Theories

Although you don't always realize it, your behavior is conditioned by environmental circumstances. In fact, the behaviors that you repeat…

Why do we fall in love? Why do some forms of love last while others don't? Psychologists and researchers in fields such as biology, sociology, and ...

The most successful conspiracy theory ever didn't circulate via social media. Contrary to what many may think, this type of…

Alfred Adler claimed that our lifestyles are linked to our personalities and also our families. He suggested that the way…

Predatory imminence theory proposes that anxiety and the circumstances surrounding it aren't negative but adaptive states. It was put forward&helli...

Vantage sensitivity has recently generated a great deal of recent interest in the scientific community. In fact, it could explain…

Humphrey's law, also known as the centipede effect or centipede syndrome, is an eponymous law. This means that it was…

Rational irrationality is a concept proposed by the economist, Bryan Caplan, to describe a concept that various psychological approaches have&helli...

The Beatles weren't too far wrong when they insisted in their 1960s song that 'all you need is love'. As…

Mental narratives are the stories you tell yourself about what happens to you. In effect, you talk to yourself,  trying…

Hubert Hermans' dialogical self theory proposes an interesting approach to how we construct the dynamics of our internal dialogue. From…

Psychology draws from different schools and approaches. They each have particular ways of understanding the human mind and behavior. The…

The psychological theory of relativity reminds us that absolute truths don't exist. It also claims that it's often difficult to…

Daniel Batson's empathy-altruism hypothesis claims that empathy favors so-called prosocial behaviors. It's a feeling of great value that promotes t...

Scheler's theory of the meaning of suffering bears important similarities to the ideas of Viktor Frankl, who also addressed this…

Are you one of those people who never give up until you achieve your goals? Or, do you give up…

Happiness, according to Sigmund Freud, defines behavior that's neither foreign nor unknown to us. In fact, the father of psychoanalysis…

Embodied cognition is a concept that emphasizes the role that the environment plays in the development of cognitive processes. It…

The theory of social judgment is an interesting proposal concerning your beliefs and the possibility that they can change. This is associated with ...

"I'll be happy when I get that job". "Everything will be better when I have my new house/ promotion/ better…

Your emotions are continually turning on and off. For instance, at one point, you may be feeling deep sadness then,…