Post No.: 0337 Furrywisepuppy says: Alcohol, tobacco (mainly nicotine), cannabis (mainly THC), caffeine, betel nut, LSD, MDMA, cocaine or indeed any kind of psychoactive drug generally negatively affects the developing brain, and not just temporarily. Alcohol, for instance, … Read More
Post No.: 0311 Furrywisepuppy says: In child psychology, there are 4 general child-parent attachment styles that attempt to categorise how children respond to their caregivers when they’re hurt, separated or when they perceive a threat. Secure – … Read More
Post No.: 0296 Furrywisepuppy says: How popular a person is/was as an adolescent (which would come down to many factors, including how their parents socialised with them and/or allowed them to go to parties to socialise with their … Read More
Post No.: 0290 Furrywisepuppy says: Whereas listening to and speaking a language comes quite easily to children, even if they’re not explicitly taught it and some start later than other kids – reading and writing is a different … Read More
Post No.: 0281 Fluffystealthkitten says: Many people simply don’t know what they really want in a partner until they meet that person. Many people find it hard to try to consciously describe their ‘perfect partner’ – and even … Read More
Post No.: 0268 Furrywisepuppy says: Children, in particular, are amazing at copying – both the good and bad they see and hear! That’s because we learn a lot through copying. We’re born to generally copy people of the … Read More
Post No.: 0259 Fluffystealthkitten says: ‘Social comparison theory’ is about our public image and impressions, and what matters to people are relative comparisons rather than absolute positions – like ‘in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man … Read More
Post No.: 0252 Fluffystealthkitten says: Domestic abuse is frequently a hidden crime. Many cases go unreported. So let’s learn about some of the key warning signs to look out for… A small percentage of males can be … Read More
Post No.: 0236 Furrywisepuppy says: We previously looked at how children pick up languages, including a second or third language in Post No.: 0210, but let’s look at reading, writing and arithmetic (the ‘one r, one w and … Read More
Post No.: 0229 Fluffystealthkitten says: In business/commercial contexts, the ‘market norm’ or normal market behaviour is to explicitly trade money for goods or services and to shop around; whilst in family/friendship/relationship contexts, the ‘social norm’ or normal social … Read More
Post No.: 0216 Furrywisepuppy says: Adolescence is an important stage of development – it’s the transition from childhood to adulthood and many changes occur. Physical changes include changes to sleep timing, accelerated bone growth, the voice deepening, and … Read More
Post No.: 0210 Furrywisepuppy says: This post essentially follows on from Post No.: 0132 about how children pick up their first language… Language is common for all humans, except in rare cases of aphasia caused by brain … Read More
Post No.: 0196 Furrywisepuppy says: We learnt in Post No.: 0189 that we should give attention to and reward a desired behaviour far more than give attention to and punish an undesired behaviour. And now we can elaborate … Read More
Post No.: 0189 Furrywisepuppy says: People (and other animals) can learn fast through the perception or recognition of ‘cause and effect’ i.e. if A co-occurred with or occurred just before B, then it is usually assumed that A … Read More
Post No.: 0173 Fluffystealthkitten says: Statistically speaking, picking good names for one’s children is apparently important for their life outcomes. People tend to love their own names and tend to favour and gravitate towards those who share a … Read More
Post No.: 0159 Furrywisepuppy says: Although first impressions are typically based on highly superficial cues that can be temporarily faked, or can be highly unrepresentative of how a person is most of the time – first impressions matter … Read More
Post No.: 0142 Furrywisepuppy says: Adolescent brains take many years to develop and mature. The duration of adolescence is currently disputed amongst scientists – it certainly starts when an individual starts puberty, but when it ends has no … Read More
Post No.: 0132 Furrywisepuppy says: We tend to find it totally natural to speak to babies with a higher pitch than normal, with a rhythmic pace and exaggerating the length of the words – this ‘parentese’ or ‘baby … Read More
Post No.: 0126 Furrywisepuppy says: Let’s start with some obvious generalities first – we like people we associate with rewarding and happy feelings and events (e.g. gift giving, romantic dinners, holidays, laughter). We also tend to like people … Read More
Post No.: 0105 Furrywisepuppy says: Our early life experiences with food greatly shape our food preferences when older – we tend to like what we got used to consuming when young. This can possibly even extend to during … Read More
