Archive for category Psychology
About Psychology Careers
Posted by in Psychology on October 22, 2011
The interesting thing about psychology studies is that you have many career options and many branches that you can choose from. Nevertheless, a lot of people go to one unique way: a doctorate in psychology, even if they are not 100% sure that this is the path they want to follow to reach their ultimate goal.
There are many universities all across the country that offer psychology courses. Whether you are a freshmen or a graduate student thinking of a doctorate, you will surely find the field of psychology that fits your profile. Psychology is divided into many branches, namely, social, forensic, political, children, economic and school psychology. As you can see, this science can be applied to almost every aspect of human life. In fact, not only humans, but animal as well, have their own psychology. You can enroll in a campus-based program if you are interested in lectures and group work, or you can choose online courses, in case you have your own reasons to not physically attend the classes. Read the rest of this entry »
The Psychology of Homosexuality
Posted by in Psychology on October 22, 2011
The theoretical explanations of homosexuality and why homosexuals are not queer.
OK so let’s face it. Gay is in. Our society is in a state of ‘sexuality flux’ like never before and more and more gays are coming out of the closet, getting married, making money, and living the big life and possibly more heterosexuals are realizing that they have a gay in them as well. Heterosexual marriages have been declining and possibly in a decade more homosexuals will have family life and heterosexuals will remain single. So, what is homosexuality?
First of all, all of us are naturally bisexual, we are not naturally hetero or homosexual, only our maleness and femaleness are balanced in a way that we finally project ourselves either as male or as female according to social perception, upbringing and other such factors. In some people there could be equal maleness and femaleness as far as personality, attitudes, likes, preferences and behavior are concerned and these individuals are unable to define their sexuality and could be openly bisexuals. Some others may feel more male traits of aggression, dominance, extra version in them and if such an individual is female, she is more likely to be gay/lesbian and would be attracted and attractive to females. Women who have more femaleness in them would be attracted to both men and male-like females. Women with stronger masculinity might be attracted and attractive to women or to female-like men and in some cases to other gay men. Read the rest of this entry »