17 MAY 2012 by ideonexus The Third Blow to Man's Ego
Not the center of the Universe, not above the animals, and now not even in control of his own mind.
Folksonomies: psychology,perspective,place
23 APR 2012 by ideonexus Study in Silence to Improve Context-Sensitive Memory Recall During ...
Because memory is context-sensitive, with it being easier to recall memories when immersed in the same environmental stimuli in which they were recorded, it is better to study in silence because exams are given in silent environments.
Folksonomies: psychology,studying,memory
23 MAR 2012 by ideonexus Measuring the Intent in a Child's Smile
Darwin describes his methodology for determining if his infant's smile was intentional.
Folksonomies: parenting,psychology,observation,experiment
01 FEB 2012 by ideonexus Psychology Cannot Establish Laws of Human Nature
Because, like history, it is a transient thing.
Folksonomies: history,psychology
02 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Cognitive Growth of Frankestein's Monster
The monster grows according to Blake's hypothesis of cultural evolution.
Folksonomies: evolution,science fiction,psychology
12 DEC 2011 by ideonexus Human Behavior is Dictated by Laws of Nature, but Too Complex to Pr...
So the hypothesis that we have freewill is convenient, and the Economic model that we act in our best interests helpful, but not always correct.
Folksonomies: economics,psychology,human nature
01 OCT 2011 by ideonexus Psychology Thought Love Was Bad for Children
Deborah Blum, biographer of the researcher Harry Harlow who worked to prove the importance of love in raising children, on the history of psychology ignoring love as something to be given to children.
Folksonomies: parenting,psychology,child-rearing,love
03 SEP 2011 by ideonexus Pavlov's Conditioning and Humans
Humans can be conditioned by a single experience, while the dog must have regular conditioning to continue salivating at the sound of a bell.
Folksonomies: psychology,conditioning
30 AUG 2011 by ideonexus The Neurotic
Makes himself appear great by making himself small.
Folksonomies: psychology,neurosis
06 JUL 2011 by ideonexus Skinner and Freud's View of Child Learning
They got it mostly wrong because they relied on a philosophical inference method of science.
Folksonomies: psychology,inference