Psychological Science & Research Insights
There is a general stereotype that intelligent or super-intelligent people are childish or immature. Why is that? Apart from the fact that some people appear …
Read moreWho appears intelligent? Why are some of them childish?
Summary: A new study argues that children reason if an animal is owned or not based on how much control the owner has on the …
Read moreKids reason that Caged Animals are Owned but Free ones aren’t
Phone addiction is one of the biggest non-drug addiction in human history. Studies show that excessive phone use is linked to procrastination, suicide (example), spoilt …
Read moreHow to overcome Phone Addiction [Solutions + Research]
A large number of people wish to learn psychology. And many more want to explore the subject with a higher level of detail than a …
Read moreBest Online Learning Resources for Psychology [2020]
When your friend gets cut on the arm, you clean the wound, apply medicine, and cover it up with a bandage. That’s basic first aid. But …
The world is in political upheaval, and people are rebelling against excessively proud groups of people that dominate or exude elitism. Many people have become …
Read moreCollective Narcissism: Proud Groups & Nationalism make us toxic
We seek meaning. We seek certainty. We seek explanations. Meeseeks purpose. People want to make sense of the world on almost every level of experience. …
Read moreSense-Making: How We Make Sense Of The World & Find Meaning
An interesting theory in psychology called the self-construal theory describes how we place ourselves in society. The self as a concept is quite vague, and …
Read moreSelf-construals in social psychology: Finding the self in society
I have covered the most Frequently Asked Questions about psychology and self-help in this post. Many of these common psychology questions focus on mental health, …
What is cognition? Cognition refers to all mental processes that lead to thoughts, knowledge, and awareness. The underlying processes are called cognitive processes. They govern …
Read moreCognition 101: Executive functions, Cognitive processes & abilities
With a loose definition of the word universal, a number of words from many languages are almost universally understood. We learn many words across multiple …
Read moreDo Universal Words Exist? From evolution to cognates & iconicity
Summary: We have a welfare trade-off ratio with other people. It describes how much others value us. If the ratio is low, we feel undervalued …
Read moreWe get angry to change others. How can we manage it?