psychology

Should men purposefully and willfully change they way they speak when speaking to women and vice versa? Or should they be themselves and speak as they normally would to any human. I'm not talking about topical stuff. Obviously in general men and women do have different interests, jsut sit in on...

I respectfully suggest all readers of the attached link approach it with an open mind and any agenda firmly locked in a time-vault. That way they might learn something interesting. (Or not. Life is strange that way.) Linda Thunströma, and Shiri Noy "The value of thoughts and prayers" PNAS...

Is there a replication crisis in psychology? I have been tracking this for a few years, and I would say there is. One of the things that worries me is that in some Christians circles there is already a tendency of incredulity towards science. (That might be the friendly way to put it.) I try to...

I recently read the book "Why Buddhism Is True" by Robert Wright. In the book, he outlines why and how various ideas in Buddhism align very well with modern psychology and neurology. As we learn more about how the brain functions, it seems that science regularly confirms some basic notions of...

What's with all the 'racist uncles'?

Is "Christian Counseling" really Christian? If psychological counseling is Christian then why has it only recently appeared (last 100 years or less)? And, why was it only discovered by atheist and then adapted for Christian use?

I am a Christian and I love psychology. I know that some Christians take offense to this, my own father included, and I'm curious why. Why is it so controversial for a Christian to be interested in psychology? Is it somehow wrong for us to investigate how the brain works?

One space between each sentence, they said. Science just proved them wrong.

Hi, I used this forum a while like 15 years ago, so I perhaps could remember some long-time users. Now I just use FB for account, with real name and picture, so I need to think better what to write. :) I'm looking for knowledge about how to better use my life positively in accordance to the...

Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist from University of Toronto, has been lecturing about ideas that are building a bridge between science and religion. Lately for reasons totally unrelated to this he has become a YouTube sensation. I've been following his lectures online from the days he...

Hello all, I don't go to church at the moment and I wanted to share my reasons why. Maybe someone out there has some helpful feedback that they can give me on their perspective on things. 1. I often find Pastors yelling at the top of the voices trying to tell me a message. I dislike being...

My space exploration mental illness induced challenge: Psychological effects of space exploration. 1. VIFH = Venusian induced fear of Ovens! 2. TMIFC = Titanian Moon induced Fear of Refrigerators 3. MTIHP = Martian Transit Travel Induced Hatred of People How many more can you add? Humour...

I am an undergraduate Psychology student , and I would like to recruit participants for my survey study. The current study aims to study how people interact with religion. This study is not intended to discredit religion, rather it is to understand the relationship between religion and...

https://thesystemsscientist.com/2016/08/19/freaks-geeks-norms-mores-and-the-moral-compass/

I am German living in London for 20 years and was not a Christian but then had here the Jehovas Witness always coming to my house who then told me about Jesus and so on. I had profound religious experiences, yet had psycic spiritualist interests. I am on a psycic forum and you can't really talk...

Do you suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? Do you reside in the USA? The Department of Psychology at New York University is looking for paid participants in an online psychology study that aims to better understand psychiatric disorders, in particular OCD. Unlike most studies, it...