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You Deserve Your Own Theory

You've read a lot of theories in psychology. You have ideas of what makes people tick. It's time to write your own theory of psychology! Or you could start a bit smaller with your theory of personality. I wrote one. You can too. It's just putting your thoughts down on paper. I'll even help you. Start with this video on what to include in Your Theory. Bruch up on what other's have said. Here's a whole course, including videos, on Personality Theories. And here is a copy of My Theory of Personality.

New Lecture on Albert Ellis

Albert Ellis is rational, systematic and confrontational. He is the founder of REBT: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. Like Beck, Ellis is a cognitive theorist. He maintains that we are the cause of our misery. Fortunately, we also hold the cure. The key to being happy is to control your beliefs. Don't give in to shoulds and oughts. Accept that you are not perfect but you are good. Here's an intro to the ideas of Albert Ellis.

New Lecture on Aaron Beck

Aaron Beck founded Cognitive Therapy. He combined Freud and Rogers, added his own ideas, and created a new approach to personality and counseling. The heart of Beck’s approach is the impact of beliefs on behavior. What we believe impacts what we do. Just as our perceptual processes can be distorted, our thinking can be biased. Here is an intro to Beck's logical thinking approach.

New Lecture on Viktor Frankl

Let's continue our introduction of existentialism with a look at Viktor Frankl. You don't have to have been interned in a concentration camp (as Frankl was) to appreciate the importance of living each day as if it were your last. Although existentialism is known for its emphasis on anxiety, Frankl proposed that we are responsible for our attitudes, behaviors and reactions. Life may restrict you but we must give life meaning. Here's a video lecture on Viktor Frankl.

New Lecture on Rollo May

Dr. Ken Tangen introduces existentialism with a look at Rollo May. Although existentialism is known for its emphasis on anxiety, May offered a solution: love. Not the fluffy thinking of romantic love but the solid thoughtful love that shows care, concern and a willingness to be helpful. Rollo May helped introduce existentialism to the United States. He was born in Ohio but was greatly influenced by European philosophers and theologians, particularly Paul Tillich. Here's a look at Rollo May.

New Lecture on Rogers

Along with Maslow, Carl Rogers introduced humanism as a reaction to psychoanalysis and behaviorism. Rogers is the father of counseling psychology and co-father of humanism in psychology (with Maslow). Rogers put the focus on the person coming to counseling, not the therapist and his theories. This is real help for real people. Take a look at the theory of Carl Rogers.

PSYCHOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL

One Page Summaries Of Psychology

Sometimes a picture captures summarizes an entire sequence of events. It can act as a quick reminder of a setting, those present, and feelings you experienced. Similarly, with... [Read more]

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BOOK REVIEWS

Karen Pryor

You’re going to love this book! If you have animals, know animals or are an animal yourself, this book is for you. It gives you the theory of Skinner in an easy to read... [Read more]

Cloniger’s Personality

The book is Theories of Personality: Understanding Persons. Aside from the awkward title, it’s not a bad book. I don’t mind being a person but I think the multiple... [Read more]

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PEOPLE IN PSYCHOLOGY

Great Minds, Great Ideas

Theories come out of people’s lives. You can’t separate the theory from the person. To understand the theories of psychology, you have to look closely at the those... [Read more]

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10 Day Guided Tours

Think of yourself as being on holiday and me as your tour guide. I’ve taken several areas of psychology and made “tours” of them. Each... [Read more]

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