psychology Archive

  • Book Review: Psychology, theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling

    Book Review: Psychology, theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling

    In his Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling Mark R. McMinn stresses the importance of the use of the Christian faith in the psychological counseling. Concentrating on the practical aspect of the integration of theology, psychology and spirituality in counseling, the author gives practical...

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  • Psychology Is Sinful Human Beings Sinfully Thinking About Sinful Human Beings

    Psychology Is Sinful Human Beings Sinfully Thinking About Sinful Human Beings

    Contemplating the given statement begs the question, what does “sinfully thinking” actually mean?  As Entwistle (2004) unpacks in the text, human nature is affected by the Fall and therefore the statement is correct in its declaration that humanity is sinful.  This will always be the true when referring...

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  • The Purpose of Dreams

    The Purpose of Dreams

    Dreams may be the one way that our brain organizes and stores our memories. The time we spend dreaming could be a period when the brain can reorganize and review our day’s events and connect our new experiences to older ones. During dream time, the...

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  • Describe Hindsight Bias

    Describe Hindsight Bias

    When interviewing job candidates, many interviewers tend to be overconfident of their gut feelings about the job applicants. The overconfidence stems from past cases where their hunches have proved right in the past. Maybe a job applicant did all of the right things to present...

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  • thinking critically about psychology

    thinking critically about psychology

    All science is based on curiosity, a passion to explore and understand without misleading or being misled. For example, is there life after death? Do ghosts and demons really exist? When it comes to questions related to paranormal psychology there are more skeptics than believers....

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