Psychology and emotional health

Perception helps us to have information about thethings around usor the situations we face. In this same context, it is important tohave information about ourselvesto locate ourselves on a real plane in front of our environment, defining this asself-perception. This is how in the following article, we will explainwhat self-perception consists of, its most relevant characteristics …

During childhood, we perhaps used empirically, different strategies toachieve a modification in the child’s behaviorin order to correct inappropriate behaviorswithin the family and in the social environment, one of them beingnegative punishment. In the following article, we explain whatnegative punishment consists of, what its characteristics are and we mention how it is applied. What is negative …

Thebrain is considered one of themost important organsof the human body, with a wide variety of vital functions, which have been grouped according to their purpose, one of them beingthe emotional brain. In the following article, we will explain whatthe emotional brain consists of, we will describe its characteristics and we will mention what its …

The brain as aliving sample of our evolution, has corresponded to systematize and apply the knowledge we have acquired for millions of years, this being a function of an important component of this organ called rational brain. In the following article, we will explain whatthe rational brain consists of, how it is constituted and what …

Thebrainas a complex organ, hasmillions of years in continuous evolution, where each stage of its evolution has not disappeared anatomically, but has been superimposed by more recent ones and withfunctions of greater complexity. The oldest layer that is part of the “Triune Brain Theory” isthe reptilian brain. In the following article, we will explainwhat the reptilian brain consists …

In our brain, there are an innumerable amount ofchemical and neuronalprocesses that allow the human being to have the ability to think and reason, which iscalledcognitive process. This process allows us to achievean adequate adaptationin the environment we cohabit, through learning and the acquisition of knowledge. Therefore, in the following article we explain what this …

Thepsychological currentsthat have emerged over many decades, have explored and tried to explain from different points of view, why man acts as he acts and one of them has beenthe school of behaviorism, with its proposal ofclassical conditioningforlearning. In this article, we explain whatclassical conditioning consists of, what its most important characteristics are and we describe its fundamental …

Psychological currentshave been interested inhuman behaviorand how it is nourishedthroughlearning. One of these psychological currents isinstrumental conditioning. In the following article, we will explain whatinstrumental conditioning consistsof and we will mention what its procedures are. What is instrumental conditioning? Instrumental conditioning is atype of teaching or learning, which occurs when the individual is more likely …

Various strategies, methods and techniques have been created and studied by variouspsychological currentsto give scientific meaningto thelearningprocess and one of these techniques isoperant conditioning. In this article, we explain whatoperant conditioning consists of, what its characteristics are and what techniques it has. What is operant conditioning? Operant conditioning, sometimes calledinstrumental conditioning, is the term to refer …

Over time great thinkers, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, among other specialists who are interested in themethods of learning and development of the human being, have proposed the creation of theories, plans and positions that study the how and why of the attitudes of each individual, one of those theories beingconstructivism. In this article, we will precisely developthe bases …