Folk psychology

Bourdieu stresses the importance in reflexivity while conducting social research. The sociologist must at all times be aware of their own habitus, their position of thought and in life and how bringing this to research will affect the research outcome. According to Bourdieu it is impossible for our objectivity to remain unbiased and unprejudiced due to our preconceived habitus. It is only by maintaining such a continual vigilance that the sociologists can spot themselves in the act of…

“Fairy Tales give insight into the psychology of those who created them and those who passed them down the generations… they tell us something about the whole population living in a particular era” (Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Preface) Folk tales are have long played a part in imparting education and moral lessons to children in every culture but the way that they do so are widely different and convey varied sentiments. In this project I will attempt to analyze folk tales as a medium of pedagogy and…

MYTH AND FAIRYTALE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF Abstract This paper entitled ‘psychoanalytic theory on Naga-Mandala’ regards as an analysis of psychological side of the play. The psychoanalytic theory is applicable on Naga-Mandala as Girish Karnad disseminates facts about human life and psyche of humans in ancient Indian stories with the changing social codes and morals of modern life. Girish Karnad’s plays are pertinent to the psychological problems, dilemmas, and conflicts defied by the modern Indian…

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Jacklyn bought a new laptop on last Thursday, she was very happy. It is easy, we know that new laptop made Jacklyn happy. Often, we believe that possession of material wealth as the happiness, because we have to use the money for almost everything we want in reality. For example: Jacklyn paid money to get a new laptop and money became the source of her happiness. Yet, is material wealth truly make people happy? If the assumption is definite, then we could assume that money can buy happiness.…

Are individual's stereotypes about other people’s music preferences accurate? Word Count: The topic of research is about prejudice. Prejudice can be defined as “the ‘prejudging’ of someone or something, without having direct evidence to support that judgement” (Williamson, Cardwell & Flanagan, 2007 p145). It is important to understand prejudice as it means that strategies can be developed to reduce prejudiced beliefs such as stereotypes and behaviours such as discrimination. The research will…

Developed by psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, humanistic psychology emphasizes human potential and takes a more positive view of the human nature. During the mid-1900s, an individual with an anger disorder would attend therapy sessions with a psychoanalyst. Instead of asking questions about the patient’s past…

some had ideas that are still accepted today, some were ridiculed at the time of release, but grew to be acknowledged, and others that were so preposterous that people still not sure what to think of them. A massive contribution to the study of psychology was done by Carl Gustav Jung. The early career of Carl Jung as a psychologist was quite productive…

There is a well known dichotomy in science between the mind and the brain. It is a dualism of psychology and biology, where the fascinating components of life come together, to create a consciousness. Comparable to the symbiosis of a plant and its fungi, the mind and brain are integral parts of each other. Finding answers to the mysterious of the human brain is a captivating thought. It is this desire that drives my goal to understand the medical science behind the human brain, and treat its…

Even though Poe’s death remains a mystery today it is fact that “The Fall of the House of Usher” has been, throughout time, a reader’s favorite story, both casual and school forced. I personally think it has been such a famous and favorite book of readers because the short story is very dark, cruel, creepy and mysterious. Since it is so dark and mysterious it constantly keeps the attention of the readers such as college students like myself. If the story doesn’t keep my attention then I really…