Articles in the Concepts Category
Hunter vs. farmer theory
Thom Hartmann
The hunter vs. farmer theory is a hypothesis proposed by Thom Hartmann about the origins of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD), that these conditions may be a result of a ... [...]
Thom Hartmann
The hunter vs. farmer theory is a hypothesis proposed by Thom Hartmann about the origins of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD), that these conditions may be a result of a ... [...]
Relational frame theory
Relational frame theory, or RFT, is a psychological theory of human language and cognition, developed largely through the efforts of Steven C. Hayes and Dermot Barnes-Holmes and currently being tested in about three dozen laboratories around the world. Based on the philosophical roots of functional contextualism, it focuses on how humans learn language through interactions with the environment. Functional contextualism is an extension and contextualistic interpretation of B.F. Skinner's radical behaviorism, and emphasizes the importance of pred [...]
Relational frame theory, or RFT, is a psychological theory of human language and cognition, developed largely through the efforts of Steven C. Hayes and Dermot Barnes-Holmes and currently being tested in about three dozen laboratories around the world. Based on the philosophical roots of functional contextualism, it focuses on how humans learn language through interactions with the environment. Functional contextualism is an extension and contextualistic interpretation of B.F. Skinner's radical behaviorism, and emphasizes the importance of pred [...]
Personal development
Personal development comprises activities undertaken with a view to:
* improving self-knowledge
* improving identity
* developing talents
* developing potential
* building human capital
* enhancing employability
* bettering quality of life
* realizing dreams
* achieving aspirations
The concept of personal development covers ... [...]
Personal development comprises activities undertaken with a view to:
* improving self-knowledge
* improving identity
* developing talents
* developing potential
* building human capital
* enhancing employability
* bettering quality of life
* realizing dreams
* achieving aspirations
The concept of personal development covers ... [...]
Cognitive restructuring
Cognitive restructuring in cognitive therapy is the process of learning to refute cognitive distortions, or fundamental "faulty thinking," with the goal of replacing one's irrational, counter-factual beliefs with more accurate and beneficial ones.
The cognitive restructuring theory holds that your own unrealistic beliefs are directly responsible for generating dysfunctional emotions and their resultant behaviors, like stress, depression, anxiety, and social withdrawal, and that we humans can be rid of such emotions and their effects by disma [...]
Cognitive restructuring in cognitive therapy is the process of learning to refute cognitive distortions, or fundamental "faulty thinking," with the goal of replacing one's irrational, counter-factual beliefs with more accurate and beneficial ones.
The cognitive restructuring theory holds that your own unrealistic beliefs are directly responsible for generating dysfunctional emotions and their resultant behaviors, like stress, depression, anxiety, and social withdrawal, and that we humans can be rid of such emotions and their effects by disma [...]
Positive illusions
Three types of positive illusions have been documented: self-aggrandizing self-perceptions (the above-average effect, where people consistently regard themselves more positively and less negatively than they regard others, and than others regard them), perceptions of mastery (where most people believe that they can exert more personal control over environmental circumstances than is actually the case), and unrealistic optimism (optimism bias, where people are optimistic and believe that the present is better than the past, and the future will b [...]
Three types of positive illusions have been documented: self-aggrandizing self-perceptions (the above-average effect, where people consistently regard themselves more positively and less negatively than they regard others, and than others regard them), perceptions of mastery (where most people believe that they can exert more personal control over environmental circumstances than is actually the case), and unrealistic optimism (optimism bias, where people are optimistic and believe that the present is better than the past, and the future will b [...]
Psychosexual development
The concept of psychosexual development, as envisioned by Sigmund Freud at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, is a central element in his sexual drive theory, which posits that, from birth, humans have instinctual sexual appetites (libido) which unfold in a series of stages. Each stage is characterized by the erogenous zone that is the source of the libidinal drive during that stage. These stages are, in order: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. Freud believed that if, during any stage, the child exper [...]
The concept of psychosexual development, as envisioned by Sigmund Freud at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, is a central element in his sexual drive theory, which posits that, from birth, humans have instinctual sexual appetites (libido) which unfold in a series of stages. Each stage is characterized by the erogenous zone that is the source of the libidinal drive during that stage. These stages are, in order: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. Freud believed that if, during any stage, the child exper [...] 
