How Brain Stimulation Can Help Lessen Depression Introduction Depression has ranked the most disabling and common condition in adults living in North America under the …
General Psychology
Social Cognition and The Development of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs)
How Do Our Perceptions of Other People & Ourselves Affect the Development of SUDs? Abstract The development of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) is a …
Phineas Gage, The Social Brain, and Neurons
Phineas Gage is the peculiar story of a railroad foreman who improbably survived the impalement of a railroad spike entirely through the skull (Teles, 2020). …
The Formation of Stereotyping and Bias Behavior
Analyzing the Constructs behind Bias and Interpersonal Prejudice Stereotyping can be described as a cognitive aspect of bias which is most often applied towards demographic-based …
Relationships and Emotional Reactions
How Certain Attractions Cause Relationships to Form Relationships are formed based on the fundamental layers of attraction, including close relationships. Altruism and ego are comparable …
Social Pressures and Group Conformity
How Social Pressures Increase Group Compliance Social influences and pressure exist throughout all dynamics of social groups. A lot of social influences have been described …
Heuristics and Shortcuts
Heuristics: Why Humans Rely on These Cognitive Shortuts Heuristics could be called one of the foundational cornerstones of inferred judgment and problem solving. In fact, …
The Evolution of the Human Mind in Social Situations
How the Human Brain is a Social Tool The human brain has been categorized many ways throughout the history of the evolution of mankind. Notable, …
The Value of Social Cognition
How Much Value Could Be Found in Social Cognition Much value can be found in the analysis of social cognition, its dual modes, and its …
Self-Perceptions
How Your Perception Alters Your Cognition A lot of weight is placed in cognitive respects towards how a person feels about themselves. People are known …