Psychology Archives

The Link Between Childhood Trauma and Relationships in Adulthood

What’s the connection between childhood trauma and relationships in adulthood? How do your parents affect your love life in the future? Even when you’re out of the house, your parents strongly impact your adult relationships. This is the case especially if you suffered from childhood trauma and have yet to heal those wounds. Keep reading to learn how childhood trauma affects adult relationships, according to David Richo’s book How to Be an Adult in Relationships.

Freudian Marxism: The Fusion of Class & Psychological Domination

What do the ideas of Marx and Freud have in common? How did they help form the modern conception of the self? Carl Trueman argues that cultural developments of the past three centuries have transformed our conception of selfhood from a self rooted in religion, tradition, and community to one rooted in individualism, emotion, and sexuality. The ideas of Marx and Freud contributed to this transformation. Read more to learn about the roots and the emergence of Freudian Marxism from Trueman’s perspective.

How to Learn to Love as an Emotionally Mature Person

How do our parents affect our adult relationships? How can you learn to love in an emotionally mature way? You’ll need to do some inner work to become someone who can love mindfully—an emotionally mature person. David Richo explains how your parents’ love shaped your ability to love mindfully—and how to mature emotionally by healing any childhood wounds you may have sustained. Keep reading if you want to know how to learn to love and not let the past affect you.

Is Procrastination Good or Bad? A Little Bit of Both

What is procrastination? Is procrastination good or bad? Surprisingly, some people actually benefit from procrastinating if they work well under pressure. However, Damon Zahariades’s book The Procrastination Cure says that most procrastinators struggle with the habit, and need to stop it. Below we’ll look at more on if procrastination is beneficial or detrimental to people.

Sigmund Freud’s Philosophy About Self: Sexuality as Identity

What did Freud believe about identity and the self? How influential are his ideas? In the 19th century, through the work of Sigmund Freud, sexuality came to form the center of human identity. In The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Carl Trueman places this in a historical context, explaining how the concept of the self transformed over time. Keep reading for an overview of Sigmund Freud’s philosophy about self.

How to Use Attribute Substitution to Influence People

Do you want to be more persuasive when you speak? How much would it help if you could understand the way people think and feel? Peter D. Andrei says that attribute substitution is behind a variety of cognitive biases and can be used to influence your audience in subtle yet powerful ways. He explains how you can do this by using emotions as replacement attributes, providing abundant evidence, and presenting social proof. Read more to learn how to use attribute substitution to influence people.

How the Anchoring Effect Is a Helpful Tool for Persuasion

What’s the most basic negotiation tactic? How’s your perception of a wine’s price affected by your knowledge of the price of other wines? In How Highly Effective People Speak, Peter D. Andrei shares the basic strategies of powerful communication, teaching you how to speak with eloquence and persuasion by tapping into patterns of thinking that affect human behavior and perception. One of these patterns is the anchoring effect. Keep reading to learn how to convey your message in the most efficient and effective way possible by understanding the anchoring effect.

How to Contextualize an Idea So That It’s Well Received

What do you do when audiences aren’t receptive to your speech? Why should you contextualize your ideas, and how should you do it? It can be nerve-wracking standing in front of an audience that might not agree with your viewpoints. By contextualizing your main idea at the beginning of your presentation, you’ll have a better chance of winning them over to your side. Keep reading to learn how to contextualize ideas, according to Amplify Your Influence by René Rodriguez.

9 Tips to Stop Procrastinating and Start Working

Is it hard to get motivated to do work? What are the best tips to stop procrastinating? Work and chores are rarely ever fun, but they have to be done. With the help of The Procrastination Cure by Damon Zahariades, you can finally stop procrastinating and get things done in a timely manner. Here are ways to put an end to your procrastination habit.

How Persuasive People Take Advantage of the Zero-Risk Bias

Why do people have a zero-risk bias? How can it be used to one’s advantage? Peter D. Andrei explains that effective communication takes psychology into account. When you understand how people’s minds work, you’re more likely to be able to persuade them. He discusses several cognitive biases, including the zero-risk bias, in the context of rhetoric. Keep reading to learn how to take advantage of the zero-risk bias, even when the risk isn’t zero.