The general definition of someone suffering from a savior complex is a person who feels responsible for saving or helping others, even if that provision of service is detrimental to one or both of those people, over time. Commonly known as a messiah complex or Christ complex, the term has a...
There is also considerable diversity in the individual qualities and behaviors that lead to the attainment of status, power, and leadership positions in organizations (competence and achievements: McCoy&Major, 2007; Schmidt&Hunter, 1998; assertiveness: Ames & Flynn, 2007; narcissism: Brunell et al....
There's no empirical evidence that suggests that object orientation is a more natural way for people to think about the world. There's some work in the field of psychology of programming that shows that OO is not somehow more fitting than other approaches. Object-oriented representations do not...
Professor Paul Bloom:I am extremely pleased to introduce the fourth and final guest lecture of the semester. Professor Susan Nolen-Hoeksema. Susan is a professor in the Department ofPsychologyand the Director of Graduate Studies. She is well known for her work in clinical psychology and especially...
[39] Through Stephen, Luke reminds his audience that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the diaspora existence of his Christian contemporaries falsifies the Christian claim that Jesus is the Messiah, who leads the people of God even when they sojourn outside the Promised Land. It would be a...
However, things are not perfect and sometimes these mental shortcuts come up with thewrong solution. This is called acognitive bias. The process was fast and efficient, but obviously not effective. Why do you behave in this way? All of this can be explained usingevolutionary psychology. ...
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I did a paper on Jerusalem syndrome in my psychology class. Some of the symptoms of Jerusalem syndrome are remarkable. They include: 1) The desire to split away from the group that you are with and tour the city alone. Tourist guides are trained to look for that symptom. ...