#psychology

#psychology

Everybody seems to have a piece of the planning puzzle, but the key to putting it all together is psychological There are a lot of lads throwing shapes about infrastructure these days. On Wednesday, an ambitious plan was published by the Government and the usual gaggle of tech bros, academics, economists, lawyers, journalists and activists held forth on their favourite subject.

And yet, losing the toss can still leave you with an inexplicable sting of injustice. Your brain insists that it just wasn't fair, even though you know, statistically, it couldn't have been any more impartial. This contradiction between what we know and what we feel is what psychologists call the "illusion of unfairness." It's the human tendency to feel personally wronged by chance.

The expression "AI hallucination" is well-known to anyone who's experienced ChatGPT or Gemini or Perplexity spouting obvious falsehoods, which is pretty much anyone who's ever used an AI chatbot. Only, it's an expression that's incorrect. The proper term for when a large language model or other generative AI program asserts falsehoods is not a hallucination but a "confabulation." AI doesn't hallucinate, it confabulates.

The figure of the witch has always been tied to the gift of seeing the future: the three witches from Macbeth, the powerful volvas (Viking witches), Galadriel the elf in Lord of the Rings, all endowed with a special intuition which in a society that is turning to esotericism on social media to deal with great uncertainty, as evidenced by accounts like @charcastrology and @horoscoponegro it is possible to start thinking you may have these powers as well.

I ask every new patient a question early in treatment: "What is the most important relationship you have?" The answers vary. Many say their child. Others name their spouse or partner. Some say God. All of these relationships matter profoundly, and I don't minimize their significance. But I always challenge the answer, because I believe the most important relationship each of us has is with ourselves.

I felt helpless and hopeless when it came to the environmental destruction that so ravages our world and our social media feeds. I felt that if there was any way I could contribute, even if just a little bit, it was irresponsible of me not to try. When I began to meet with people and interviewed them for my book, I realised quickly that most of the people working on environmental reports with the United Nations, or in climate sciences at universities,

Let's be honest: we've all got that one celebrity, influencer, or podcast host who lives rent-free in our heads. You know their dog's name, their morning routine, their trauma story, and their oat milk brand of choice. You might even find yourself defending them in comment sections like they're your actual friend. Congratulations, you've formed a parasocial relationship. For those who aren't as active on social media, that's a one-sided bond we form with people we don't actually know.

In classical astrology, those born between two signs are typically described as being 50% one sign and 50% the other. It's an appealing idea, but an imprecise one after all. What exactly constitutes that fifty per cent? Through years of observation, comparison, and the collection of real data on individuals born on cusps, I was surprised to discover that these people are not simply "hybrids," but distinct and recognisable personalities, genuine archetypes in their own right.

At first glance, the word might seem like just another Trumpism ― blunt, simple, a little playground-esque. But psychologists and communications experts say there's more going on. The repeated choice of "sick" isn't necessarily just an example of rhetorical laziness. It offers a window into how Trump views the world, how he positions his opponents, and why that framing can be so effective.

So, I am a mother. I'm a psychologist. I'm co-founder of Bravely. I'm a wife. I'm an enthusiastic marathon and high rocks athletes. I'm a friend to an awesome bunch of people and I'm very passionate about making people more aware of how they can communicate more easily and make their life in the lives of those around them much more easy.

When I think about why a physiological explanation for human behavior is more interesting to me than a philosophical one, I always say that the philosophical, or as it evolves in the 20th century, you get the psychological, and they're sort of the same thing for a little while. Psychology's incredibly useful science, but in a lot of cases, it's an outside-in science. The brain is actually an inside-out mechanism.

I've been teaching Psychology at the college level since 1994. Near the start of many of my classes, I ask students to raise their hand if they came to college thinking that the words "Psychology" and " Therapy" were synonymous. Invariably, more hands go up than not. Most fresh college students seem to think that psychology simply is therapy. I know I thought that when I started as a Psychology major at the University of Connecticut in 1988.

He enlisted a whole bunch of Ideology-patriarchy; social conservatism; utterly fake upside-down Christianity-in service of those basic motivations, not only to justify his own appetite for and personal acts of sadism and domination but to cast punishment and predation as far out into the world as he could manage. He studied psychology and the Bible so that he could borrow their authority and instrumentalize them to do widespread cruelty more effectively.

Therapy is a powerful platform for learning and healing that eases emotional distress and jump-starts your ability to move forward and make intentional decisions.

Julie felt dissatisfied with her work achievements despite her intelligence and qualifications. She avoided promotions, reinforcing her negative self-beliefs about competence and intelligence.

Interoception, often called the 'hidden sense,' allows the brain to receive and interpret internal body signals, crucial for emotional self-awareness.

The aspects of our own psychologies that we cannot integrate into our sense of self are referred to as 'the shadow.' Everyone has one, and its nature varies with how we illuminate ourselves.

Casasanto stated, "We found the same pattern you always find in righties, whose left hemispheres are specialized for high-frequency visual perception - and the exact opposite in lefties." This indicates a clear distinction of visual processing based on hand dominance.

"According to a certain brand of parenting advice, motherhood isn't just caregiving; it's also a series of psychological interventions that can make or break a child's future."

Many people believe in the power of the Ouija board and warn against playing with it because of the fear that users open themselves up to some supernatural threat.

The portrayal of midlife as a crisis flies in the face of decades of research showing its non-universality. Midlife can be a period of questioning, but these feelings are not unique to this stage of life.

Self-compassion is not self-pity, self-indulgence, or self-esteem. It involves recognizing our suffering, acknowledging common humanity, and offering kindness, which can be validating, reassuring, or nurturing.

Many women find themselves in toxic relationships due to a lack of financial independence and may stay with partners who mistreat them because of this vulnerability.

The phenomenon of time seeming to speed up with age or slow down under boredom presents a fascination, where subjective experience often clashes with clock and calendar time.

Freud's analytical methods invited exploration beyond rational constructs, revealing that the mind is influenced by unconscious drives and chaotic, irrational forces, marking a departure from Enlightenment's rationalism.

From your choice of job to how likely you are to get a date, your name can influence more of your life than you might expect.

"Each of Hanneke's illustrations features the detachment of selves, allowing her figures to float through a metaphysical world that only the cartoon logic can allow; a ballooned, ghost-like ego floating above someone at a computer; or heads lined up in the form of a train's body, their thought bubbles becoming smoke stacks."

"Five or 10 years ago, security experts were saying the user is the weakest link, that users are stupid. Thankfully, I don't really hear that any more."