EnPsycholopedia

21/09/2022

BRAIN FOG is characterized by confusion, forgetfulness, and a lack of focus and mental clarity. This can be caused by overworking, lack of sleep, stress, and spending too much time on the computer. On a cellular level, brain fog is believed to be caused by high levels inflammation and changes to hormones that determine your mood, energy and focus. The imbalanced levels of hormones make the whole system to be thrown off. Also, brain fog syndrome can lead to other conditions such as obesity, abnormal menstruation, and diabetes mellitus.
It is typically rooted in a lifestyle that promotes hormonal imbalances and is exacerbated by stress.

15/09/2022

“When our senses become muffled, we no longer feel fully alive… If you have a comfortable connection with your inner sensations … you will feel in charge of your body, your feelin…

13/09/2022

●CLASSICAL CONDITIONING THEORY OF LEARNING●
Classical conditioning, also known as Pavlovian conditioning, refers to a kind of learning where one stimulus comes to elicit the same response as another stimulus. A stimulus is a sensory or environmental object or event; it is almost anything that evokes a response. A burst of light is a stimulus, so is a metallic sound, or a soft touch. A response refers to some kind of reaction or behavior that is evoked by—yes, you guessed it!—a stimulus. Relaxing, blinking, crying, even a tiny attentional shift can be considered responses.
Some stimuli are unconditioned, meaning that they are unlearned. Some are conditioned, meaning that they are learned.
Therefore, an unconditioned stimulus is an unlearned stimulus. It is usually a biologically potent one. In other words, it is a stimulus that automatically evokes a response.

For example, think about the biologically potent stimulus of food. Again, you do not need to learn how to react to food. You do not need to even think. You simply react. You see the food, smell the food, and start salivating. Classical conditioning takes advantage of such reflexive reactions. How?

Take a look at figure below. In the first (top) section, you see a dog that is (presumably) salivating. Why? Because a bowl of food is placed in front of it. This is the reflexive part, the unconditioned part.
In the second section, there is the ringing of a bell. Consider a dog who hears its owner ring a bell at random times. The dog may react with curiosity and even listen attentively, but the bell remains a neutral stimulus for the dog. It does not indicate anything. It is only a sound.

Now here comes the magic, in the third section. What if the owner were to ring the bell just as she is placing a bowl of food in front of the dog? What if she were to do so, again and again and again? Through repeated pairings between the unconditioned stimulus (the food) and the neutral stimulus (the bell), the dog might learn to associate the two; if so, the bell would become the learned or the conditioned stimulus.

What this means is that now the dog’s response toward the bell will be similar to its response to the food. That is, the dog’s learned or conditioned response to the bell will be salivation.

10/09/2022

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08/09/2022

Su***de is difficult to predict and prevent because people who consider killing themselves often are unwilling or unable to report their intentions. Thus, measures of implicit cognition may be useful for detecting and predicting sensitive clinical behaviors that are unlikely to be reported.

The IAT may help identify and provide additional support to individuals at risk of attempting su***de.

04/09/2022

No one's pizza is ever the same, we all enjoy different topics, we cut them into different sizes and taste in our own way!
That's like trauma - we all experience it differently, although there are some main types.

03/09/2022

●KOHLBERG'S THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT●
Kohlberg's theory proposes that there are three levels of moral development, with each level split into two stages. Kohlberg suggested that people move through these stages in a fixed order, and that moral understanding is linked to cognitive development. The three levels of moral reasoning include preconventional, conventional, and postconventional.

01/09/2022

These are some of the short- and long-term effects of being rejected in childhood and how it's possible to heal.

31/08/2022

ℹ️🌿 THE LONG TERM HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Read full article:
https://cptsdfoundation.org/2022/02/17/the-long-term-health-impact-of-domestic-violence/

31/08/2022

29/08/2022

A psychologist explains why authenticity is a cornerstone of healthy living.

28/08/2022

Eva Telzer, PhD, explains why teens take more risks and why that risk-taking is sometimes beneficial, why parents have more influence than they think, and how social media and other technology use may be affecting teens’ behavior and development.