Behavioral Activation Therapy is listed on the APA website as one of the most effective treatments for depression and is also being studied as a possible treatment for other disorders. We can think of behavioral activation as a treatment in its own right or as part of a treatment within cognitive behavioral therapy. According to Christopher Martell: “The strategies used ...

The total personality or psyche, as it is called by Carl Gustav Jung, consists of several isolated systems, but which act on each other in a dynamic way. The Jungian view of personality is often compared with Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, due to the emphasis that Jungian psychology gives to the unconscious. However, the differences seem to outweigh the similarities. The ...

Understanding human behavior (and even animal behavior) is of great use to society as a whole and of special importance to psychology. The greater the knowledge of psychology about behavior and the learning of new behaviors, the greater the possibility of change, aiming at the well-being of all. In this text, we will present three concepts of behavioral psychology that ...

Hello friends! Practically every day I receive emails and comments from people interested in studying Psychology. I, Felipe de Souza, graduated in psychology in 2006, try to help and encourage as much as possible. After all, I am passionate about teaching and Higher Education (college) is a huge leap in knowledge. I really think that going to college can change ...

Learn about the differences and similarities between the faculties of Psychology, Administration and Technologist in Human Resource Management. Hello friends! As I have a degree in psychology for 8 years, as I worked as an HR Analyst in a Human Resources Consultancy and as I have already done some administration periods, I believe I can share with you the differences ...

For several authors of the philosophy and science of religion, we live in a world in which the Market is seen as an Absolute endowed with characteristics of omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent divinity, with inherent rites, priests, dogmas and messages of salvation. Introduction For twenty years, Mo Sung, other philosophers and scientists of religion took the trade of the sacred ...

Children with high abilities (gifted) are those who present remarkable performance and/or high potential in any of the following aspects, alone or in combination: General intellectual ability: includes individuals who demonstrate characteristics such as: intellectual curiosity, exceptional powers of observation, ability to abstract and develop questioning attitudes. Academic talent: includes those who perform highly in school, who do very well ...

The idea that the “Unconscious is structured like language” comes from the French psychoanalyst J. Lacan. Although, evidently, this notion is already present in the work of Freud and other psychoanalysts, the way in which he defined the unconscious in this sentence became known worldwide. In Freud’s time, linguistics as a science was in its infancy. Therefore, Freud does not ...

Understand why some people always want to be right and why almost everyone has this tendency a little and also why this is not always interesting for relationships Hello friends! The title of this text is the beginning of a Strokes song called You only live once (You only live once). The beginning of the song says: “Some people think ...

Basically, there are three possible answers given throughout the story. Hello friends! During psychology college, and afterwards, we always ended up dealing with the following question: “Is psychology a science or not?” In this text, I try to show the possible answers that have already been given by psychologists around the world to the question. It is an introductory text, ...