Test Your Emotions And Outside Stimuli

How much are your emotions affected by outside stimuli? This will be a difficult question to answer for anyone - Are You Happy? If yes, how much?

Research Methods in Psychology

Longitudinal approach to the study of development implies repeated observations of phenomena during some time with the object of revealing constant aspects and changes, and also with the object of their explanation.

What is Agoraphobia?

Most people don't know what agoraphobia is. Because of this, many people who get agoraphobia often take a year, and in some cases, many years, just finding out what is wrong with them. This article defines agoraphobia, describes its major symptoms, and offers a website as a resource for further information.

EyeWitness Testimony: An Enduring Topic Of Psychological Enquiry

The study of eyewitness testimony can be traced back over 100 years. This article outlines how it all began and examines the most commonly researched areas of investigation.

Consciousness Studies

Consciousness Studies go beyond the realm of the natural sciences and the social sciences. Consciousness Studies can include a variety of disciplines: humanities, critical theory, comparative religion, functionism, mysticism, neuroscience, phenomenology (which describes intentionality as the basic structure of consciousness), philosophy and transpersonal psychology...

Accelerating Active Aggression

Induced brain waves can do many things we have found in the last few decades as researchers discover and learn more about the brain. One thing that can be done is to incite a rogue brain wave, which triggers an aggressive response. But why would you want an aggressive response you ask?

Do Certain Bloodlines Help Make Some People Better Thinkers?

Is it possible for certain bloodlines or ancestry to cause more scientists in those families? Let's say that Sir Isaac Newton, Nicola Tesla or Albert Einstein were in your family tree? Would that help you or give you an edge in innovation, discovery or perhaps finding the answer to Grand Unification?

Juvenile Sexual Behavior Problems

Children as young as 8 or 9 can have sexual behavior problems. Most of these children have been victims of abuse. They should be identified and treated as soon as possible.

Response of the News and Understanding the Feelings Sexual Abuse Brings

Caring for a child who has been sexually abused can create emotional swings in the caregiver. This article assists the caregiver in understanding the emotions with suggestions in managing the feelings while parenting the child.

Hunter Syndrome: An Orphan Disease

Hunter syndrome is a hereditary disorder that prevents the body's ability to produce the enzyme iduronate-2, which is essential in the continuous process of replacing and breaking down glycos-samino-glycans (GAG). Therefore, GAG remains stored in cells in the body causing serious, ongoing damage. The symptoms of Hunter Syndrome are usually not visible at birth, but often become noticeable around the first year of life. Usually the symptoms may include hernias, frequent ear infections, runny noses, and abnormal facial appearance. As the disease advances, a variety of life-threatening symptoms appear such as, enlarged liver and spleen, heart failure, obstructive airway disease, sleep apnea, joint stiffness, and Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement in some cases. If CNS involvement exists, the life expectancy for patients with Hunter Syndrome average 10-15 years of age. However, in the milder form of the disease, patients can survive into the fifth or sixth decade of life.

Intelligence, Intuitiveness and Personality

The creative mind is a very fascinating study subject and one which we know so little about. Personality and Intelligence indeed is also a great topic and I have always enjoyed books such as EI or Emotional Intelligence

Lucky Lance Lives Life

Have you ever noticed that certain people with certain names have similar personalities? Perhaps you have and perhaps you've read articles or research on this. I have noticed that people with the name Lance seem to live their life with excitement, challenge and often competition. Why does a person's name reflect their personality?

Adolescence: A Sine Quo'on Of One's Life

Adolescence is like a bridge between the stage of infancy and adulthood. It is during this stage of adolescence that varied changes takes place in one’s body both physical and psychological

Going Beyond The Mo: Criminal Profiling, Jack The Ripper And Signature Behavior

The primary aim of criminal profiling is to reveal the behavioral make-up of an unknown offender. To understand how this can be achieved, this article draws upon Robert Keppel's analysis of the Jack the ripper murders in order to examine the concept of signature behavior and how this differs from the offender’s Modus Operandi.

Autism - An Enigmatic Event Revisited: From the Refrigerator Mother to The Parent Trap

During the 1940s mothers of autistic children were labeled refrigerator mother. These mothers were often blamed for their children's anti-social behaviors, which included rigid rituals, speech difficulty, and self-isolation. As a result, many mothers of autistic children suffered from blame, guilt, and self-doubt from the 1940s throughout the 1970s, and to some extent, even today. This devastating disorder, best known as infantile autism, is inexplicably on the rise with no effective treatment in sight. The medical community today is just as much in the dark as they were in the 1940s. Many researchers are convinced that the environment in which we live plays a major role autism; the nation's fastest-growing developmental disorder. If this is so, than we must take into consideration the influence a chemically-driven world that we live in. Which, in turn, would dictate that the practice of both mothers and fathers be a part of any environmental study to determined the cause of autism. After all they share the same environment.