General Psychology
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History of Psychology Today we witness psychology as a separate discipline, but it has its origin, history, and stages of its development. Psychology to become what it is now has undergone various thoughts, doubts, and debates. To get a full understanding of what psychology is it is necessary to read what are its history, origins, …
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What is Self Actualization? Abraham Maslow describes self-actualization as the people’s fullest potential. In Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, it is the top need among all five needs. Abraham Maslow is the other humanistic theorist of personality who proposed need hierarchy in his motivational theory. His need hierarchy theory ranges from physiological needs, safety needs, belonging …
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What is Self Concept? Simply, Self-concept is what is your concept about yourselves. It is a perceiving way of your to yourself. For example, you perceive yourself as “I am a friendly person”, “I am a kind person”, “I am a bad person”, “I am a religious person”. Carl Rogers: Theory of Self Concept Carl …
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Trait Theory of Personality The trait is consistent personality characteristics and behavior displayed in a different situation. Trait theory is a model of personality that seeks to identify the basic traits necessary to describe personality. The trait theories of personality can be understood as, Allport Trait Theory of Personality There are three fundamental categories of …
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Psychosexual Stages Freud’s personality theory also relates to psychosexual stages of development theory. He illustrates different stages of human development from infancy to adulthood. It is to be said psychosexual because all stages are described on the assumption of sexual energy or libido on the different parts of the body called ‘erogenous zone’. Freud recognized …
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Learned Helplessness – What It Is? Learned helplessness is a state in which people conclude that unpleasant or aversive stimuli can not be controlled. While the concept is strongly tied to animal psychology and behavior, it can also apply to many situations involving human beings. The concept of learned helplessness was found accidentally by psychologists …
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What is Coping Stress? Coping stress is the effort to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress. Coping mechanisms are ways in which external or internal stress is managed, adapted to, or acted upon. Susan Folkman and Richard Lazarus described coping as regularly changing cognitive and behavioral attempts to manage …
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What is Stress? Stress is a general term applied to various psychologic (mental) and physiologic (bodily) pressures experienced or felt by people throughout their lives. It can be also described as a state of psychological and physiological imbalance happening from the variation between situational requests and the individual’s experience and motivation to meet those requests. …
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Theories of Emotion Emotions exercise a particularly powerful force on human behavior. Strong emotion can cause you to require actions you would possibly not normally perform or to avoid situations you enjoy. Why exactly we do have emotions? What causes us to possess these feelings? Researchers, philosophers, and psychologists have introduced different theories of emotion to elucidate how and why behind human emotions. Here we …
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Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences American Psychologist Howard Gardner introduced his theory of multiple intelligences in 1983. It is famous for Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. His theory suggests that there is more to being intelligent than simply being proficient in languages or being good in math or psychology. Gardner’s nine types of intelligence have …
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