Psychology

Psychology (psykhe+logia) is a discipline dedicated to the study of mental functions and behavior. While psychology is inherently more relative than for example physics, it aims for the scientific study of the human mind and its various distinct aspects, such as behavior, cognition, emotion, personality and perception.

While its primary focus is on the more intangible human mind, psychology also studies the corresponding neurological and physiological processes, incorporating research from other fields of study, such as natural and social sciences. Psychology has also contributed to our understanding of diverse beliefs, aiding us in recognizing patterns and psychological archetypes in religious traditions.

As the human mind is an integral part of our daily life, psychology has gained much popular interest beyond the academic world. Psychology has been the subject of many popular books, and subsequently discussed all over the blogosphere.

People the world over have explored their mental resources, discussed possible ways to happiness, and reviewed diverse self-help publications. Psychology is also at the heart of helping children with bipolar disorder and dealing with anxiety disorder. It is also psychology by which we understand a criminal mind or the strange neighbor we have.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Psychology”

• Andrew Olendzki - Self as Verb

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 440
  A great article from the Tricycle archives. What Olenzki is suggesting here about the way Buddhism views the construction of self is now how neuroscience also views the mind - self is a process (verb), not a construct (noun). Self as Verb ...
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• Forbidden Patterns.

  
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  $26+ Per Sale – High Converting Underground Seduction – Hypnosis – Dating Site. Forbidden Patterns.
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• Hypnosis Review – 10 Self Hypnosis Audio Programs That Will Transform Your Life

  
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  Hypnosis is a powerful form of communication to your subconscious, a method that we can use to make wanted changes in our life and one that has been used for thousands of years since the Egyptian times. Many people are now using hypnosis as a means to overcoming challenges, difficulties and to binging about positive ...
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• What Do The American People Want From Barack Obama? They Want Their Money Back!

  
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  Run Ronnie Run – cult leader Yes we can get are our money back! Barack is a con man shake-down extortionist using government intervention to redistribute the wealth to his political supporters. Rare video of the young Barack Obama in Hawaii practicing his con: Go home Barack. Stop spending the ...
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• RECLAIMING SADNESS

  
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  Or the Obligation to Be Up-Beat The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced that soon all New York City Metrocards will be stamped "OPTIMISM." Positive thinking, our unofficial national ideology, is becoming harder and harder to escape. Happiness and cheerfulness are good things, to be sure, as are ...
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• EIP 2009 Apocalypse Photo Shoot

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 165
  The Apocalypse is not going to be a movie it was just a photo shoot! Evil Iguana Productions 2009 Photo Shoot was shot in Grand Rapids Michigan and was Apocalypse themed. Photography- Laura Wixson Makeup- Traci Duncan Hair- Emerson Graves View the photos on Facebook Oct. 28th 2009 Laura Wixson ...
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• Psychology Today weighs in … it’s not all bad

  
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  I’m pleased to see that the author of this article in Psychology Today’s blog agrees that all fetishes aren’t bad, “as long as no one is being hurt.” Safe, sane, consensual adult spanking does not hurt anyone other than the requisite sting and pain associated with the act itself. When done properly with ...
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• Am I completely dead inside or what?

  
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  White W asked: I m. in my 20s and I just don t know what s wrong with me. For a poit s as I can t connect with people. Every time I went on a date or try to get intimate with someone, it s the whole affair Gradica isn t even real. I could sit down, chatting with a beautiful girl and I external; m. laughing, ...
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• Michael Gazzaniga - The Distributed Networks of Mind

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 440
  The second of six videos in this series - stay tuned for the others. The second in a series of Gifford Lectures by Professor Michael Gazzaniga. Recorded 13 October, 2009 at the Playfair Library Hall, the University of Edinburgh. Our brains are organised in such a fashion that very little of the processing, which ...
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• Autism treatments: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science

  
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  Autism treatments: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science James Comans son has an unusual skill. The 7-year-old, his father says, can swallow six pills at once. ---- Thousands of U.S. children undergo these therapies and many more at the urging of physicians who say they can successfully treat, or ...
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• Prison-bound Plymouth psychologist dies at wheel

  
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  Prison-bound Plymouth psychologist dies at wheel A child psychologist who was headed to prison for health care fraud died Thursday from a heart attack he suffered while driving, his attorney said.
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• The contribution of active medication to combined treatments of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for adult depression: a meta-analysis

  
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  The contribution of active medication to combined treatments of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for adult depression: a meta-analysis , Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2009 P. Cuijpers, A. van Straten, S. D. Hollon, G. Andersson Abstract: Objective: Although there is sufficient evidence that combined ...
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• Kim Cattrall is Wrong - Cougars Are Here To Stay

  
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  Kim Cattrall, aka the highly sexual Samantha Jones in Sex and the City, thinks that the trend of older women dating younger men is over. The Real Cougar Women in my community dont agree. Here is what they have to...
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• Pharmaceutical Giant Paid $500,000 to Psychiatrist Who Used Chicagos Poor as Guinea Pigs

  
  American Buddhist Net - Buddhist News & Forum — Authority: 161
  Executives inside pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca faced a high-stakes dilemma. On one hand, Chicago psychiatrist Dr. Michael Reinstein was bringing the company a small fortune in sales and was conducting research that made one of its most promising drugs look spectacular. On the other, some worried that his ...
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• Surviving the Suicide of Someone You Love

  
  Explore What's Next — Authority: 125
  My brothers childhood best friend committed suicide. I was 16 years old at the time, Mark (not his real name) was 21. Marks parents were close friends of my parents; we played together as little kids, he was my first crush. We drifted apart as we grew up. Mark was a Kennedy-esque figure to me, handsome and smart. ...
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• Photographic Moment Episode Eight Fall Landscapes in Hocking Hills and the Digital Panorama

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 165
  Ohio Photographer Jim Crotty shares tips on capturing panoramic landscape images with digital cameras as well as thoughts on "when not to take pictures." On location in Hocking Hills, Ohio ... Jim Crotty photographer photography fine art nature landscape tutorial panorama panoramic digital stitch photo
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• Group 10 History of Photography.m4v

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 165
  This is a podcast of the History of Photography. We focus on not just the history, but on major photographers who were essential. Group members include: Michaela Mitchell, Katelyn McKenna, Katie McCuen and Scott Mitchell.
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• Photography by Jessica Legendre

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 165
  Hi again everyone...here is a non smoking video for ya lol...Wanted to show you a little bit more of what I enjoying doing!! Thank you for subscribing!! Again please if you like what you see please, please, please rate me 5 stars and comment!! Thank you
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