Conventional wisdom has it that we judge others because it is human nature. Though I concede that, I still insist that many people judge others a lot more intense, or harshly than we should. Judging is something that we do every day as humans. We really cannot help it. We do not just judge each othe...
The personality theorist, according to the editor of one of the leading journals in the field (Funder, 1994), has "an interest in what individual human beings think, feel, and do," including "how the social situation affects and is affected by the individual." Personality theory, wrote Walter Mischel, is concerned not only with differences between individuals, but also with "the basic processes of adaptation through which people interact with the conditions of their lives" (Mischel, 1993). Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) One of the primary disorders of the personality is borderline...
-Envision that you are sitting in a room and your child comes to you and says that someone is trying to kill him, there is someone in the mirror spying or that on the way to school the bus's radio was sending him special messages. Now what would you think? Like myself, you would probably think th...
(1) find a way to reduce your pain, or (2) find a way to increase your coping resources We have a condition that causes others to feel uncomfortable. They reduce their discomfort by using denial, belittlement and minimization on the seriousness of our situation. While most of this denial is due t...
