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Case Study; Thinking Thru Writing and Aerospace Design
Many of us think in pictures and some of us think in words; all of us are capable of thinking in both ways. This is an interesting consideration in that, the brain can think very fast in visual images, but putting does visual images onto a two-dimensional piece of paper in linear text will in fact take the a lot of words. For instance picture a type of car in your head then picture another type of car; now put into words the differences between the two cars so that anyone can understand.Read more…Dream Interpretation
Most people dream, some people chase and realize their dreams. Understanding dreams however is the key. A dream can be defined as experience of voices, events etc in our imagination or in mind.Read more…A Concise Guide to Dream Interpretation
Most of us dream. But only a very small percentage of us understands that dreams hold much importance and opportunity for our self growth, improvement and self discovery. But many mystics of both Eastern and Western origins are aware of the fact that dreams hold a wealth of untapped knowledge.Read more…Fringe Group Hate Towards Social Norms
What happens when a small segment of our society is outcast and feel alienated? Well, perhaps you have found yourself in such a group previously? Odd man out or involved in an activity, which was different from the norm?Read more…Internet Forum Controversy and Father-Son Conversational Placement
Watching the behavior of those who participate in forums is quite fascinating indeed; in fact some of the human behavior is quite obvious and predictable indeed. One tactic which you will see from veteran politically savvy forum participants is to change the tone and act like they are giving genuine advice or wisdom, to take the upper hand and set the other person into a listen mode like a Father-son conversation. Here is what it looks like so you will know it when you see it;Jen states; "I was genuinely trying to offer you a small bit of wisdom I've picked up over time.Read more…Our Victimhood Culture; How Did It Happen?
It sure seems that everywhere you go someone is claiming they have been wronged and blames everyone else for their dilemmas in life. But why do people do this? Well regarding “victimhood culture” it appears this is actually a planned event.Read more…What Do You Know About At Risk, High Risk, Delinquent, Difficult, Defiant and Runaway Students?
THE TRUTH ABOUT TROUBLED YOUTHHow accurate are your assumptions about troubled youth and children? In our recent on-site workshop for the Black Clergy Alliance in Daytona Beach, Florida, the issue of stereotyping came up a lot, and inspired this topic.Here is a quick quiz to test how much you really know about youngsters who struggle.Read more…Abandoned Astronaut Risk Strategies
Some say that NASA is too bureaucratic and too afraid to take risks. I am one to agree somewhat although will not fully embrace the concept without a few caveats. Nevertheless the problem remains, that if your wait until everything is perfect you will never do anything.Read more…Hats Off to Psychology Today !
I recently reported on my obsessive compulsive behavior and how I found Psychology Today. That’s where I caught OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.See Read more…End Your Classroom Management Nightmare: How to Manage Unmanageable Students
There are three types of kids who may be at the highest risk of extreme violence. Obviously, you must take seriously any threat or indication of danger from any kid, so if a dangerous child you know doesn't fit one of these categories, please don't just breathe a sigh of relief. Rather, the point of emphasizing these three top-risk youth, is to have you apportion your time wisely.Read more…What Teachers Must Do to Help Traumatized, Victimized, Fragile, Distressed Students
Here are some ideas to help you continue to make a difference for stressed, maladjusted, troubled, frightened, and vulnerable students during school vacations. These ideas are all taken from our web site, books, e-books and workshops.*** Extend Your Reach: For some kids, their teacher may be the only sane, sober, caring adult they know, and then summer vacation comes.Read more…Totally Terrific Tools to Turn On Unmotivated, Indifferent, Failing Students
Teachers, they don't give you motivation-makers when you are in college. It takes about 2 minutes in the classroom to realize that you could have really used courses on motivating the motionless. From our popular workshops, books and posters, here are just a few of our favorite motivation- makers that you will use everyday.Read more…Teachers: Are You Still Using Yesterday's Teacher Training to Manage Today's Difficult Student
Teachers, when you received your training to teach, the world probably looked much different. Guns meant water pistols and gangs meant West Side Story.Here is a test to see if your skills have kept up with the changes in our kids.Read more…Do Dreams Serve as a Premonition?
Being able to foresee an unfortunate fact of life like death, disasters, illnesses, etc. through a dream is very common. Anyone may dream of something good or bad happening to someone else or even to themselves.Read more…Human Ego and Superiority Complexes
Indeed humans have a superiority complex when it comes to their belief systems of where they belong on the animal kingdom chart with regard to the need to place themselves into a separate category. In fact superiority complexes are known throughout the animal kingdom in individuals of any given species, which is exhibited in pecking order contests and can be seen in individual personalities in animals.But why is it that humans with their large brains often cannot reason their way out of such a dilemma?Read more…Controlling Anger
All of us get angry. Some of us get angry very often. Some are able to control the anger.Read more…Research Needed to Understand the Human Animal
Are humans different from all other higher-order mammals in the animal kingdom? Do humans warrant a separate and unique category? Are humans themselves different by way of breeds?Read more…Preventing Future Violence
The life of a chronically violent person is a matrix of complex interactive systems. Behavior can best be understood by examining the dynamics of the individual’s social context, psychological characteristics, biology, and environment. Chronic violence does not just happen one day, it develops, usually in childhood and progresses through adulthood.Read more…Articulating Boundaries of Behavioral Interaction with Artificial Intelligent Systems
If artificial intelligent robotic androids are to work along side humans and become accepted into the normality of the home as household companions and work on assigned tasks in the home they will need to be capable of a wide range of human interaction. Likewise if artificially intelligent robotic systems are to become assistants in business, military and in space for NASA, they will be working around humans and need boundaries of personality which mimic those of humans, without the occasional out bursts and antagonistic behavior humans so often exhibit which indeed end up sabotaging personal relationships unnecessarily.I propose that we use a an articulating or ever changing set of personality boundaries of behavioral interaction with the Artificial Intelligent Robotic Android Systems that we design and program.Read more…Analysis of Human Analogy Thinking and Artificial Intelligence
One interesting aspect to the human mind is that it thinks in analogies. In other words it relates to one set of events with another set of events which are similar in nature in one or more aspects. This is a fascinating way to use one’s mind in that it allows humans to make decisions in situations that they have never been in before.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Psychology category
- Getting the Most Out of Therapy: How to Collaborate With Your Therapist - By: Steven Frankel, M.D.
If you are in therapy, you and your therapist have already invested a significant amount of time and energy into your work, and you both have the same goal in mind: helping you achieve your own objectives for emotional growth and healing. If and when a difference of opinion over the treatment does occur, rather than walking away from your therapist, it is usually well worth the effort try to find a collaborative way to again go forward. - Colors in Dreams and Their Meaning - By: Daniel Zoleta
Dream interpretation is the process of assigning meaning to dreams. In many of the ancient societies, including Egypt and Greece, dreaming was considered a supernatural communication or a means of divine intervention, whose message could be unravelled by those with certain powers. In modern times, various schools of psychology have offered theories about the meaning of dreams. - Boost Your IQ: Techniques to Increase Your Intelligence Quotient Today - By: Evgheny Stivenson
It is possible to enhance your intelligence quotient in a matter of 10 minutes. Some techniques to do so are discussed below. Don't you want to enhance your IQ? Of course, you can use the brain power exercises and techniques. But these are long term and you would need to regularly practice them. What if you want to boost your IQ now, when you don't have more than 10 minutes. - Online Psychology Programs - By: Mary Jackson
Students pursuing psychology online degrees learn about the human mind and behavior and its biological, social and cognitive bases, as well how to apply this knowledge to practical problems. Student enrolled in online psychology programs can choose to specialize in areas of psychology such as educational, child, clinical, sport, forensic, industrial, organizational, social and marriage and family therapy. - Toronto Psychologist and Psychoanalyst - By: Sandra Palef
If you want to get an idea of what psychotherapy is all about, watch an episode of the television series The Sopranos. Tony Soprano is a mafia don in New Jersey who is in talk therapy with Dr. Jennifer Melfi. He has panic attacks, loses consciousness, and has slipped into a depression. All of this seems irrational to him, but he can’t help it. He has some hidden agenda lying just outside his awareness that is controlling his feelings and behavior. He doesn’t believe in therapy at the start, convinced he cannot talk about himself and that it won’t help anyway. He resists, evading Dr. Melfi’s questions, withdrawing, and even walking out. But eventually he is intrigued. - Magic Happens When Eternity Meets Linear Time in Dream Work - By: Ron Masa, Ph.D.
Even if you're speeding around town, frantically running late, your dog in the back seat is perfectly on time; centered in the Now.I once thought "eternity" meant: Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. forever. - One Dream Interprets Another to Predict the U.S. Mid-Term Election Results - By: Ron Masa, Ph.D.
Dreams come from wherever we do. They regularly predict the future and they link people together in the world of dreams. In the following case one dream even arrived to interpret another dream! - Dream Telepathy: Some Dream Workers Make Late Night House Calls - By: Ron Masa, Ph.D.
"Not until a person dissolves, can he or she know what union is." -RumiNothing seems more obvious than that every human being is a distinct and separate entity. America champions the rights of the individual and self-determination. - Female Violence: Speak Softly but Carry a Big Stick - By: Kathryn Seifert
The future well-being of a society is directly linked to its ability to care for and educate its young. Families that cannot successfully care for their young, nurture the seeds of future violence and criminality. Until we learn this, we will continue to build more prisons at a much higher cost than treatment or prevention. - Psychopathic Personality: The Absence of Conscience - By: William L. Smith Ph. D.
Elie Wiesel, the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Nazi hunter, said "to defeat them, first we must understand them." For most of us the idea of a psychopath conjures up images from movies like "Silence of The Lambs" and characters with names like "Hannibal Lector." However, characters such as Hannibal is a fantasy, he is the creation of the author.