Research Methods in Psychology
by Max Weber.Longitudinal approach to the study of development implies repeated observations of phenomena during some time with the object of revealing constant aspects and changes, and also with the object of their explanation.Longitudinal method is a special ki...
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Narcissist vs. Psychopath
by Sam Vaknin.We all heard the terms "psychopath" or "sociopath". These are the old names for a patient with the Antisocial Personality Disorder (AsPD). It is hard to distinguish narcissists from psychopaths. The latter may simply be a less inhibited and less gran...
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Psychological Tests
by Sam Vaknin.Personality assessment is perhaps more an art form than a science. In an attempt to render it as objective and standardized as possible, generations of clinicians came up with psychological tests and structured interviews. These are administered unde...
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Eclectic Psychotherapy
by Sam Vaknin.The early days of the emerging discipline of psychology were inevitably rigidly dogmatic. Clinicians belonged to well-demarcated schools and practiced in strict accordance with canons of writings by "masters" such as Freud, or Jung, or Adler, or Skin...
Energy Psychology
by Jef Gazley, M.s., Lmft.The term energy psychology refers to a number of related energy therapies that are based on the Chinese Meridian System of medicine. Energy psychology quickly and thoroughly relieves mental health problems by eliminating emotional traumas or blockage...
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Development Of Psychology
by Sharon White.A person is product of his self and the manner by which his environment affects him. In all theoretical models regarding the development of a personality, the conscious person is supposed to be motivated by internal interactions within his person. Th...
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Psychology And Its Techniques
by Sharon White.By definition psychology is, “The study of the psyche,” which means, “the soul”, and psychologists have no idea of what the psyche is or if it even exists. Most psychologists don’t believe the soul exists outside of their personal religious...
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Psychosis, Delusions, and Personality Disorders
by Sam Vaknin.Introduction to Psychosis?Psychosis is chaotic thinking that is the result of a severely impaired reality test (?the patient cannot tell inner fantasy?from outside reality). Some psychotic?states are short-lived and transient (microepisodes). These l...
The Psychopathic Patient - A Case Study
by Sam Vaknin.Notes of first therapy session with?Ani Korban, male, 46, diagnosed with?Antisocial Personality Disorder (AsPD), or Psychopathy and Sociopathy?Ani was referred to therapy by the court, as part of a rehabilitation program. He is serving time in prison...
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