Tag Archives: Psychology

November 14, 2011

Science, Philosophy, and Reason and the Mind-Brain Problem

A primary voice within the history of philosophy was Rene Descartes who coined the phrase, Cogito ergo sum — “I think, therefore I am”. It was Rene Descartes who suggested and early explanation of the nature of the mind that … Continue reading →

Spirituality, Science, Philosophy and The Origins of Consciousness

¹”Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain comes joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency and lamentations.” From the F. Adams translation of The Genuine Works of Hippocrates. Francis Crick, Nobel prize laureate in … Continue reading →

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Filed under Cognitive Psychology, Index, The Soul

Tagged as Alva Noë, Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul, Brain, Consciousness, Crick, Dualism, Francis Crick, Freud, Gary Collins, Greek, Philosophy, Plato, Psychology, Sigmund Freud

August 12, 2011

Happiness: Guilt, Criticism, and Projection

Happiness: Guilt, Criticism, and Projection An interesting thing that I have noticed about people who feel guilty is that they are not very happy and that they invest a huge amount of energy trying to hide– cover up painful or guilty … Continue reading →

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Filed under Abuse, Attitude, Communication, Developing, Index, Influence, Motivation, Perception, Relationships, Sociology, Spiritual Development, Uncategorized

Tagged as anger, attitude, behavior, Carl Jung, complaints, control, Criticism, Failure, forgiveness, God, guidance, Guilt, Health, Influence, Mental Health, Moral responsibility, Motivation, Perception, Person, perspective, Psychological projection, Psychology, relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Satan, Self-Help, Sigmund Freud, Social Sciences, Success

August 11, 2011

Emotional Abuse–Invalidation, Scars Left Behind

I have heard it said that the greatest fear that a child has while growing up is the fear of abandonment and rejection—that they will be left alone. Abandonment alone is a subject that there is a plethora of research … Continue reading →

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Filed under Abuse, Attitude, Developing, Index, Mental Health Issues, Perception, Relationships, Self Defeating Behavior, Uncategorized

Tagged as Abandonment, anger, attitude, behavior, Child, Child abuse, Child development, Children Youth and Family, control, disappointment, Erick Erickson, Frustration, Guess, Mental Health, Parent, perspective, Physical abuse, Psychology, relationships, Social identity

April 28, 2011

Storms: Choices, Consequences, and Contentment

Connecting Choices to Outcome Do the choices that are made every day have anything to do with how things work out in life? Taking a walk around the neighborhood after a tornado; then taking a drive through the city, what … Continue reading →

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Filed under Attitude, Developing, Index, Influence, Leadership, Motivation, Perception, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Development, Uncategorized

Tagged as attitude, behavior, Believe. Faith, change, choice, Christ, Christian, Christianity, coaching, communication, control, Criticism. complaints, direction. problems, Emotion, Encoding (memory), encourage, Endel Tulving, Episodic memory, Epistle to the Philippians, Failure, Florida, Frustration, God, Health, Jesus, Magical thinking, Pain, Paul the Apostle, perspective, Prayer, Prison, Psychological trauma, Psychology, regrets. wisdom. God, relationships, Religion and Spirituality, Social Sciences, spiritual. know, Success

April 25, 2011

Happiness: Success and a Well-Lived Life

What does it mean to be a success in life in the 21st century? I suppose the answer you get depends upon who you ask. One important thing that seems to stand out this morning is that it is really … Continue reading →

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Filed under Attitude, Communication, Developing, Index, Influence, Leadership, Motivation, Perception, Relationships, Self Defeating Behavior, Spiritual Development, Uncategorized

Tagged as Abraham Lincoln, attitude, behavior, Believe. Faith, change, choice, Decisions, direction. problems, encourage, guidance, Happiness, Health, Influence, Meaning of life, Mental Health, Motivation, perspective, Philosophy, Psychology, regrets. wisdom. God, Religion and Spirituality, Self-Help, Success

March 19, 2011

Ethics, Consulting, Fees and Billing: The Problem of Unexpected Expenses

An I/O consultant providing consultation services looks at consulting proposal and gives an estimate of services to be provided based upon a careful analysis of time and resources required to complete the company’s employment recruiting program. However, after the initial … Continue reading →

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Filed under Consulting, Developing, Ethics, I/O Psychology, Influence

Tagged as Binding (linguistics), Business, choice, coaching, Criticism. complaints, Decision making, direction. problems, Doctor of Philosophy, eResearch, Ethical code, Ethics, Influence, Informed consent, Philosophy, Problems, Psychologist, Psychology, Research Ethics, Sage Publications, Science in Society, spiritual. know, Success, Therapy, Thousand Oaks California

March 17, 2011

Ethics, Theory Construction, and Compliance

Ethics and Compliance The APA Dictionary of Psychology (2007) defines the IRB as the, “abbreviation for INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD” (VandenBos) which quite honestly was not a term in my vocabulary before I began the PhD program. As it relates to the … Continue reading →

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Filed under Consulting, Ethics, I/O Psychology, Index

Tagged as ACA, American Psychological Association, APA, Business ethics, Capella University, Counseling, Do no harm, Doctor of Philosophy, Ethical code, Ethics, Evidence Based, Health, IRB, PhD, Philosophy, Psychology, Regulations, Research, Social responsibility, Thousand Oaks California

March 17, 2011

The Ethics of Psychology and Christainity in Review of a Theoretical Orientation

The Influence of Theoretical Orientation, Vision, and Values Does the way that a theoretical orientation, conceptual vision, and underlying values are possessed have a potential to become an ethical dilemma for a practitioner? The simplest approach to an answer is … Continue reading →

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Filed under Consulting, Developing, Ethics, I/O Psychology, Index, Mental Health Issues, Sociology

Tagged as Anti-Defamation League, Antireligion, Baptist, Belief, Business ethics, Capella University, change, Christian values, Christianity, Criticism. complaints, Decision making, Doctor of Philosophy, Ethical code, Ethics, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Graduate school, guidance, Joel Hunter, Mental Health, Philosophy, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Psychologist, Psychology, relationships, Religion, Research, Richard Land, Social Sciences, Southern Baptist Convention, spiritual. know, Thousand Oaks California, Value (personal and cultural)

December 10, 2010

Finding Balance Between Perception and Expectations.

Who’s Glasses Are You Looking Through? Is it really reasonable to believe that you can make other people happy by always doing what’s expected, acquiescing to the wishes of others to live in their blessing? In reality you can never … Continue reading →

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Filed under Attitude, Communication, Developing, Holidays, Mental Health Issues, Motivation, Relationships, Self Defeating Behavior, Spiritual Development

Tagged as anger, attitude, behavior, Believe. Faith, Borderline, choice, Christianity, communication, control, Criticism. complaints, direction. problems, encourage, Failure, Food, Frustration, Garden of Eden, Health, helping, inferiority, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Mental Health, Motivation, Personality, perspective, Psychology, regrets. wisdom. God, relationships, Religion and Spirituality, Self-Help, Social Sciences, Success