by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Nov 27, 2018 | Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Psychotherapy |
Color psychology is the study of hues as a determinant of human behavior. Color influences perceptions that are not obvious, such as the taste of food. Colors can also enhance the effectiveness of placebos. For example, red or orange pills are generally used as...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jan 27, 2017 | Emotions, Relationships |
Robert Plutchik was a psychologist who developed a psychoevolutionary theory of emotion, considered one of the most influential classification approaches for general emotional responses. Plutchik suggested that there were eight basic emotions; anger, fear, sadness,...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Dec 20, 2016 | Depression, Family Therapy, Marriage, Psychotherapy, Relationships |
A genogram, sometimes called a family map, is a pictorial display of a patient’s family relationships and medical history. It goes beyond a traditional family tree by allowing the user to visualize hereditary patterns and psychological factors that punctuate...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Sep 11, 2016 | Psychotherapy |
A life cycle describes the different stages that a living organism goes through during its lifetime. The duration and number of life stages differ from specie to specie. German-born American psychologist Erik Erikson developed an elaborate theory of human development...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jul 29, 2016 | Relationships |
The two-factor theory (also known as Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory and dual-factor theory) states that there are certain factors in the workplace that cause job satisfaction while a separate set of factors cause dissatisfaction, all of which act...
