One of the great mysteries of science is how the physical molecules we humans are made of—the same things everything else in the universe is made of—give rise to the mental state of awareness (and, hopefully, understanding) of what is going on around us and, to a considerable degree,...
While there is an established relationship between death anxiety and nearly all clinical anxiety disorders, the degree to which fear of death affects the health and behavior of anyone with a mental or physical disorder depends on how much the disorder-related anxiety actually focuses on death. For...
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In order to assess the degree and quality of inter-racial contact, we used three measures from the Environics survey: Contact frequency.“In your daily life, how much contact do you, personally, have with people who have a different racial background than your own?” Answers ranged from 1...
spotted only among incompetent individuals; most people have weak points where thebiascan take hold. It also applies to people with a seemingly solid knowledge base: Individuals rating as high as the 80th percentile for a skill have still been found to overestimate their ability to some degree....
Awareness of such symptoms—people differ in the degree to which they are aware of such sensations—typically compounds the sense of threat that triggers anxiety in the first place. For that reason, many patients are given benzodiazepine tranquilizers or other medication to provide acute relief. ...
A lack of empathy: While most people would find the suffering of others painful, a sadist will experience a degree of pleasure and may even try to exacerbate it. A common example of a lack of empathy isthe practice ofvictim-blaming, which psychologists have linked to sadistic personalities. ...
In June 2018, the World Health Organization included Gaming Disorder, involving digital gaming or video gaming to such a degree that it takes priority over other interests and daily activities despite negative consequences, in its newest edition of the International Classification of Diseases. This inc...
Procrastination also involves a degree ofself-deception: At some level, procrastinators are aware of their actions and the consequences, but changing their habits requires even greater effort than completing the task in front of them. Contents ...