Pooja Sri

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social well being. It affects how we think, feel and act. It also determines how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important in every stages of our life, right from childhood to adolescence and through adulthood. Over the course of our life, we may experience mental health problems,our thinking, mood and behavior could be affected. Many factors contribute to mental health problems like Biological factors, such as genes or brain chemistry Life experiences , such as trauma or abuse Family history of mental health problems Physical health and mental health are closely associated and it is proved beyond doubt that depression leads to heart and vascular diseases Me ntal disorders also affect persons health behaviour like eating sensibly, regular exercise, adequate sleep, engaging in safe sexual practices, alcohol and tobacco use, adhering to medical therapies thus increas...

Religion evolved for somewhat different functions than it serves today. A Basic Function in Reducing Anxiety Religion evidently functions as a mechanism for dealing with unpleasant emotions associated with difficult life experiences, such as danger,   bereavement , disappointment, disease. So it is most useful when life is most difficult, as in disease-ravaged poverty-stricken sub-Saharan Africa and least useful when life is good, as is true of social democracies in Europe. This perspective helps explain the emergence of religious beliefs around the world as well as their current decline in developed countries Yet it is not comprehensive. Among the many functions commonly attributed to modern religions, some of the key ones follow: - Gives mythical context, purpose, or sense of meaning to people’s lives. - Provides political organization as illustrated by Islamic republic’s or the Civil Rights movement of African Americans. - Organizes charities and social clubs, ...

B.Sc.(Psychology) @ sTC Salient Features of the Program  Psychology at STC trains students to equip themselves in diverse fields of human behaviour, especially Guidance and Counselling Services in Schools, Institutions of Higher Education, Community etc Human Relations in Industry Mental Health in Hospitals and Clinical Setting Unparalleled choice of specialization in the third year that gives opportunity for a profession as per their aptitude and interest Cutting-edge research orientation to suit diverse work fields Integrated fieldwork, internship and lab based training in psychological assessment Ample provision of field experience Teaching delivered by internationally experienced experts Supported by friendly and enthusiastic staff who will mentor personal learning, growth and overall skill-set  development Career Focus On completion of the course the students will be equipped with the right level of ability, skills and mindset to fit themse...

The unconscious is where most of the work of the mind gets done; it's the repository of automatic skills (such as riding a bike), the source of intuition and dreams, the engine of much information processing. Fleeting perceptions register in the unconscious mind long before we may be aware of them. The unconscious mind is not some black hole of unacceptable impulses waiting to trip you up, but it can be the source of hidden beliefs, fears, and attitudes that interfere with everyday life. Most forms of psychotherapy aim to bring into conscious awareness many of these hidden hindrances, so that we can examine them and choose how to deal with them. While we are fully aware of what is going on in the conscious mind, we have no idea of what information is stored in the unconscious mind. The unconscious contains all sorts of significant and disturbing material which we need to keep out of awareness because they are too threatening to acknowle...

I am sure that most of you have seen those posts which claim to tell you your personality by the way you sleep, by the way you eat Oreos, by the date you were born (astrology & horoscopes), by what your favorite color is, etc. You may be surprised at how many people actually believe in these personality “tests” (maybe you do, too?). The Oreos one is my favorite because it is beyond stupid. If you haven’t seen it,  here  is one of the many sites which feature the “quiz.” I especially find the “psychologists have discovered” part distasteful, as people generally believe everything claimed to have been discovered by scientists. Here is one of the many versions out there:  So, if all these “tests” are bogus, then why do people believe in them? Why would anyone be convinced that they work if they, in fact, do not? The answer is simple: the Forer Effect (sometimes called the Barnum Effect). Basically, the Forer (or Barnum) Effect is the tendency of peop...

Understanding how  personality  develops - how we become who we end up as - is one of the ‘holy grails’ of modern  Psychology . Since psychologists can’t even agree a definition of ‘personality’, however, that’s no easy task As the aim of Integrated SocioPsychology is to align and integrate the  behavioural sciences , exploring common ground in theories of personality, to arrive both at a definition of it and an understanding of the forces (both internal and external which shape the development of personality is a key consideration. One of the most important theories to consider is that of the great  Sigmund Freud . ‘Oral aggressive’ people are often perceived as greedy and acquisitive, envious, pessimistic, cynical, sarcastic, scornful and contemptuous. Orally-fixated people often seek gratification through smoking, thumb-sucking, nail-biting and chewing objects like pens and pencils. A predilection for oral sex is also seen as an ind...