sense of dread before a test or exam? Do you feel your heart race and your hands get clammy before an important interview or before you have to speak publicly? This looming sense of dread

Awareness

Gaming Addiction : Symptoms, Effects and Treatment

If you must play, Decide upon three things at the start: The rules of the game, The stakes, and the quitting time. Gaming Addiction also known as Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is characterized by severely reduced control over gaming habits

Life Style

Psychology Behind Motivation

Motivation is what drives and aligns people towards a common goal. That is, motivation involves goal-directed behaviour. It is the driving force behind human behaviour. We are not all born motivated. Without motivation, you will not be able to achieve

Awareness

The Psychology Behind Your Travel Personality

Personality is a complex concept. Pondered over since human civilisation came into existence, it has been extensively studied and researched, so much so that it forms a categorical area of study in psychology. Theories propagated to date, explain types and

Education

Understanding Defensive Behavior and Self-image

Defensive behaviour is defined by the APA Dictionary of Psychology as “aggressive or submissive behaviour in response to real or imagined threats of harm.” Defensive mechanisms have existed in human beings over generations due to their ability to protect and enhance

Social

The Psychology Behind Masculinity

Masculinity is a fundamental social construction that influences the way people, especially men, perceive themselves and act. It entails different characteristics, behaviours and social expectations that society has always associated with manhood. The psychology of masculinity is a complex concept,

Awareness Social

Happiness at Job Still Far Away

Key Highlights Have you ever wondered why parents and students are so worried about choosing the right career or job? Is it only for a stable financially secure future or is there any other factor too? If you ask, one

Life Style

The Psychology of Discipline

Our parents have taught us to do certain things in certain ways (“Do your homework only then you will get to go out with your friends,” my mother every weekend). In our school days, we kept our clothes tidy, braided

Parenting

Raising Boys in 21st Century

Raising children has never been an issue of discussion in the Indian context as the parenting style for both girls and boys – though strikingly different; was always well set and never challenged. With the changing times, the old ways

Positive

7 Types Of Psychology

Psychology is defined as the study of mind and behaviour. The concept of psychology was first introduced by the German philosopher named Wilhelm Wundt also known as the ‘Father of Psychology’. He opened the first psychology lab in 1879 at