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Awareness

The Science Behind Conscientious Behaviour

Picture two students with the same assignment and the same deadline. One starts early, plans it out, double-checks everything before turning it in. The other means to do the same thing, genuinely means to, but somehow never gets there. It’s

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

Awareness

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.

Awareness Education

How Academic Pressure and Grades Affect Students’ Self-Worth

For many students, academic performance is more than a number on a report card. Gradually, students’ perception of themselves, their marks, grades, rankings, awards and examination results can become part of this. Getting a high score can be a good

Awareness

Can Therapy Be Uncomfortable Without Being Harmful?

Most of us hope that our experience of therapy is pleasant, empathetic and that our emotions feel supported and soothed. Accordingly, when our therapy brings up uncomfortable emotions such as fear, anxiety, sadness and anger, it is often interpreted that

Awareness

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.

Social

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

Awareness

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

Industrial

Why Do Employees Really Leave Their Jobs?

The most common reason given by organisations for any employee leaving is that they found a better job for a higher salary. It is a reasonable assumption in theory: organisations can adjust financial rewards, which allows them to keep the

Awareness Positive

6 Common Psychological Challenges Students Face

Bollywood movies have portrayed college life as a fast-paced blend of friendship, romance, music, and carefree fun, except for studies. Films like Student of the Year or Kuch Kuch Hota Hai portray campuses as spaces of glamour, self-discovery, and the