Category: Psychology

  • WOMEN, FOOD AND BODY: A TRIO IN MODERN CAPITALIST WORLD

    This essay will talk about ideas of food security and bring gender into the story where it not only focuses on women’s relationship with food but also how ideas of body image often twist and turn this relationship. Women and their relationship with food have often been dependent on the patriarchal norms that operate in…

  • From vilification to romanticization: Viewing mental disorders from the lens of media

    Synopsis: Media has a huge impact on how people perceive mental illnesses. Historically in popular media, portrayals of mental illnesses were mostly negative and stigmatizing. Characters with mental illnesses were often portrayed as the villain who was extremely violent. However, over time, there began conversations about humanising mentally ill individuals and media started shifting away…

  • Patriarchal Family Structure and Their Effects – Social Psychology

    Abstract: Indian society is a combination of a variety of different social groups. But all or at least most of these social groups are compelled to follow a set of social norms that promotes patriarchy. To view patriarchy, one must dive into the fundamental unit of a society, that is, a family. Patriarchal Family structure…

  • Mental Health: Illness causes, Stages, Importance, Solutions

    Importance of Mental Health Awareness Everybody has mental health that is as important as physical health is. Physical health and mental health always falls in a loop. It is essential to take care of both as one impacts the other. This fast-moving world keeps people engaged enough that makes them forget that they have mental…

  • Are Women Bad Drivers?

    The stereotype that women are worse drivers than men is age-old and still continues in today’s time. But what is the definition of a good driver? Is it someone who drives safely, efficiently or fast? This article discusses the stereotype of women driving badly by looking at statistics from around the world. What The Research…

  • Mental Health And Disorders – Awareness: An Overview

    An Overview of mental health and illnesses Concept of Mental Health: A mental trait is characterised as abnormal if it causes distress to the individual, persistent over long periods, deviates from the ideals of normal as stated by society and causes significant impairment in functioning. Mental illnesses have been treated with various aspects through history…

  • Educational Psychology: Understanding Learning and Teaching

    Educational psychology aims at creating an understanding of how individuals learn and implications for teaching in educational settings. Educational psychology attempts to understand an individual’s development & related factors. To do so, educational psychology offers strategies to enhance the quality of learning and instruction, improve the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process and understand the philosophy…