Kurt Lewin said that there is nothing so practical as a good theory. Psychological theories are valuable for guiding practice in education, mental health, business, and other domains. They provide ...

Theory guides teaching, patient care, and research. Most are unaware of psychiatry’s and medicine’s guiding theory. Their present reductionistic theory has been discarded by all other sciences.

You wake up in the morning, ready to enjoy the day and get things done; you feel able to move mountains. Then something goes wrong. For unknown reasons, your confidence turns into fatigue. You get ...

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the kind of “see it everywhere, can’t remember where you learned it” concept that pops up every so often in conversations about psychology, social issues and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the ongoing pursuit by psychology ...

Cybercrime is rising sharply, with hackers using advanced AI and sophisticated social engineering tactics to exploit human weaknesses to avoid and bypass strong technical defenses. The pace of ...

What causes a person to believe in a conspiracy theory? What role does personality play? What about social conditions, political views? What is the impact of social media? What can we do to help ...

New brain research reveals how guilt and shame shape moral behavior, showing why guilt promotes repair while shame often ...

Some scientists are hesitant to submit nonsignificant results to journals, citing reputation as a major factor.

We know not everyone learns and retains information the same way, so what can we do to make sure that everyone benefits from their education? The aim of research in educational psychology is to ...

Psychological measurement and theory constitute a central endeavour in the modern scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes. This field explores the quantitative assessment of abstract ...