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Awareness Social

THE GREY BETWEEN PINK AND BLUE

I remember watching a video, where a girl is dressed up to make sure she appears like and a boy is dressed up like a girl in his outward looks for the study purposes.  Participants in the study were made

Social

The Psychology of incompetence: an analysis of the Dunning-Kruger effect

Charles Darwin wrote in his book The Descent of Man, “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”   Not being the best at everything or not having the competency to do everything is not something to be shy about;

Health Motivation

Covid-19: Uncertainty and Vigorous Mind: A Research Review

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” H.P. Lovecraft The unknown novel corona virus is the biggest enemy which has engulfed the world with its

Health

Why Metacognition is Important

As we all know, thinking is an important aspect of human cognition and is crucial for the active processing of our brain. Have you ever heard about the process of thinking about thinking? John Flavell in 1976 formally coined a

Awareness Education Health

Academic Stress and College Students

College days are crucial in any student’s life. One’s career and future are determined by how well they perform in their studies while in college. However, amidst the increased pressure of being successful and a competent professional, academic life has

Therapy

BASIC APPROACHES OF PSYCHOTHERAPIES

“The purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free”. Psychotherapy, or talk therapy, is a way to help people with a broad variety of mental illnesses and emotional difficulties. It can help eliminate or control troubling symptoms so a person

Health

Real self and Virtual Self

With the advent of technology, we do possess a virtual self. The bigger question remains Is there a discrepancy between the real and virtual self? Since, it is a virtual platform there is a certain way we present ourselves. This

Research

The Psychology of Entrepreneurs

Research on entrepreneurship is of increased demand in industrial or organizational psychology since the inception of the field. There are different definitions proposed about entrepreneurship based on different perspectives. Among them, one of the popular definition put forward by Shane

Social

Exploring the Neural Correlates of Social Cognition

Developed by Cacioppo and Bernston in 1992, social neuroscience is an unfolding field in psychology. The emergence and momentum gained by cognitive psychology led to a cognitive orientation in the portrayal of social psychology. Contemporary findings in psychology have emphasized

Relationship

Online dating and its Psychological Implications

Internet in today’s world is serving a lot of functions and the most striking being nurturing relationships.  Therefore, we can see that this transition in the way relationships have been shaped over time does impact the human psyche. Individuals’ now