Emotions are a negative or positive experience that associates itself with a particular pattern of physiological activity The thought of being in control of your emotions is different with everyone The extent of you being in control of your emotions is dependent on you and…
Essays on Personality Psychology
“Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Usually, we try to avoid misunderstanding others or being misunderstood. However, misunderstanding happens between all people without them noticing. Without talking and expressing how…
Overthinking, it is something that we always do, not just me. I am sure that we have all been in bed trying to sleep, but instead, we lay there, overthinking every single thing about your life. Now I’m not saying it’s terrible because some of…
In ancient times, voluntary isolation from urban or social life was seen as a path to happiness. In the Christian faith, there are well-known hermits like St. Jerome and St. Antony. St. Jerome started writing during his sequester in the desert and is credited with…
In this essay, I will be explaining whether Descartes has good arguments to support his dualism or not. In the first section, I will outline the kind of Dualism of mind and body that Descartes endorsed and I will also explain Leibniz’s Law as it…
Could the case of Phineas Gage be explained equally well by Cartesian Dualism and Reductive Physicalism- or perhaps neither can explain it? And if so, what does that suggest about the relation between a philosophical ‘theory’ designed to make sense of the relation between mind…
The Wandering Mind A growing body of neuroscience research shows that mind-wandering involves the default mode network, which is an important brain network engaging many cognitive processes and regions on the internal surface of the brain (Christoff et al. 2016). When people engage in mind-wandering,…
Obviously, it has been proven that the world is round through basic scientific observation or from literally putting a ruler up against the horizon, but some individuals still refuse to grasp this concept. It has been hammered into our heads since we could walk, and…
Phobias are defined as ‘an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal’. There have been many theories as to why phobias develop such as the cognitive, evolutionary and biological theories. One specific theory is the behavioural theory. This theory states…
Motivation simply put meas a reason to do something. Thinking about its opposite meaning is also a reason not to do something or do nothing. Understand what motivates someone, apply some simple techniques without manipulating them and you will be amazed at just how productive…
Psychology has affected my behavior, thoughts, and feelings in many ways, I learned about my attitude and others as well. How to respond to other people perception of their feeling and how they look at life and what’s going on around them. People can be…
Psychology is sometimes called a new science. This is quite wrong. Psychology is, perhaps, the oldest science, and, unfortunately, in its most essential features a forgotten science. Psychology is the science of mind and behavior, or mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or a…
The relationship between goal setting and ethics is quite complex, if we prioritize goal setting, what is the cost the response is likely to be found in the expectations we set for goal setting. For example, when money is tied to achieving the goal, we…
The unfolding of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind follows a melancholically exasperated man named Joel Barish and a quirkily mysterious woman named Clementine Kruczynski who engage in a passionate yet overwhelmingly intricate and incompatible relationship. From its modest beginning at a beach party to…
Nursing is a physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing career. People that enter this particular career should do so only if they have a desire to help others and not only for the financial benefits. Many days are thankless, and nurses need to draw on their…
