Nature vs Nurture. The ultimate psychological debate. For some reason, we’ve spent almost 100 years debating whether people are a product of the environment they are raised in, or a product of their genetics. The obvious answer, of course, is both. The…

Sigmund Freud was an unusual dude. He had some wacky ideas. But he also had some very useful ones. Prior to Freud, not very many people took the study of the mind very seriously. One of his more useful conceptions was his 1923 ‘Structural Model’, essen…

Psychologists aren’t allowed to tell you about certain things. Especially certain kinds of tests. Why? Well, it’ll ruin them for you. They won’t be ‘valid’ anymore and if you ever need or want testing, they’ll be rendered less valuable. However, there …

Talking to yourself is awesome. You’ve been doing it since you were two. Ever notice kids playing often talk themselves through what’s happening? Say they were playing with a Tonka truck, it might sound like this:

…the wheels go her…