Category Archives: Developmental Psychology

Articles about the psychological, emotional and perception changes during human development.

Breaking It Gently – Telling A Child About Divorce

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Happily ever after is often something that you only see in fairy tales. It rarely occurs in real life, even with couples who profess undying love to each other on their wedding day. There are many reasons partners getting divorced these days. And although marriage counseling can help, few marriage mates make use of the resource. Continue reading

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Are B Vitamins The Ultimate Brain Booster?

b vitaminsNearly everyone is looking for ways to improve brain function and mental focus these days.  Often times, we zero in on specific behaviors and actions that can provide optimum results — but rarely do we ever focus on what is happening at the most basic level of our brain’s formation.

What if you could put all those brain booster books aside?  What if you didn’t need to do those tedious memory enhancing exercises?  What if all you had to do was pop a pill?  Well…as it turns out, that just might be the case. Continue reading

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The Benefits of Art Therapy

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Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that employs the medium of art as its main method of communication. Patients are spurred into expressing their emotions through a piece of art, be it a sculpture, a painting, or simply a drawing. Continue reading

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6 Of The Most Horrible Cases Of Sexual and Psychological Abuse in the USA

Elizabeth Smart

While it is difficult to admit, the sad reality is that humans are capable of doing truly horrendous things to each other. Hidden away in basements, back yards, and even in our universities, terrible acts of abuse sometimes occur without the general population ever catching on. The following examples were selected for this article due to their staggering cruelty, severity and prominence. Continue reading

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What is Déjà Vu? (Video)

Michael Stevens looks at possible causes for deja vu and suggests that it might be due to a disconnect between the different parts of our brain which are simultaneously processing information consciously and unconsciously. Michael also explains other quirky phenomena such as presque vu, jamais vu and the hypnagogic jerk.

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