psychology

How likable you are in a job interview often greatly determines your success in landing the role.It can be hard to feel authentic and optimistic when you're stressed about the interview itself.Soft skills like matching the interviewer's energy or being appropriately vulnerable can help.Being well-liked doesn't just help you move up at work. It can…

Our teenagers are in trouble.Headlines have been ringing loud alarms around adolescent mental health, and the data are sobering. In 2023, 40 percent of high school students surveyed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they persistently felt hopeless or sad in the past year. Nine percent had attempted suicide.Some of it is…

Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders. Think Eeyore and Piglet. Cheerful Piglet is a chronic worrier, coping with anxiety; glum Eeyore mulls over everything that might go wrong, sinking into depression.

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Narcissists struggle to have positive feelings about someone whom they're mad at. For many people, the best thing to do is to cut a narcissist out of their life. If this isn't possible there are some tactics you can use to stop the argument from escalating. Arguing with a narcissist can lead to hurt feelings…

Former New Zealand prime minister John Key has three white rabbits painted on his helicopter, a nod to his "massively superstitious" habit of repeating "white rabbits" three times at the start of every month.Tennis champion Rafael Nadal performs the same sequence of actions (shirt-tug, hair-tuck, face-wipe) before every serve. Taylor Swift paints "13" on her…

Psychology is a relatively young science. The first person to call himself a psychologist, Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt, began his work in the 1860s in Germany and established the first-ever psychology lab in 1879. In the early 1900s, the science of behaviorism arose. It focused less on the internal processes of the mind and more on…

Psychology is a relatively young science. The first person to call himself a psychologist, Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt, began his work in the 1860s in Germany and established the first-ever psychology lab in 1879. In the early 1900s, the science of behaviorism arose. It focused less on the internal processes of the mind and more on…

Lindsey C. Gibson, a psychologist, coined the term "emotionally immature parents."She said there are 4 types, from reactive and critical to passive and emotionally absent.Most parents fall into one type, and all types can negatively impact kids in the long term.Relationships with parents or caregivers can be strained for many reasons. If you feel like…

Emotionally immature parents are different, but all share some key characteristics.They can struggle to empathize with their kids, admit fault, or listen to other people.Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson, a therapist, shared signs you were raised by an emotionally immature parent.Not all dysfunctional families involve physical abuse or extreme neglect. Being raised by an emotionally immature…