Τhe Dictionary of #Psychology and #Psychoanalysis Trends 5

 

#Extraversion-#Introversion (1910): 

One of the #Big #Five personality factors, ranging from extreme extraversion, characterised by #traits such as sociability and assertiveness, to extreme #introversion, characterized by reserve and passivity.

The concept of introversion/extraversion was introduced in 1910 by Carl Gustav #Jung (1875-1961). Also called '#surgency'. Often spelt #extroversion, but this is an unnecessary deviation from the Latin root. 

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Psychology - Andrew M. Colman (4th edition, 2015: Oxford University Press).

 

Τhe Dictionary of #Psychology and #Psychoanalysis Trends 4

 

#Fight-or-#flight #response (1929): 

A term introduced by the US physiologist Walter Bradford Cannon (1871-1945), and popularised in his book 'Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear and rage' (1929), for the syndrome of physiological responses of an organism confronted with a situation that evoles fear, pain, or anger, such responses being mobilized by the secretion of adrenalin (epinephrine) from the adrenal medulla, preparing the organism to fight or to flee. 

It includes increased blood pressure, accelerated heart rate, deepened respiration, increased sweating, dilation of the pupils, diversion of blood flow from the digestive tract to the skeletal muscles and cessation of digestive processes, release of sugar from reserves in the liver, and closure of the sphincter of the bladder, leading to retention of urine.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Psychology - Andrew M. Colman (4th edition, 2015: Oxford University Press).

 

 

What can #Charlie #Brown tell us about #Psychology? Check for yourself!

New Psychology Facts 1: 

Can friendship lead to an erotic relationship?

 

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Post-modern Psychology Facts 4: 

The dangerous truth about '#Facebook'!

 

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Post-modern Psychology Facts 3: 

 Can cell #phone use cause #insomnia?

 

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Τhe Dictionary of #Psychology and #Psychoanalysis Trends 3

 

The #Animus - The #Anima (Catherine Collin, 2012)

According to Carl Gustav #Jung (1875-1961), it exists as the masculine component of the female personality and as the feminine attributes of the male psyche, respectively. This is the 'other half', the half that was taken from us as we grew into a boy or girl. Both archetypes help people understand the nature of the opposite sex, and because they contain 'deposits of all impressions ever made' by a man or woman, so they, necessarily, reflect the traditional ideas of masculine and feminine. As these archetypes exist in our unconscious, they can affect our moods and reactions by manifesting themselves as either prophetic statements (Anima) or unbending rationality (Animus).

Art: One of the most fascinating examples of the effect of archetypes and symbols in modern painting is 'Summer and Winter' (2007) by fantasy and magic realism artist, Michael Parkes. The painting plays upon the concept of the opposite qualities of Summer-Winter, and the Animus-the Anima Archetypes: Winter (Animus) is represented by the melancholic middle-aged man dressed in formal black clothes, whereas, Summer (Anima) by the seductive young woman in white stockings, seating half-naked on top of the middle-aged man. Concepts such as optimism vs pessimism, rationality vs emotion, confidence vs insecurity, black vs white and extroversion vs introversion are, also, depicted in the painting.