Articles on Psychology

Introduction to Psychology

The term ’Psychology’ has been derived from two Greek words ’Psyche’ which means life and ’logos’ which means explanation. Psychology...

Major Perspectives in Psychology-Psychodynamic Approach

The Psychodynamic Perspective: As per the Psychodynamic approach, human behaviour is an outcome of the role played by various psychological...

Important Questions in Psychology and the Challenges to the field of Study

Nature and Nurture Relationship or Interdependence: This is one of the most crucial areas of the Psychologists ever since the...

Psychology as a Science and the use of Scientific Methods in Psychological Research

Psychology as a field of study has evolved considerably over last few years with different perspectives, approaches and research interests...

The Behavioural Approach and its application in Management field

The Behavioural Approach came into existence during early twentieth century as a response to the then much discussed about Psychoanalytic...

Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology is another school of thought which examines the internal processes or cognition and attempts to study the thought...

Humanistic Perspective of Psychology

Humanistic Psychology looks at the individual from a holistic perspective and lays a lot of stress on the concepts like...

Socio-Cultural Perspective of Psychology

Socio-Cultural perspective of psychology takes into account those larger forces emanating from the societies and cultures that affect the individual’s...

The Biological Perspective of Psychology (Biopsychology)

The Biological Perspective or Biopsychology is a latest development in the field of psychology which has acquired increasing importance as...

Sigmund Freud-Founder of Psychoanalysis and his Theories

Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 in Austria, but lived mainly in Vienna. The founder of Psychoanalysis school of thought...

Gestalt School of Psychology

Gestalt school of thought viewed human behaviour and mind as a complete whole. The term Gestalt means totality, Structure, Figure...

Human Brain, Neurons and Behaviour

Several years of research have made important advancements in explaining the functioning of human brain and explaining how biological processes...

Theory of Brain Lateralization

Brain Lateralization theory stress on the fact that the two halves of the brain known as right and left hemispheres...

Effect of Endocrine System on Human Behaviour

Nervous system protects our body from various dangers by following a sequence of interpretation and reaction to the stimuli. Endocrine...

Sensation and Sensory Absolute Thresholds

The process of sensation involves transmission of information to the brain by the sensory receptors like nose, eyes, ears, mouth...

Sensation and the Sensory Organs (Vision and Audition)

With the help of our senses we are able to make sense of the world we live in. The study...

Sensation and the Sensory Organs (Gustation, Olfaction, Somatosensation, Proprioception and Kinesthesia)

Gustation (Sense of Taste) The gustatory system comprise of three crucial parts: the mouth, tongue and also the taste buds...

Perception: Introduction to the Perceptual Process

Perception which is derived from the term “Percept” refers to a series of processes which we have to undergo to...

Perceptual Illusions and Constancies

Perceptual illusion occurs when a stimulus is perceived inaccurately. It can equally be explained as a sensory distortion in scientific...

Attention – Meaning, Types & its Determinants

The concept of Attention is studied in Cognitive Psychology with focus on explaining how we process the environmental information with...

Learning: Definition, Characteristics and Types of Learning in Psychology

The process of learning is continuous which starts right from the time of birth of an individual and continues till...

Learning Theories: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning and Learning by Observation

The concept of learning is quite comprehensive as it covers a broad range of activities. In many books, the theories...

Functioning of Human Memory

The study of human memory since ages has been a topic of interest for the school of cognitive psychology. Human...

Functioning of the Long-Term Memory

Long term memories last for a longer period of time as it has the capacity to store information for a...

Coaching to Lead the Mind

It has been indisputable for quite some time that leaders ought to be coaches. They have to practice a management...

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