Search Results for : punishment
Awareness

Intellectual Disability: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

The term “intellectual disability” is replaced by “mental retardation” by DSM-V as it has negative connotations, is offensive and raises misunderstandings about the nature of the disorder. Intellectual Disability refers to cognitive deficits in intellectual functioning – intelligence, reasoning, planning,

Self Help

How Radical Acceptance can make life easier to live

We all have bad days, don’t we? Days when you think God is out there testing your patience. Like when you have just broken up with your partner, lost a job, failed an exam etc. these are all difficult situations

Social

How Dowry Abuse Becomes a Concern for Women’s Mental Health

Dowry has been a very culturally significant practice going on in India from ancient times. It is a practice of giving money, property, or goods in marriage from the bride’s family to groom’s family. In ancient times, dowry was given

Self Help

The Psychology of Confessions

Confessions are the formal statement made by people to admit one crime or wrong deed. Confession is the way of accepting or admitting that an individual has committed something illegal and offensive and is guilty for that. It can either

Education

Remembering B.F. Skinner and His Contributions to Psychology

B.F. Skinner, whose real name was Burrhus Frederic Skinner, was an American behaviourist, Psychologist, Writer, Inventor, and Social Philosopher. He is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most important psychologists, especially in the behaviourist subfield. Skinner’s contributions to psychology,

Self Help

Talking Back to Your Inner Critic

Suraj worked harder day and night and left no stone unturned to get selected for MBBS, yet the results were not good. It made a huge impact on him and he dwelled in inner criticism. He started judging himself and

Education

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Do you think that your behaviour is affected by your surroundings? If yes, do you wonder how your environment might be affecting your behaviour? The Stanford Prison experiment was conducted in August 1971 to find out the answer to a

Education

Bandura’s BOBO DOLL Experiment: Unveiling Child Aggression

Wondering why your child has started indulging in violent behaviours? Why are their modus operandi in terms of overt and covert behaviour more about displaying aggression? Lashing out on petty issues, involving in verbal spats, trying to attack the significant

Awareness

Virtual Autism: Too much screen time harmful for Child

In the era of digitalization, technology has become a very vital part of our life. Every member of each house seems to have their own gadgets be it mobile phones, tablets and even laptops. The technology or digital dependence has

Awareness

How to Avoid Herd Mentality and Think Independently

We have all witnessed, heard of, or even experienced a situation where one adopts the beliefs or behaviours of the majority in the group, at the expense of our judgment or individuality. This is what psychology refers to as herd