Infidelity can refer to a specific action in the life of a person or, on the contrary, be a reiterated attitude in the biography sentimental character of the protagonist who repeats a similar pattern in each new relationship. This is one of the repeated characteristics in the profile of an unfaithful person....
Have you just met someone, has they added you to their Facebook, Twitter or Intragram and are you wondering what kind of personality they have? You want know what message you give the world with your photographs on the networks? Since the arrival of the Internet in our lives, the way we have to relate to...
Who has not ever had to deal with a negative and manipulative person to whom everything seems wrong and instead of helping us to grow and be positive, sink us or wear us down psychologically? These are the so-called "toxic people" and although on many occasions, the fact...
Are you an assertive or empathetic person? We hear a lot about these terms and the techniques that we can carry out to develop them, But do you know what the true meaning of each of them is and what relationship exists between them? The truth is that these are two social skills that...
Pride and selfishness are qualities that can be found to a greater or lesser degree in people. However, when these are the characteristics that best define the way of being of a friend or a relative, you feel that this behavior makes you suffer because that person thinks a lot about himself and has...
It has been estimated that around 20% of the population has "high sensitivity", a term that has been used to define personality. of those people who show extreme sensitivity to the world, perceiving all stimuli in a much more intense way than others. People...
On many occasions the success of people does not depend on their IQ, there are people who can get the best grades in college and they don't end up succeeding in life. So being emotionally intelligent has enormous weight in determining the...
Framed within the so-called "third force", "Rogerian" psychotherapy is the approach that currently exercises the greatest influence on people. American psychotherapists and counselors, even above the rational-emotional therapy of Albert Ellis and Freudian psychoanalysis. In this regard, in a study...
Hans Eysenk is one of the great theorists of personality and temperament of the second half of the 20th century. Temperament is that aspect of the personality that (theoretically) is based on genetics, that is born with it; either from birth or even earlier. This is not to say that the theory...
Existentialist psychiatrist and theorist, considered the most important and distinguished phenomenological psychologist. In this PsychologyOnline article, we will pay tribute to a great author of Personality Theories in Psychology: Ludwig Binswanger.
When we hear the word "modification" comes to mind, almost simultaneously, the word "change" and is that a word drives towards the other: we change what we modify and what is modified tends to change. It seems to be a general rule. Then it is of utmost importance the...
We understand behaviorism as that branch of psychology dedicated to analyzing and trying to determine our actions, that is, our behavior. In this PsychologyOnline article, we will talk about a great exponent in Personality Theories in Psychology: B.F. Skinner.
Karl Ramson Rogers, better known as Carl Rogers, was a pioneering American psychologist in the humanistic therapeutic approach (along with Abraham Maslow). Rogers is considered one of the most influential psychologists in the history of mankind. We can characterize the following author as...
Humanistic psychology, made its way understanding people as something conscious and intellectual, in contrast to other theories of The time. At Online Psychology, we cannot talk about personality without mentioning an important humanist scholar in Personality Theories in Psychology:...
Freud said that the goal of therapy was to make the unconscious conscious. Truly, he made this postulate the core of his work as a theoretical. And furthermore, he defined the unconscious as something very unpleasant. To illustrate this, consider the following: it is a cauldron of established desires; a...
This series of articles from PsicologíaOnline, will review a series of theories about personality in psychology, from the famous psychoanalysis by S. Freud to Viktor Frankl's logotherapy. We will include biographies, basic terms and concepts, evaluation methods and therapies, discussions and anecdotes,...
Karen Horney was one of the most famous psychoanalysts in her epic. Born in Germany in 1885, she is considered one of the representatives of the Neo-Freudian movement. This is defined by challenging the initial psychoanalysis while maintaining the foundations of dynamic psychology. Horney is also known to be...
Breaking with the cliché that psychoanalysis has a deterministic component, we find a series of postulates that defend our ability to be free and choose the path we want to follow in life. In this PsychologyOnline article, we introduce a well-known psychoanalyst,...
Many have been the theories that have investigated the human mind and behavior. Studies in the field of psychology have their origin in the theories of psychoanalysis and studies of human behavior. In this Psychology-Online article, we will talk about the quintessential psychoanalyst, the great...
It is important to speak of an author whose work has been a very important pillar in Personality Theories in Psychology: Viktor Frankl. He is known for being the founder of logotherapy, in addition to his existentialist theories. That is why we dedicate an article in Online Psychology to this great surviving theorist....
Erik Erikson's theory of personality is a psychosocial theory that follows the genetic principle and comprises a series of developmental stages human. Erik Erikson's theory of the stages of human development contains the following stages: Stage I: sensory-oral stage. Stage II: anal-muscular stage. Stadium...
Ellis was born in Pittsburg in 1913 and raised in New York. He overcame a difficult childhood by using his head, turning, in his own words, "a stubborn and pronounced problem solver." This time, at PsicologíaOnline, we want to highlight someone who contributed great work to...
We cannot talk about the modern conception of personality without talking about Bandura, that is why we invite you to read this article from PsicologíaOnline, in which we will delve into Personality Theories in Psychology: Albert Bandura.
It seems that every time Freud had already chosen his successor, the nominee would abandon him. At least this happened with Jung and Adler. Not However, meanwhile, her daughter Anna hers was reading his works, she embarked on analysis with her father and belatedly outlining her career as a psychoanalyst. Anna...
There are many theorists who have tried to investigate the study of theories of personality. However, in this Psychology-Online article, we will highlight a psychologist who introduced the novel concept of individual psychology to the intellectual community, we will talk about Alfred Adler, biography and theories...
Gordon Allport was born in Montezuma, Indiana in 1897 and was the youngest of four siblings. He was a shy and studious boy, albeit a bit of a joker. Lived a lonely childhood. Her father was a country doctor and unsurprisingly Gordon grew up among patients and nurses and all the paraphernalia of a miniature hospital....
The level of self-esteem is variable throughout life, that is, the level of self-esteem and the value that we attribute to ourselves is not defined in the metaphor of a straight line. Self-esteem is one of the most important ingredients of our personal development and emotional well-being, for this reason, it is advisable...
A person with high and healthy self-esteem feels self-confident and does not have the constant need to demonstrate her self-confidence, nor does she need the constant approval of others. However, these are characteristics of a person with inflated self-esteem, which is ultimately nothing more than the disguise....
People who have high self-esteem are self-confident people who have the ability to live and enjoy their life one healthy and balanced way, maintaining a positive attitude towards the challenges and the different challenges that are presented to them. Having high self-esteem means having...
Undoubtedly, both terms such as assertiveness and empathy are often confused because they are social skills that we can develop people and that they help us to improve our relationship with others. Who has not met a person who knows how to make petitions...
Research on creativity in the collage task within the field of Behavioral Analysis has found problems in interpretation of empirical data due to logical inconsistencies of a conceptual nature. The conception and measurement of the phenomenon has been based on a priori definitions of the...
Communication is inherent to the person. This means that a human being communicates information about himself even when he does not express words. The language of the body is manifested through posture and gestures. In relation to female body language, one of the possible gestures to interpret...
Many people we meet along the way can seem very narcissistic to us, as if only they exist in the world. This can cause many problems, especially if they are friends or our partner. Depending on your personality disorder, your self-centeredness may be...
There is no doubt that as a current paradigm, social networks have invaded the human psyche, through suggestive visual and auditory messages, which come pre-digested, from a false mental ideation of reality. In other words, I believe that we have ceased to be, worth the redundancy,...
Humanity today, while it has made great achievements in science and technology, has not yet managed to build a humane society where all people live in harmony with each other, and with the rest of the living creatures. Various questions cloud the human mind and create feelings...
If we observe the behavior of a group of people in the face of any event in daily life, it is quite common to appreciate that there is no there is a total coincidence between them, the normal thing is that they present differences and, sometimes, opposite behaviors are manifested (if the various...
Anxiety disorders can be classified in many ways. The one that we will see next is one of them. People are anxious not for Pure desire, they cannot modify this behavior by themselves, but in most cases they need professional help to control or...
Body modifications are changes that certain people need to feel different, which will depend on the psychological profile of each individual; Psychology through different studies has determined that beyond the desire of people to undergo a body modification of...
Through this work we want to publicize the basic concepts of creativity, which are the influencing factors, how it is evaluated and how it relates to education. The study of creativity has been a very complex work that has aroused educational, occupational, and organizational interest...
(Inspired by the article Are you a grievance collector?, published by Selecciones magazine in 1960). "Who has not converted ever unbearable everyday events and outrageous trivial events? Embittering life is very easy. But develop the art of becoming bitter...