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Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsCausesExamplesPrevalenceTips to Combat Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Causes Examples Prevalence Tips to Combat Close For example, when both African American and White college students were given a standardized test and told it was a diagnostic tool used to measure verbal ability, the African American students performed significantly worse than they did when they were told the test was a non-evaluative exercise....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsA Note on Intelligence TestingExamples of Visual-Spatial IntelligenceAssessing Visual-Spatial IntelligenceDeveloping Visual-Spatial IntelligenceExercising Your Visual-Spatial Intelligence Muscles Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents A Note on Intelligence Testing Examples of Visual-Spatial Intelligence Assessing Visual-Spatial Intelligence Developing Visual-Spatial Intelligence Exercising Your Visual-Spatial Intelligence Muscles Close While the field of psychology has struggled for decades to come to an agreement on a comprehensive definition of “intelligence,” it is generally recognized that people have varying innate abilities when it comes to acquiring certain skills and knowledge....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat Is Hyperfixation?What Is Hyperfocus?Hyperfixation Versus Regular InterestsImpact of HyperfixationEmbracing Healthy HyperfixationIf Hyperfixation Presents Challenges Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What Is Hyperfixation? What Is Hyperfocus? Hyperfixation Versus Regular Interests Impact of Hyperfixation Embracing Healthy Hyperfixation If Hyperfixation Presents Challenges Close Do you ever start working on a project, reading a book, or doing something that causes you to feel totally sucked in and immersed?...

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat Emotional Incest Looks LikeExamplesWhy It HappensHarmsImpactHow to Heal Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What Emotional Incest Looks Like Examples Why It Happens Harms Impact How to Heal Emotional incest, also known as covert incest, is a form ofemotional abusewhere a parent or primary caregiver treats their child like a romantic partner, relying on them for the emotional support a partner would typically provide....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat It Feels LikeWhat Causes Us to Feel Anguish?How Anguish Can Impact Our LivesHow to Deal and Cope With AnguishAdditional Resources on Anguish Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What It Feels Like What Causes Us to Feel Anguish? How Anguish Can Impact Our Lives How to Deal and Cope With Anguish Additional Resources on Anguish Close tl;drAnguish feels like deep sorrow and pain and it can lead to emotional distress....

Close Have you ever started getting ready for a date and thought, “Why bother making an effort? They probably won’t like me anyways.” Or maybe you’ve experienced your partner being quiet about a special event, and your thoughts started swirling with the idea that they don’t care or secretly want to break up. These experiences, known asintrusive thoughts, can make dating or navigating a relationship feel more challenging or overwhelming than it is....

Close Of course, you already know what stress is and have probably experienced it today, or yesterday, or at any point in the past year. But do you know what the difference is between “stress” and “stressors?” Stressors are situations that are experienced as a perceived threat to one’s well-being or position in life, especially if the challenge of dealing with it exceeds a person’s perceived available resources. When one encounters stressors, the body’sstress responseis triggered, and a series of physiological changes take place to allow the person tofight or run....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsSymptomsDiagnosisCausesTypesImpactTreatmentCoping Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Symptoms Diagnosis Causes Types Impact Treatment Coping This article explores the symptoms, diagnosis, and causes of hemophobia. It also covers the treatments and coping strategies that can be helpful. Symptoms of Hemophobia Hemophobia can cause physical symptoms like: It can also cause emotional symptoms, including: While most types of phobia lead to an increase in cardiac activity, BII phobias such as hemophobia can cause an abrupt and sometimes dangerousreductionin blood pressure and heart rate....

Close Anger only becomes a problem when it’s excessively displayed and begins to affect your daily functioning and the way you relate with people. Anger can range in intensity, from a slight annoyance to rage. It can sometimes be excessive or irrational. In these cases, it can be hard to keep the emotion in check and could cause you to behave in ways you wouldn’t otherwise behave. Anger Issues: Take the Test...

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsFear of PeopleHow Anthropophobia DevelopsIf Your Loved One Has AnthrophobiaTreatment for Anthropophobia Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Fear of People How Anthropophobia Develops If Your Loved One Has Anthrophobia Treatment for Anthropophobia Anthropophobia, or thefear of people, is a commonly misunderstood phobia. It often resembles social phobia but is not precisely the same fear. Depending on the severity, anthropophobia may cause a phobic reaction even when in the company of only one other person....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsTypesAre OCD and PTSD Anxiety Disorders?SymptomsCausesDiagnosisTreatments Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Types Are OCD and PTSD Anxiety Disorders? Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatments Close Anxiety disorders are serious mental illnesses that cause significant worry or fear that doesn’t go away and may even get worse over time. We all feel anxious at times, but with an anxiety disorder, the anxiety tends to be fairly constant and has a very negative and intrusive impact on quality of life....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat Is Astrophobia?SymptomsIdentifying AstrophobiaCausesTreatmentCoping Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What Is Astrophobia? Symptoms Identifying Astrophobia Causes Treatment Coping The mysteries of outer space are intriguing for many humans. But, for some people, this intrigue can turn into intense fear. Astrophobia is the severe and often irrational fear of stars and space. It is aspecific type of phobiarelated to a defined object or situation....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsTypes and ExamplesTheoriesInfluential Biases and Errors Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Types and Examples Theories Influential Biases and Errors Close Insocial psychology, attribution is the process of inferring the causes of events or behaviors. In real life, attribution is something we all do every day, usually without any awareness of the underlying processes and biases that lead to our inferences. For example, over the course of a typical day, you probably make numerous attributions about your own behavior as well as that of the people around you....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsConnection Between Autism and Bipolar DisorderComplicationsDiagnosisTreatmentMedicationsCoping Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Connection Between Autism and Bipolar Disorder Complications Diagnosis Treatment Medications Coping Close Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and bipolar disorder have some common symptoms and may sometimes co-occur.Autismis a neurodevelopmental difference that affects how people communicate, behave, learn, and interact.Bipolar disorderis a mood disorder that causes episodes that impact a person’s emotional state, energy levels, and behavior....

Close Language note: Although individual preferences exist, surveys of the autistic community consistently show that autistic people preferidentity-first languagerather than person-first language (i.e., “autistic person” rather than “person withautism”). This article reflects that community language preference. Althoughnot listedin the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, autistic burnout is a condition that has recently gotten the attention of providers, researchers, and the autistic community. Baden Gaeke Franze, 2017 president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network of Winnipeg, has written, “On the most basic level, autistic burnout means being exhausted....