Exploring the forces that shape the human psyche
When people are wronged, they commonly react in two ways. Either they react non-assertively and submissively, or they react aggressively and dominantly. Being non-assertive means you’re passive about your situation and don’t seek to remedy it in any way. Your desire to not offend others comes in the way of standing up for yourself. Aggressiveness, …
This article will attempt to provide insights into how the mind weaves its dreams and how you can go about interpreting them. Then we’ll focus on the possible interpretations dreaming of being chased can have. We often dream about the issues and concerns we have in our waking life. When we encounter a problem, our …
Recently, I decided I’d teach myself programming. I’d always been curious about it, and I knew the knowledge would be of use to me. Upon researching online, I came across people saying it was challenging and time-consuming. I enjoy overcoming challenges, so that wasn’t a problem. I was only worried that it’d take my focus …
This Multiple Personality Disorder test utilizes the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), a questionnaire that measures your degree of dissociation. Multiple Personality Disorder (also called Dissociative Identity Disorder) is the extreme manifestation of dissociation and dissociative disorders. In dissociative disorders, people dissociate or break away from their core sense of self. For instance, in dissociative amnesia, …
The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) is a Self-Report (SR) test that measures your level of social anxiety. This social anxiety test helps you determine whether or not you have social anxiety disorder (also called social phobia). Social anxiety refers to the anxiety that a person feels in social situations. At its core, it’s the …
A liminal space is a space between spaces. A liminal space is a boundary between two points in time, space, or both. It’s the middle ground between two grounds, the mid-structure between two structures. When you’re in a liminal space, you’re neither here nor there, neither this nor that. At the same time, you’re both …
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It’s tempting to think our memory works like the memory of a video recorder, in that it replays information exactly as recorded. This isn’t always the case. Our memory is prone to errors called memory distortions. A distorted memory is a memory whose recall differs from what was encoded (recorded). In other words, our memories …
Memory in psychology is defined as the persistence of learning. You can learn, recognize, and recall information. This shows your mind has an in-built storage system for information. In this article, I’ll briefly discuss the types of memory in psychology. Then, I’ll explain them in detail in the next sections. Types of memory in psychology …
The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) was developed by psychologist Rod Martin, author of The Psychology of Humor. You can use this questionnaire to find out your dominant humor style- the type of humor that you like most and engage in most often. Humor is the glue of relationships and studies show that people with a …
The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) is a depression self-test that measures your current depression level. It was originally developed by W.W. Zung to test the level of depression in patients diagnosed with depression. The Zung self-rating depression scale assesses the various psychological as well as somatic symptoms associated with depression. It measures common characteristics …