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Can an atheist ever feel mass hysteria or mass psychogenic illness?
Like in this question, I have seen only videos related to spirituality. Are there any instances where atheist people (or person) have been subject to mass hysteria? Do these experiences only happen to ...
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Where can I find all the items on the SCTi-MAP?
I want to conduct the test with my friends and gain some insight into psychological analysis, but I can’t find the full list anywhere.
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Taboos related to human condition
It seems that us humans have built a lot of taboos surrounding questions involving our own condition.
For instance, the history of medicine is marked by conflicts between the willingness of scientists ...
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Relationship schemata caused in childhood - better term for this, and can they be grouped?
I listen to a podcast (by Stefanie Stahl, in German), where a psychologist tries to explain the problems adult guests describe to her. She often finds reasons for their problems in the guests ...
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Why do certain individuals struggle to memorize song lyrics?
Some people have a hard time memorizing song lyrics, even after repeated listening.
What individual factors contribute to the difficulty in remembering song lyrics?
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Is there such a thing as "emotional impedance"?
More specifically, what I would call emotional reactance. What this is would be the emotional equivalent of electrical reactance(which is the opposition to changes in voltage and current flow). So a ...
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Is there a specific name for a delusional belief that you're your own duplicate?
I was watching a film where something like this was the twist ending and it got me thinking, "If somebody believes that they're an impostor of themself is there a name for that and if there is ...
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Validity of CliftonStrengths
Trying to find information about the validity of CliftonStrengths.
For a commercial, restricted test (which perhaps is not classified as test by the owner) it can be hard to find independent ...
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Is there any study in the science about these true stories of babies? [closed]
For babies from several-month old to 4-year old, most of them get their parents frustrated(e.g. most babies often cry). But I heard of true stories of several babies. These true stories have the ...
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Can the items of UCLA Loneliness Scale not be called symptoms?
When did the question raise?
I am working on the data of 8 itemed UCLA Loneliness (ULS-8) [1] and 9 itemed PHQ [2] (PHQ-9) scales. I found that in the study of PHQ-9 [2], the authors mentioned the 9 ...
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Is there a link between Imposter Phenomenon and dreams of unfulfilled ambitions?
Imposter Syndrome is a popular topic in both scientific studies and pop-psychology articles. Less common is Imposter Phenomenon, wherein an attempt is made to be more conscientious about the subject. ...
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How to prepare yours for daily risky routine like flying planes?
Obviously you need certain personal traits to be a pilot or a surgeon. But if you make a mistake someone dies, you might be included. So I think there have to be studies on how to prepare before you ...
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Term for someone that makes themselves sad to pass it onto others?
Is there a term for somebody that will purposely make themselves feel sad, and perhaps other negative feelings, with the intention of making another person feel them too?
This would be a way of ...
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Why is it so hard to forget an information represented in a procedural memory
It is relatively easy to forget an information in declarative memory but its hard to forget behavioural habits such as driving car, cycling etc. These memories are both long-term memory but why is it ...
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Alternative metrics to assess test validity/reliability
I have two versions of calculating a score for a test (which assesses how well they perform a task). One takes into account the difficulty of the items, the other does not. These tests are ...
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What work has been done studying methodological reforms in psychology after the replication crisis?
Can anyone point me to academic work that systematically studies how standards and methods have changed in psychology as a response to the replication crisis? Thanks.
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Can people learn without examples? [closed]
When learning various topics (math comes to mind as a good example), to what extent is information retained/understood affected by whether or not examples of the concept or process are provided?
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Is there a reason I cannot find those that specialize in psychiatry and psychology?
Any time I look this up, I only seem to find the differences between the two. I'm aware of the difference enough to know that one is generally someone you consult with to work out problems, while the ...
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Term for this Manipulation tactic -- saying "we" instead of "i"
The term is for when a manipulator keeps saying "we" this, "we" that, when really they should be saying "I". It's a form of manipulation I believe is called "forced&...
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How do I counter the argument that since each person is different, there can't ever be a general scientific theory to blanket the minds?
I am interested in psychology and psychiatry but often a counter argument given by others when I bring up this topic is that since each person is different mentally, there can't be a general all ...
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What is the inverse of anthropomorphism?
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. However, one often can observe the inverse happening as well. Namely the attribution of non-human ...
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Gender stereotypes
Guys i am new in gender studies, but somethings is really puzzeling to me. In Gender, nature, and Nurture from Richard A. Lippa there are comment about role of gender stereotypes in making "...
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Making a risk assessment type scale using existing scales
I am trying to make a risk assessment type scale that measures the likelihood/risk of someone experiencing a psychological disorder in a setting. There are about 10 factors (e.g., gender, sleep ...
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At what point do dopamine/serotonin receptors become downregulated/upregulated?
It's well known that behaviors like pornography viewing lead to dopamine receptor downregulation to compensate for the extreme stimulation. Obviously, drugs like methamphetamine would lead to an even ...
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Correlation between sexual repression in adolescents and sexual deviancy later in life?
Is there a correlation between sexual repression and sexual deviancy?
Now we all have heard stories of people growing up in incredibly strict households that become some of the most exploratory and ...
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what are some careers in psychology where you dont have to interact with people
I am a psychology student, just finished my BA. I like the subject psychology, but i just don't like interacting with people. I would prefer to work alone. I wouldn't mind once in a while interactions ...
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How to make phrases in experimental conditions as similar as possible?
In behavioral economics and psychology, there are many experiments where participants receive variations of a piece of text depending on the experimental condition they are assigned to. For example, ...
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The "Triune brain" model is obsolete, what is the name of the model that replaces it?
The Triune brain model suggests our brains evolved adding more layers, a lizard brain, then a mammal brain, then a new human brain. As that's false, and the same structures have become modified in ...
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Are we different or same?
I don't know if this is the right site to ask this, if not sorry for that I am new here......
I am wondering if two childs from different parents from different regions are kept in a completely empty ...
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Are the personality tests (specifically, the big five test) in open source psychometric project reliable?
Are the personality tests (specifically, the big five test) in open source psychometric project reliable?
Link : https://openpsychometrics.org/
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Where can i find old archived patient records from 19th century psychiatric hospitals?
I do not have university access and do not want to spend money on protected documents. I am looking for free access. (Possibly I would spend money for original documents which should then be sent to ...
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Should I define each and every term while writing an article for a psychology journal?
I am writing a review article on dialectical behavioral therapy. If in the article, there are technical terms related to behavioral therapy, so, should I define each of the terms while writing the ...
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Why do some individuals enjoy watching scary videos?
Does watching scary videos affect mental health?
Are some individuals more/less prone to feeling scared than others?
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Can I still get involved in psychology/neuroscience with a computer science degree from several years ago? [closed]
In the three years since getting my B.S. in Computer Science I have become more interested in biology again (my original major) and also in psychology and neuroscience. My current job -- which is more ...
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy's Biosocial Theory - Social Environment Validates Patients' Maladaptive Behavior - As Defined By Who/What?
In Wikipedia's article about DBT, in the overview section it says:
In DBT's biosocial theory of BPD, clients have a biological predisposition for emotional dysregulation, and their social environment ...
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Sublimation & Cathexis
I was aware about a term called Sublimation. Recently, I came along a word called Cathexis. After looking for its meaning in the dictionary, I realised, that it is not the synonym of Sublimation ...
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Excitement level in OCEAN model
So, I would like to know what facet regulates these behaviours / cahracteristics of a person:
How loud and fast-talking they are (on average).
Their excitement level (on average).
Excitement seeking ...
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Where can I find open data for psychology research on meditation?
I would like to know how I can get free access to data obtained from psychological experiments conducted to study the effects of meditation on the brain. Ex : FMRI data and the like
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Recent Peer Review Studies on How Many Have Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Are there any peer-reviewed studies that show what percent of the population are believed to have Narcissistic Personality Disorder that have been published within the past ten years? I have read ...
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Short form of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory questionnaire
Recently I have been reviewing several articles related to psychopathy outside the forensic area and I have observed that a very popular questionnaire in a college setting is the Psychopathic ...
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How can humans tell when something diverges from the norm
With this I mean the notion of humans being able to, for example, look at a painting and tell that something doesn't belong in there. For example sun glasses on the Mona Lisa, without prior knowledge ...
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Out of body experience tests. How to contact scientists? [closed]
I am 30 year-old man with cerebral palsy. Somehow that and one antispastic drug (baclofen) turned me into a vivid dreamer and out of body experiencer. I am not a believer, quite the opposite because ...
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Why does Jung suggest that we need to defend our psyche from original religious experience?
I am reading "Psychology and Religion" which is a transcribed lecture by Carl Jung. In this lecture he mentions several times how the psyche uses dogma and ritual to defend again original religious ...
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Why some people feel afraid to ask questions?
Suppose, someone wants to know something about a topic. To know better me must ask questions to others about the topic.
But, there are some people who have a great curiosity for the knowledge but ...
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Understanding Carl Rogers' Concepts. What are inconsistent experiences? what is self-structure?
Long story short, I am a psychology student interesting in counselling. I've been reading all the major psychotherapy theories and Carl Roger's person centered approach intrigues me. I am one of those ...
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Psychological Diagnostic Test
Can a person sway the results of their Psychiatric diagnosis test? Say a person has a mental illness that is more serious that they want to accept, if they know enough about Psychology, can they gear ...
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Is it known in human psychology that when you comment on something negatively but objectively, people may associate the negativity with YOU?
I just heard that when you criticize something objectively and even when other people agree that it is true, the people that heard your criticism may actually associate this negativity with YOU. What ...
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What is the current view of which emotions exist? [duplicate]
I had previously drawn a map of which emotions exists based on this paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/114/38/E7900.
But now that I opened my college textbook 'understanding motivation and emotion' ...
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Is psychology an art or work?
Some are born psychologists and they have passion towards it unlike some people who just work to earn money on it.
The people who just do the same as work, will they satisfy the people with the care ...
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Can Emotional Detachment Disorder lead to Sociopathy?
Both are "learned" (non-genetic) disorders with a small set of overlapping traits/symptoms, usually starting early in life. Are they connected in any way?
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