The single parent family is one of the “fastest growing family structures” of the past decade (Benokraitis 35). This type of family tends to be temporary because the single parent tends to remarry or marries for the first time. The single mother, the most common form of this type of family, must cope with low ...
Women in Psychology: Anna Freud The philosophic contributions to the formal discipline of psychology have primarily been dominated by male visionaries, but many notable women pioneered a role in the history of psychology between 1850 and 1950. Sigmund Freud was not the only Freudian to establish credibility in the field of psychology, as his youngest ...
Existentialism has been defined as a movement that was both philosophical and psychological, and it influenced many diverse individuals during the 19th and 20th centuries. Existentialism has been said to “emphasize the individual existence, freedom, and choice.” Søren Kierkegaard was the first writer to call himself existential, and he rejected Plato’s philosophy that the highest ...
Looking at Harry Potter with a Jungian psychoanalytic perspective can, to some, seem a little overly critical and sometimes “reaching for straws,” but as one can see on closer inspection, Jung’s character archetypes are alive and well providing Rowling’s characters and events with motivation and her characters with “character.” If it weren’t for Carl Jung’s ...
What if someone could figure out what needs motivate us the most? Abraham Maslow was a famous psychologist who studied human motivation. In fact, his greatest legacy was his development of what he called a “hierarchy of needs.” Maslow postulated that people are driven to fulfill their own needs from the most mundane to the ...
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