Psychology 2024, November

In today's world, more and more often you can hear the word "phobia". What it is? How to deal with them? Why do they appear?

At the first meeting with a person it is difficult to understand who is in front of you, because most people over the years of life get used to hiding their shortcomings and vices from others. But how, then, to identify a possible psychopath or other unpleasant personality, before the negative traits break out in a powerful stinking stream?

Jung's Psychological Types is a work that has changed modern concepts of man and his consciousness. Touch and you to the works of this incredible scientist who devoted his life to the study of man, his conscious and unconscious

Lack of understanding in the family circle is a common phenomenon in our turbulent days. Many take constant quarrels and tense situations in the family for granted, without trying to change something. Let's find out how to build harmonious relationships in the family

Everyone has heard of temperament types such as sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic. Many even took tests to determine their temperament. The Eysenck technique allows you to identify the innate properties of a person that affect his entire future life

What is femininity, how to develop it in yourself? Why do some ladies attract men to themselves, while others do not? Femininity is the ability to create an atmosphere of love around you. This is the ability to inspire a man and motivate him to action. This is respect for yourself and those around you. How to develop feminine qualities in yourself?

To look 30 at 50 is the dream of more than half of women. Not everyone succeeds in preserving beauty, youth, attracting the attention of men, being loved and desired. How to achieve inner harmony, maintain youthful enthusiasm, good spirits? After all, it is so important for a woman to keep the "girl" in herself as long as possible and not turn into a "galosh" dissatisfied with life. Many have heard the so-called "aunt" syndrome

Rorschach test stains are known to many today. Its creator died very early, at the age of 37. He never saw the great success of the psychological tool he invented

Did you decide to learn how to defend your point of view and influence other people in ordinary dialogues? To do this, you first need to familiarize yourself with the basic theoretical information on this issue. In our article, 8 effective tips will be presented that will allow you to learn how to stick to your position even for the most insecure personality

The article tells about the popular Russian psychotherapist Evgeny Fomin, as well as the psychological technologies he uses

Every person needs to be understood, respected and loved; that he was needed and close to someone; so that he could develop his abilities, realize himself and respect. For some, this is easy to do, they go through life with their heads held high, with a resolute and firm tread. And some are closed, afraid to make serious decisions, lack of initiative and unsure of themselves. Why is this happening? There are many reasons, one of them is fear

Integrity - this word is most often associated with something boring and uninteresting. But replace it with "consciousness", and you will understand that a decent person feels much better than an insolent or boor. Is it possible to be decent and happy at the same time? Need! We will talk about this in this post

Leadership in an organization can be formal. Formal leaders most often occupy leadership positions, they are invested with power, but do not have authority in the organization, or their authority is not high enough. Formal leaders are obeyed because they are invested with legitimate authority. Informal leadership in an organization can be held by anyone with general or majority authority

To date, almost all organs of our body have been studied. The exception to the rule is the brain and the functions it performs. Researchers and physicians have always been interested in issues related to the work of the brain, namely, thinking, logic, and the human ability to be creative and memorize. How memory works, how much information is stored in the head, why some people grasp everything on the fly, while others have to stubbornly cram the material - read about all this in our article

Humility and meekness are the qualities of a strong person who knows how to accept the surrounding reality and live in harmony with it

Being greedy is terrible. Why? The article deals with the nature, types and causes of greed. You will also find detailed instructions on how to turn from a miser into a harmonious person

Thinking is the process of processing the received sensory data, their analysis, comparison, generalization and inference. It represents the highest activity of the brain, as a result of which unique, new knowledge is created

In everyday life, it is quite common to hear how this or that person calls himself an introvert or an extrovert. Many people have questions, what does this mean, and how did he know this? It turns out that such people determine their personality type according to Myers-Briggs - a system of psychological testing. Such tests are a questionnaire with which you can objectively and accurately assess the psychological characteristics of a person

How do you know if a girl likes you? You have to be very insightful. Girls rarely show their feelings when they meet. This is only after your chosen one is sure that the feelings are mutual, she will post joint photos on Instagram and share the details of your dates with her friends. But if a girl is not sure what a guy likes, she will try to hide her emotions. But if you are observant, you can still unravel them

Men (guys) have always been interested in the question of how to cheer up girls. They cannot understand the complex female nature. In our article, we will try to lift the veil of this sacrament

Someone loves to be surrounded by many friends. Someone dreams of a big family with a bunch of little kids and a bunch of periodically visiting relatives. Many of us constantly communicate with colleagues at work, consulting with them on all matters of personal life … But there are people who can say with confidence: "I am a loner in life"

Quite often in life we come across the word "egoist", and sometimes someone is called that. Although, to be honest, we ourselves quite often use the phrase: “You are an egoist” in our vocabulary. As a rule, many people are offended when they are called in this way, and some simply do not pay attention. What determines the reaction of people to this word? In the article we will answer the following questions: "Is it good to be an egoist?", "Is society to blame?", "Is it fashionable to be an egoist?"

A woman, like a man, has many roles in a relationship. And each of them is important in its own way. In psychology, there is a huge amount of reasoning and scientific work on this topic. Since the topic is relevant and detailed, you can talk about it for a long time. Therefore, it is worth highlighting the most important points and paying attention to them

The question "why does everyone hate me" is quite a difficult one. A considerable number of people believe that they are not loved, underestimated and not respected. Therefore, hatred is the only feeling they can get from their environment. How true such a belief is, how it arises and what to do with it, we will consider in the article

The process of thinking is the basis for the formation of human consciousness. In modern psychology, some models have been developed according to which the thought process can "move", and depending on these models, a person's consciousness, his approach to solving various problems, and his lifestyle are formed. In this article, we will discuss issues such as divergent and convergent thinking, find out what they are, how they differ from each other

So, interpersonal interaction is communication in a group that has some purpose. Communication is built either on an emotional basis, or on a rational, business one. Success in interaction depends on the initial impression. If subconsciously partners in business feel antipathy towards each other, they cannot agree. There will be conflicts and tensions in communication. To coordinate group communication, you need a courageous and experienced leader with decent experience in conflict resolution

As statistics show, short-term relationships are becoming more and more popular every year, and creating a family fades into the background, if not even into the background. More and more men are interested in how to become a womanizer, and some are even enrolled in special courses that teach the basic ways to properly "pick up"

As can be inferred from some of the reviews, hypnotherapy is a reliable means of improving the mental state of a person in need. However, there are other opinions on this matter. Someone says that such treatment does not make any sense and effect. Is it really? Let's try to understand this topic in detail

So you said to yourself, "My baby is pissing me off." What to do? Psychologists advise looking for your mistakes in any wrong behavior of a child. When the baby was born, he knew nothing and did not know how. Why did the child begin to annoy the parents. How to deal with it. What to do if the child manipulates adults

NLP, or Neuro Linguistic Programming, is a modern trend in applied psychology. It originated in the 70s in the USA and absorbed all the best and most advanced from the various methods of this discipline

Few people, quarreling with relatives or colleagues, quarreling with random fellow travelers in public transport, think about how exactly such situations develop, what laws they obey, which is why they flare up. Meanwhile, there is a special science called conflictology, which studies these specific situations

What is behind the science of victimology? Does the victim really attract the offender to herself, somehow provokes him to commit unlawful acts? How do psychological portraits of crime victims differ? How to get rid of the state of the victim and protect yourself from violence?

The concepts of psychological age and developmental psychology are closely interrelated. Each age category has its own characteristics, and people can look and behave differently depending on many different factors

We all are well aware of such concepts as "the instinct of procreation", "maternal instinct" and "parental instinct". Each of them determines the natural need of a person to have children. However, according to psychologists, such a desire has nothing to do with the biological characteristics of a person

Pathological hoarding is one of those problems that affect not only the individual himself, but also his immediate environment. Being close to such a person is categorically unpleasant, because he behaves ugly, sometimes overstepping the permissible limits. Such behavior immediately catches the eye and not only relatives. There is nothing sadder than when a person arranges a whole warehouse out of his house and prefers not to notice that he is crossing all reasonable boundaries

"How many languages you know - so many times you are a man" - so Anton Chekhov used to say. And not every modern person fully understands the essence of this phrase. In our world, the walls between countries and cultures gradually began to "fall down" - we can freely travel the world, meet new people who speak completely different languages and study them

Pathology in the structure of an organization is a whole range of common problems that any company owner faces at one time or another. Such an element destroys the very structure of the organization, so it should be immediately disposed of. This can be done using various techniques and methods, a description of which can be found in our article

Q-sorting is a self-esteem technique used for research purposes in psychology and the social sciences. Developed by psychologist William Stephenson at the Humboldt University of Berlin and published in 1953. Actively used and applied in research on client-centered therapy by Dr. Carl Rogers

Let's talk about the fear of fighting. How to stop being afraid of a fight? How to behave in a conflict situation that can turn into the most banal fight? How to stop being afraid? Fights can be avoided

Daniil Borisovich Elkonin belongs to that remarkable galaxy of Soviet specialists in psychology, which forms the basis of the general popular academic school of the no less famous scientist Vygotsky. A brief biography of D. B. Elkonin and a description of his two main works can be found in the article