Social Psychology
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Monday, April 7th, 2008This is one of the articles I have found through stumbleupon. It is a good article for those searching for self-improvement articles.
Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.
Give honest and sincere appreciation.
Arouse in the other person an eager want.
Six ways to make people like you
Become genuinely interested in other people.
Smile.
Remember that a person’s [...]
Fears: Ranked from childhood through parenthood
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008I found this article through sumbleupon and it seems that i will be addicted to this site. Here is a list of fears from childhood to parenthood. Knowing yourself starts with knowing fears and finding ways to cope with them. This list is a good start.
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Different ways to profile people - personality traits
Sunday, March 9th, 2008Since I was really young I was always fascinated to watch how different people are. I always found interesting to compare the way they carry themselves during the events that mark their life.
So in a hot day of August and right before I was about to play with my sheep, I decided to write down [...]
How to say NO to someone with out any feeling of GUILT
Saturday, January 19th, 2008How many times has someone asked you some kind of favor and you hesitated to give NO as an answer? Mmmmmm? Tell me, how many?
Even for those among you, that have been brave enough to say no, usually you felt a slight feeling of guilt. Well, to make it even worse, psychology says that the [...]
Experiences Beat Possessions: Why Materialism Causes Unhappiness
Friday, January 18th, 2008Materialism is a dirty word. It also gets a bad rap in psychology. Studies consistently show that people who agree with statements like “You will buy things just because you want them,” tend to be:
Less satisfied with life,
Less happy,
More likely to be depressed,
More likely to be paranoid,
More likely to be narcissistic.
Not a pretty picture, right? [...]
Revolutionary Treatment of Depression
Sunday, January 6th, 2008It seems incredible that a successful form of psychological therapy could be based on telling people their thoughts are mistaken. And yet that is partly how cognitive therapy works.
“The founding father of cognitive therapy is Aaron T. Beck a psychologist not well known to the lay public, but widely revered amongst psychologists.”
This type of therapy [...]
How to Avoid a Bad Bargain: Don’t Threaten
Sunday, January 6th, 2008Bargaining is one of those activities we often engage in without quite realising it. It doesn’t just happen in the boardroom, or when we ask our boss for a raise or down at the market, it happens every time we want to reach an agreement with someone. This agreement could be as simple as choosing [...]
Signs of Sexual Attraction From a Woman
Monday, December 24th, 2007Some girls can’t help but flirt. It doesn’t matter who they’re talking to or how they like the looks of him, get them talking to any guy and their eyelashes will start to flutter.
You can’t really blame them. If all it took for me to get my own way was to giggle and thrust my [...]
Public Speaking Fears and Anxiety
Monday, December 24th, 2007Here’s a list of the things we hear most often:
1) Drying up’ or not being able to speak.
2) Forgetting what you are talking about your mind going blank.
3) Having the heckler from Hell.
4) Having someone [...]
Public Speaking
Monday, December 24th, 2007It’s 9am on a Monday morning. Public speaking couldn’t be further from your mind and your manager [...]
Five Shocking Stats About Men and Sex
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Sex researchers are peculiar beasts. Armed with their tape measures, clipboards, surveys, and hidden cameras, they seek to provide a peephole from which to scrutinize that most private of spheres, human sexuality. What’s most surprising is that we let them in—we’re more than happy to unzip our pants and bare our private lives. Why do
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Why do we dream?
Friday, November 30th, 2007Why do we dream? People have always been fascinated by their ’secret’ night-time journeys. Over the years there have been many theories as to why we dream and the function dreams serve. Countless ‘encyclopaedias’ of dream symbols and meaning now exist, but these are published on the narrow premise that ‘one symbol fits all’. A [...]
Learning Self confidence
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007Another common idea about confidence is that you are either born with it, or not. Things you hear are “I’m just not a confident person” or “People who are super-confident are just lucky”. This is obviously untrue, as anyone knows who has seen a friend or colleague grow in confidence. Confidence is a way of [...]
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