(Exploring Your Mind) Many times, you might ask yourself what motivates a certain person’s behavior. With this question in mind, Murray and McClelland discovered that humans have to meet a certain series of needs.
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Assertive Techniques for Conflict Resolution | Psychology
(Exploring Your Mind) Being assertive in your interactions with others can help you avoid conflict while protecting your interests and others’ rights.
Going to Bed Angry or Worried is a Bad Habit | Psychology
(Exploring Your Mind) Going to bed angry or worried not only leads to tiredness. In addition, the continued weight of these negative emotions often leaves a dent in your brain and doesn’t allow you to think clearly.
Making Decisions as a Couple: What’s the Best Way Forward? | Psychology
(Exploring Your Mind) Making decisions as a couple is a delicate balancing act. In this article, we show you how to do it the best possible way.
The Myth of Dionysus, God of Wine and Pleasure
(Exploring Your Mind) The myth of Dionysis is different from most stories, lacking the extremely tragic aspects of other mythological characters. On the contrary, he’s a god that creates fun, vitality, and states of ecstasy brought on by both wine and passion.
Horror Movies Manipulate Brain Activity Expertly to Enhance Excitement | Neuroscience
(Science Daily) Finnish research team maps neural activity in response to watching horror movies. A study conducted by the University of Turku shows the top horror movies of the past 100 years, and how they manipulate brain activity.
Why It’s Important to Your Mental Health to Deal Constructively with Self-Doubt | Psychology
(Suzanne Kane) Everyone, no matter who they are, inevitably experiences self-doubt. Reading through the biographies and autobiographies of some of the most accomplished, celebrated, famous, talented and intelligent people reveals that each one of them has had their moments of personal doubt. Not only did they wonder if they had what it takes, they worried whether they could persevere despite opposition and setbacks, without support and encouragement, even if they were physically capable of continuing.
The Science of Taboo Language: Swears and Curse Words
(Exploring Your Mind) Within your wide, wide language, there’s a dark corner. We mean, of course, swears and curse words. Want to hear about how, despite the bad press they get, they can be beneficial to you?
Feeling Sad After Sex? Postcoital Dysphoria & Symptoms
(Justin Deschamps) Why do we experience shame, embarrassment or regret? Usually, because something we identify with, have done, or talk about we think is unacceptable. What happens when you act out in class? The teacher usually shames you. We know that whatever we do that we don’t love fully accept and love, we’ll regret later. With sex, the same basic mechanism is at work, but with so much confusion around sex, this can often be difficult to make sense of.
Personality and Spirituality – The Relationship
(Exploring Your Mind) Throughout history, spirituality and religion have played a fundamental role in human lives. Psychology continues to try to determine their relationship with personality traits and how they influence each other. Find out more in today’s article.
Brain Differences Between Genders | Psychology
(Justin Deschamps) There are differences between men and women. I know that is obvious to most people, but there is an agenda to hide this truth, which will result in more human suffering.
“Forgive Me”: Magical Words that Can Transform Relationships | Psychology
(Exploring Your Mind) Some people tend to replace the word “forgive me” or “I’m sorry” with an excuse. Such people, in addition to showing low emotional intelligence, neglect the intrinsic power of forgiveness to heal misunderstandings and repair relationships.
Study: Link Between Emotion and Addictive Substance Use Explained
(Neuroscience News) What drives a person to smoke cigarettes – and keeps one out of six U.S. adults addicted to tobacco use, at a cost of 480,000 premature deaths each year despite decades of anti-smoking campaigns? What role do emotions play in this addictive behavior? Why do some smokers puff more often and more deeply or even relapse many years after they’ve quit? If policy makers had those answers, how could they strengthen the fight against the global smoking epidemic?
The Psychopathy Checklist by Robert Hare
(Exploring Your Mind) Robert Hare is one of the greatest experts in psychopathic personality and criminal behavior. His psychopathy checklist, also known as PCL-R, is the most significant resource not only to detect a psychopath but also to assess their violent inclination.
Jealousy and Passive-Aggressiveness | Psychology
(Exploring Your Mind) Possessiveness and control shouldn’t ever be part of loving another person. However, jealousy often triggers passive-aggressive behaviors in couples, which can lead to hyper vigilance, mistrust, and even blackmail.