Abraham Maslow is considered to be the Father of Humanistic Psychology. His theory is premised on the philosophies of humanism and existentialism that proposed that it is the unique experience of the individual that is the most important phenomenon in the study and analysis of human behavior.| The Psychology Notes Headquarters
In Psychology, aggression refers to physical and verbal behaviours that intend to hurt another person. There are different factors that trigger our aggressive behaviours. Biological factors Genetic influences Twin studies who that genes influence aggression in human. If one identical twin admits to being aggressive, the other twin often admits the same. Researchers are working on finding the “violent” gene....| The Psychology Notes Headquarters
If you use an apple computer—and even if you don’t—you’re likely to have seen the picture above before: a grey apple logo with a circular array of “spokes” below that signifies that the computer is booting up. If I ask you whether there is any circular motion in this image, your initial answer is likely to be: of course! But...| The Psychology Notes Headquarters
In order to avoid biased assumptions about someone’s personality, there is a more standardized way on how to evaluate a person and this is through personality assessment.| The Psychology Notes Headquarters
Operant conditioning may be thought of as learning that occurs naturally as a consequence of our actions and accounts for much of how we acquire the range of learned behaviours we engage in every day. It involves the performance of a behavior that is either made stronger or weaker, depending on the positive or negative consequences of the behaviour itself....| The Psychology Notes Headquarters