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Education

The Asch Conformity Experiment and Its Implications

Social Psychology is a field of psychology that aims to study the behaviour of human beings in a social context. It examines how our behaviour, ideas, feelings, and emotions are affected by the presence of others in an environment. Group

Education

Exploring Heuristics: Understanding Mental Shortcuts

Sadly, humans do not have an 8GB RAM module in their processing system as the computer has, to assess the information quickly, so they need some other way to narrow down the workable solution. The mental shortcut used to draw

Therapy

What is Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy?

Numerous health conditions may involve the brain, including head injuries, a stroke, dementia, and some forms of cancer, which means that the affected person cannot think or solve problems and, thus, suffer from cognitive impairment. Here CRT comes into play.

Positive Social

Filial Piety: Tradition and Modern Challenges

Filial Piety is an ancient ethical principle drawn from Confucianism. It refers to the expression of fraternal love through the virtues of love, respect and reverence towards elders, specifically parents. This is a widely acknowledged tradition in the East-Asian communities.

Awareness

Why does no one seem to care about climate change?

The alarming rise in temperatures leading to intense heat waves highlights the urgent need to address climate change. However, general apathy persists due to several factors. The complexity and global nature of climate change can be overwhelming, particularly for populations

Parenting

What is Yes Parenting?

There are hundreds of researches explaining the negative effects of authoritative and overprotective parenting. Parents are realising that kids are individuals with their minds and preferences. To grow, Children need to be provided with warmth and support so that they

Education

Pragmatism as the Philosophy of modern times?

Pragmatism is a philosophical movement that happened to begin in the 1870s in the United States of America, particularly through the works of Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. It focuses on language, thought and meaning-making as a

Awareness

Intuition: Understanding and Developing Your Inner Guide

Intuition, by definition, is the ability to immediately comprehend something without conscious reasoning. Some people call it instinctive or gut feeling as well. These intuitive thoughts and conclusions that people come up with may seem out of the blue but

Awareness

Understanding the Proust Effect

“Nothing brings to life again a forgotten memory like fragrance.” C Poindexter. Has a scent ever brought back memories of a certain occasion or period of your life? for example the scent of wet soil, the scent of cookies and

Awareness Self Help

PTSD in Men

As we walk into National PTSD Awareness Month and Men’s Mental Health Month. let’s see how post-traumatic stress disorder presents itself in men. Gender differences exist in the prevalence, symptomatic expression, and risk factors of PTSD. Both men and mental