Awarded a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology from Washington State University as a major, along with a double major in sociology, psychology remains a field of active interest for independent research. A summary of principal interpretations of causes and correlations will be indexed here over time.
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A helpful word list that can help individuals communicate more expeditiously about feelings they are currently experiencing as adapted from Gilson et al. (2009). The main emotions are located in column headers, followed by variants below. Happy Sad Angry Scared Confused Admired Alienated Abused Afraid Ambivalent Alive Ashamed Aggravated Alarmed Awkward Appreciated Burdened Anguished Appalled…
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Methods “effective in the processes of ego resistance and symptom formation” (Freud, p. 44). “… the ego of the adult neurotic fears the instincts because it fears the superego. Its defense is motivated by superego anxiety” (Freud, p. 55). Regression (i.e., protection of the ego against instinctual demands; see Freud, p. 43). Repression Reaction Formation…
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This is a list of psychological effects as studied by the author. This is by no means comprehensive, but is helpful in assembling theoretical constructs, explaining behavior, and identifying potential confounds in thought experiments, research, and theoretical sensitivity. References Brosch, T., Schiller, D., Mojdehbakhsh, R., Uleman, J. S., & Phelps, E. A. (2013). Neural mechanisms…
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These are notes on empathy and autism; not for everyone. Cognitive empathy relatives to perspective-taking and understanding the emotional states of others. Affective empathy denotes the conscious resonation of another’s feelings (i.e., experiencing congruent emotional states; Kimmig et al., 2024). Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) individuals exhibits similar responses to normal individuals when witnessing emotionally distressing…
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Refactored from Kegan’s (1982) tables of forms and functions of embeddedness cultures (pp. 118–120). “Feeling may be the sensation of evolution; more complexly, the phenomenology of personality in its predicament as self-constituting meaning making.” (p. 169) “Nowhere is the predicament [of evolution] more painful than those times in our lives when the specter of loss…
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Value Criteria Criterion (Schwartz, 2022, 2005, 1992) Self-Concept as Value (Hodges, 2023) Accompanied (i.e., linked) by/to affect (i.e., feelings) Flow presence and self-concept absence during positive valence (i.e., joy), and out of flow self-concept saliency with negative affect. (Csikszentmihalyi, 2014/1982; Csikszentmihalyi & Nakamura, 2014). Accompanied (i.e., linked) by/to goals (i.e., means/ends) Negative affective states are…
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This is a summary of psychological needs and associated theories adapted from Hodges’ (2023) literature review covering a plurality of needs covered. This is a work in progress. Primer Person-Environment & Need-Press Theory Originators:Henry Murray (1938) Needs represent individual feelings, behaviors, and reactions; “press” facilitates or hinders the fulfillment of needs. Desire to Know and…
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A distillation from Nancy McWilliams’ (1994) Psychoanalytic Diagnosis and additional notes from Pathwise Leadership training, and by Endre Voros, the former director of training for Pathwise here in Seattle, WA. Please note that these are not American Psychiatric Association (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), 5th Edition (i.e., DSM-5) personality disorders—these are personality types. Psychopathic Narcissistic…