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2022-08-17 Our Tunnel-Vision By Bruce Wilson, PhD What pushes us to have tunnel-vision? That is, the mindset that is only focused on a particular aim, and will not notice or consider anything else. Are there any psychological propensities that make us more prone to have tunnel- vision? How does tunnel-vision affect us […]
Are You a River or a Pond? Bruce Wilson, PhD “Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”- Albert Einstein Dualities Present day life is full of dualities. We are constantly inundated by oppositional views and attitudes. Positive attitudes are in a perpetual competition with negative attitudes. However, there is an attitudinal movement on the […]
Basic Counselling Skills and Their Usefulness – Empathy, Acceptance, Warmth and Genuineness Basic Counselling Skills and Their Usefulness – Empathy, Acceptance, Warmth and Genuineness This essay explains the three essential qualities needed to become a good counsellor. The first part looks at Empathy, the second part Acceptance and Warmth (unconditional positive regard) […]
American Violence; A Two-Pronged Remedial Approach By Robert Depaolo In the aftermath of recent shootings in Texas, Buffalo and Oklahoma – which incidentally comprise a heinous, but the mere proportion of murders in the USA, the usual commentary consisted of offering prayers for the families, statements about hearts reaching out to the […]
The Self-Saboteur By Bruce Wilson “I am the greatest obstacle to my greatest dreams.”-Craig D. Lounsbrough Why do we stand in our own way? What possible payoffs could entice someone to repeatedly self-sabotage? Are there any identifiable precursors that could help us comprehend the bewildering mindset of the self-saboteur? Some have […]
Response Paper on “Anatomy of an Epidemic” by Bob Fancher In his paper “Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of mental iIllness in America by Robert Whitaker,” Bob Fancher analyzes the rising psychiatric industry in America . He looks at whether or not the prescription of […]
Social Work Paper – Understanding the Diverse Group of Adolescent Homosexual Male Minorities: The Challenges of Working With People of All Backgrounds Consider the following introduction of one of the most famous documents ever created in the United States of America; The Declaration of Independence. “When in the Course of human events, […]
Gender Roles – Biological and Socialization Factors Debated Walking by a hospital nursery and looking in it can be seen that the babies do not look very different from each other. The one thing that can be seen: pink or blue hats. At birth, a child has a sex, but based on […]
What Are The Signs of Having An Inferiority Complex? All of us feel inferior sometimes, especially when we start comparing ourselves to others. We may even feel down and despondent for a few days as a result. However, some people feel inferior and inadequate almost all the time. These individuals can be […]
The Relationship Between Precipitation, Barometric Pressure, Temperature and Shoplifting The Relationship Between Precipitation, Barometric Pressure, Temperature and Shoplifting Introduction Can hotter weather have an effect on negative human behaviour? Social psychology has long debating the heat hypothesis, saying that as temperatures rise, so do reports of criminal behaviour. Although scattered evidence suggests […]