Sigmund Freud’s Psychology of Religion - Applications to Religious Scrupulosity

Sigmund Freud’s Psychology of Religion - Applications to Religious Scrupulosity

When it comes to the psychology of religion, Freud is a significant historical character. It has been said that Freud’s theories are the first of their kind; a divergence from religious explanations of the human mind.

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Gender, Confidence & Conformity - What’s the Connection?
Psychology, Social Psychology Geoffrey Wallis Psychology, Social Psychology Geoffrey Wallis

Gender, Confidence & Conformity - What’s the Connection?

In their 2017 research about the intersection of gender, confidence, and conformity, Cross et al state that “confidence is implicated as a strong predictor of susceptibility to social influence, and wherever there is evidence for a sex difference in confidence, an indirect effect of sex on social influence via confidence is likely” (Cross et al, 2017).

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Deconstructing the Gender Binary – Implications from Taoist & Buddhist Philosophy
Psychology, Meditation, Buddhism Geoffrey Wallis Psychology, Meditation, Buddhism Geoffrey Wallis

Deconstructing the Gender Binary – Implications from Taoist & Buddhist Philosophy

For those who do not have regular contact with non-binary individuals, the very idea of questioning or deconstructing gender identity is something that they may have never considered. This is, no doubt, particularly the case for Americans raised in fundamentalist religious communities based on the Abrahamic faiths

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