One more time, the forever-debated "Nature and Nurture" is on. The so called "vulnerability genes" that make us susceptible to certain things, seem to matter as equally as the environment you are in. In other words, not only does our nature affect what we're susceptible to, but also where and how we are raised. If our mothers smoked during their pregnancy, then this can affect us as much as our genes. A positive environment with benefit these individuals immensely, making their situation more malleable in a way. Some may even be more affected by negative environments that others. This genes have now also been nicknamed "malleable genes".
Friday, January 1, 2010
The Brain
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200306/our-brains-negative-bias
Lucky enough, unfortunately, we have a strong tendency to save bad, negative memories. Yes, negative memories remain in our minds more than those happy-go-lucky memories do. They are live, and vivid and every time we come across them, they haunt us. Our brain reacts more profoundly to negative stimuli, kind of like a risk detector. As humans we have been created to avoid danger, and so it seems that our mind is equipped to do it right. It has also been found that in married couples there is always more negativity than optimism, but a balance of a ratio of 5 to 1 should be maintained.
History of Psychology
http://ezinearticles.com/?History-Of-Psychology&id=354551
What would've been of psychology without Wilhelm Wundt and William James? or Freud and Pavlov?
Psychology used to be all about our behaviors, until many found out our genes had a lot to do with who we are. However, psychology has never been fully accepted as a science. So many discoveries about who we are and why we do what we do. Not only did Freud contribute to the idea of an "unconscious mind", but also did Ebbinghaus bring to us several discoveries of our memory and how it functions.
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