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Karen Horney’s Challenge to Freudian Psychology

In the early 1900s, Sigmund Freud‘s psychoanalysis ruled psychological thought on the human mind. Most of the field believed its central tenets: behaviour is largely a function of unconscious instincts, personality is largely formed in early childhood, and women’s psychology

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Birth Order: Myth or Science? Does It Shape Personality?

Do you think your place in the family- eldest, middle, or youngest- shapes who you are? Parents often insist they treat their children equally, yet family jokes about the “bossy eldest”, the “rebellious middle”, or the “pampered youngest” persist across

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How Early Menstruation Affects Girls’ Mental Health

For some girls, menstruation comes at an age when they are not generally prepared for it. This often makes people wonder why such a concept of early menstruation occurs for some girls. Menstruation is a regular and natural occurrence in

Therapy

How Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Helps People Overcome Phobias

In 1995, a 19-year-old undergraduate with a fear of heights, particularly of elevators, completed five sessions of graded virtual-reality exposure, with marked reductions in anxiety and avoidance (Rothbaum et al., 1995). A year later, a 42-year-old woman with a debilitating

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When Skin Picking Becomes a Disorder: Excoriation Disorder

Almost everyone has been told at some point in their life to stop picking at a scab or rough patch of skin by a parent or elder, only to find themselves doing it again minutes later without even realising it.

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Why Does Watching Someone Struggle Trigger Our Own Anxiety? The Psychology of Emotional Contagion

Have you ever seen a friend nervous before a test and had your heart start to race just as it happened to them? Or have you experienced someone else stumble while speaking in public and begun visualising yourself doing the

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Piaget vs Vygotsky: Two Theories of How Children Learn

There is a four-year-old girl sitting on the floor, surrounded by blocks of varying colours. She stacks them, watches as they begin to wobble, and when they fall, she puts them together again in the hope of getting it right.

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Can Psychology Predict the Future?

Imagine two people making the same big decision: whether to quit a stable job and start something new. One opens  her horoscope app and reads that “an exciting opportunity is heading her way this month.” The other sits down with a

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Is Emotional Distress Being Overdiagnosed in Youth?

There is a significant shift in how mental health is perceived by the younger generation. The increase in awareness and encouragement regarding emotional difficulties and recognising when to ask for help is quite evident. But somehow there is also a

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Recovery Is More Than Abstinence: The Psychology of Healing From Addiction

You may ask most people what “addiction recovery” means to them, and they may end up describing someone who has stopped drinking or using drugs. But research findings contradict this assumption. A national survey found that most Americans in recovery