Personality is a multidimensional, multifaceted construct that includes various traits and components. Extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness are important traits to provide every individual unique indentity. While components of personality like traits, temperament, behaviour, cognitive processes, self concept shape personality as whole. We know that personality has a strong bearing on our social and […]
Id, ego, and superego are the three distinct components of psychoanalytic theory of personality proposed by Sigmund Freud. The Psychoanalytic Theory of Id, Ego, and Superego helps in understanding the Formation of Personality and Human Behavior. So, let’s dive deeper into the details of id ego and superego. Understanding The Psychoanalytic Theory of Id, Ego,
Ability of brain to function multiple tasks simultaneously or at the same time by allocating and dividing the resources or attention is termed as parallel processing in psychology. It is a vital aspect of human cognition. Parallel processing plays important role in various psychological processes as like: perception, attention, memory, and problem-solving. So, let’s dive
Among the endocrine glands, thyroid gland that is located in the neck, well known for its function in metabolism. It is also essential in development of brain in the early childhood stage. Additionally, certain mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety, have been associated with increased risk of thyroid disorders. In this blog, let’s
Pituitary, the endocrine gland, also called master gland due to it’s crucial role. It not only regulates various bodily functions but it can also influence mood, emotions, and stress response by the means of released hormones. In this blog, I’m going to explain the Role and Functions of master Pituitary Gland in human body and
In order to explain how our minds process the information we experience to make better sense of it, researchers strived a lot to develop models and theories of information processing. In this blog post, “Understanding the Models of Information Processing” I’m going to explain in detail the notable models of information processing. These models are:
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Understanding major Goals of PsychologyActually, everyone is so curious to unfold the mysteries of minds one have in the specific situation. We know that mind is so complex factory of mental processes vital to affect and drive human behaviours. Since many centuries, psychologists have been striving to get insight of working of human mind in
The nature of processing information have great impact on the quality of learning and memory improvement. We know that levels of processing information is directly correlated with the degree of remembering. Better the processing information, greater the remembering. In this blog post, I’m going to discuss the Levels and Examples of Information Processing and its
Both reinforcement and punishment are the forms of operant conditioning in psychology. Negative and positive reinforcement and punishment are subtypes of both reinforcement and punishment. Operant conditioning focuses on voluntary behaviors. And, it involves the association of a behavior and its consequences. Unlike classical conditioning, in operant conditioning, the learner is active and can modify
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Conditioning results from stimuli and response in the external environment. We know that person either learn new behaviour or modifies existing one by the means of stimuli and response association. Simply put, conditioning in psychology have greater role in shaping human behaviour. In this blog, ” Conditioning in Psychology: definition Types, and Examples”, I’m going
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