Posts Tagged: Sociology

Psychology of Covid-19: The Big Picture After

Posted by & filed under Child Development, Cultural Variation, Emerging Adulthood, Families and Peers, General Psychology, Social Psychology, Stress Coping - Health, Stress: Coping Reducing.

Description: Psychology tends to focus on the experience or behaviors of individual people. While social psychologists DO study people’s behavior in social situations and groups and developmental psychologists examine the effects of early social/relational experiences on later behavior the outcomes examined are those of individuals for the most part. So, if we are to speculate… Read more »

Road Rage: You Be The Psychologist

Posted by & filed under Aggression, Altruism Prosocial Behaviour, Anxiety OC PTSD, Health Psychology, Social Psychology, Social Psychology, Stress, Stress Coping - Health, Stress: Coping Reducing.

Description: Ok you be the psychologist here! My home town, Calgary, has experienced an astonishing and worrying number of road rage incidents over the last week or so (described in the article linked below). So, what is going on? Additional data? A police spokesman say he has never seen this much road rage in his… Read more »

Collective Trauma: Expanding Beyond Individual Psychology

Posted by & filed under Abnormal Psychology, Anxiety OC PTSD, Clinical Health Psychology, Consciousness, Depression, Group Processes, Health Psychology, Intergroup Relations, Social Influence, Stress Coping - Health, The Self.

Description: If you glance at the title of the article that is linked below you may think that the article is yet another look at the impact of Donald Trump’s victory on the mental health of Americans. That is partly true, but the article linked below goes further and draws to our attention the importance… Read more »