Psychology – Carra Lucia Books

ADULT ATTACHMENT INTERVIEW PROTOCOL & Sample Answers

theFerkelMarch 5, 2021January 8, 2021

The research on adult attachment has demonstrated that some, but not all, adult relationships function like attachment relationships. As a result, adults exhibit individual differences in attachment relationships just like young children do. (more…)

Psychology

Consciousness and the Brain – Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts by Stanislas Dehaene

theFerkelFebruary 28, 2020

In the late 1800s, psychology began as the study of the mind. Then the behaviorists convinced everyone to abandon the study of mind and consciousness, for good reasons. At the time, the only way toContinue reading

Psychology

Johann Hari – Lost Connections (depression and anxiety)

theFerkelNovember 19, 2019

Drug companies would fund huge numbers of studies and then only release the ones that showed success Well-known author and journalist, Johann Hari, suffered from depression as a teen, taking anti-depressants from a tender age.Continue reading

Excerpts

The Gift of Fear – Survival Signals by Gavin De Becker (Excerpt)

theFerkelMay 23, 2019

The following is respectfully quoted from “The Gift of Fear” by Gavin De Becker: Many homicides have occurred at the courthouse where women were seeking protection orders, or just prior to the hearings. Why? BecauseContinue reading

Psychology

Is IQ Genetic or Environmental?

theFerkelMay 19, 2019

There has been significant controversy in the academic community about the heritability of IQ since research on the issue began in the late nineteenth century. Scientists have long been intrigued by the origins of IQ,Continue reading

Psychology

The mystery of mimicking a person in order to get closer to them

theFerkelApril 21, 2019

When people communicate they use different methods of expressing themselves - gestures always accompany our words and help to express our feelings. Correct interpretation of gestures can tell us even more than words. Some gesturesContinue reading

Psychology

The science behind your choices and what happens when you defer your dreams

theFerkelMarch 13, 2019

As you’re probably aware, the subconscious runs the general brain programs. When you’re using your conscious brain to think, plan, visualise or contemplate, the subconscious runs the rest of the show. It runs us onContinue reading

Psychology

Personality and what’s the Real You?

theFerkelDecember 20, 2018

Personality and what’s the Real You? Personality like many things in life is sort of concrete and can be difficult to define at times. The basic definition is the relatively stable characteristics that are enduringContinue reading

Excerpts

Don’t trust your memories

theFerkelNovember 16, 2018

I came across an interesting take on the False Memory Syndrome. While we all experience memory failures from time to time, false memories are unique in that they represent a distinct recollection of something that didContinue reading

Psychology

The Birth of Conversion

theFerkelFebruary 3, 2018

IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF MAN, NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN BRAINWASHED AND REALIZED, OR BELIEVED, THAT HE HAD BEEN BRAINWASHED. Those who have been brainwashed will usually passionately defend their manipulators, claiming they haveContinue reading