Likert vs. Q Sort Scales
The Likert scale has many advantages, but it also has some limitations. A Q sort is an alternative approach that complements it.
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David Saeteros
- Jul 1, 2022
- 6 min
Personality 101: Agreeableness and Extraversion
Two traits in the Big Five Personality Theory reflect the social aspect of personality. This article explains some of their aspects.
Taylor Pace
- Jun 30, 2022
- 7 min
The Double-Edged Sword of Nostalgia
The article explores the psychological meanings and implications of the feeling of nostalgia.
David Saeteros
- Jun 26, 2022
- 10 min
The Person-Centered Therapy
I have however come to believe that in spite of this bewildering horizontal multiplicity, and the layer upon layer of vertical...
Melis Güven
- Jun 20, 2022
- 6 min
Literary Critical Theories 101: Analysis of Psychoanalytic Criticism
The article covers the psychoanalysis concepts set by Freud and Lacan to analyze Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper."
Antonio Verolino
- Jun 8, 2022
- 5 min
Imitation In Language Learning: Prerequisites and Myths
The present article deals with the relevance of imitation, gaze following and face scanning in children's language development path.
David Saeteros
- Jun 5, 2022
- 12 min
Situations & Psychology
The best way to understand people's behaviors is to understand their natural tendency, preferences and the elements that surround them at...
Leah Dietle
- Jun 5, 2022
- 9 min
The Intrinsic Link Between Copywriting and Psychology
This article discusses the field of copywriting and how its practices regarding human behavior require some familiarity with psychology.
David Saeteros
- May 31, 2022
- 10 min
Personality 101: The Trait Approach & the Lexical Hypothesis
Foreword Human personality is a well-known concept in both academic and non-academic circles. This concept has raised the most diverse...
Taylor Pace
- May 22, 2022
- 5 min
Us vs. Them: Social Identity Theory
If one were to examine the fundamental societal and psychological maladies facing the world today, one might be surprised to find that at...
David Saeteros
- May 20, 2022
- 10 min
The Meaning in Life: A Psychological Approach
Humans, by nature, ask questions about purpose in life and how to achieve its meaning while psychology, helps us to find an answer.
Camille Borrelly
- May 10, 2022
- 8 min
La Barbe Bleue: An Incitement to Femicide or Feminism?
La Barbe Bleue is a story first told by Charles Perrault in the 17th c. France. What does it tell us about the place of women in his time?
Mary Helen Brighton
- May 7, 2022
- 4 min
Advocacy in the Digital Age: Does Social Media Seek Change?
This article explores the paths of social advocacy and human rights education that have drastically changed over the past 10 years.
Dinka Hernández Avilés
- May 6, 2022
- 5 min
Discourse in Life and Discourse in Art (on Sociological Poetics): Voloshinov
From Voloshinov’s work, this article shall provide a new way of evaluating linguistics from psychological and sociological field.
Melis Güven
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
Cognitive Dissonance Theory on Customer Behaviour
The article analyzes the cognitive dissonance theory of Festinger and its relation to marketing.
Dinka Hernández Avilés
- Apr 30, 2022
- 5 min
Developmental Psychology Theories 101: Childhood Part III
Sroufe proposes an attachment theory based on an emotional development approach, giving crucial importance at the part that dyads play.
Giulia Domiziana Toffoli
- Apr 28, 2022
- 4 min
Hysteria as a Misogynistic Construct
Women are often accused of being hysterical. But what does hysteria mean, and why is it so often used as a derogatory female term?
Giulia Domiziana Toffoli
- Apr 25, 2022
- 6 min
Cognitive Philosophy 101: How Irrational is Rationality?
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Dinka Hernández Avilés
- Apr 8, 2022
- 5 min
Am I Actually Free? An Approach Based on Gilles Lipovetsky’s The Empire of Fashion
Based on Lipovetsky's The Empire of Fashion theory, an approach on how this transcends and involves our conception of freedom.
Irina Berdzenishvili
- Apr 6, 2022
- 6 min
History of Mental Health 101: Mental Health in an Unequal World
Foreword History of Mental Health 101 is a set of articles that reviews the history of mental health from a sociological perspective:...
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