The Psychology Musings
We look at Psychology not as a ‘science of cure’ but a tool for exploring possibilities, inspiring optimism, and making powerful contributions to society. How? By reading human mind. Want to have a look? Lets go!
Solitude? This House Votes in Favour
While conducting some preliminary research on the psychology of solitude, we kept running into articles on loneliness. Baffled that this is still a distinction that needs to be clarified− we’ve decided to share some insights and crisp bits on solitude and its easily confused cousin, loneliness. Author Hara Estroff Marano states that loneliness is often marked by a sense of isolation.
Would India’s New Data Protection Bill Bolster Cybersecurity?
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, which is to be tabled before the Parliament in the monsoon session, if passed, would replace the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011. Central to the proposed legislation is the reinforcement of individual digital privacy and security safeguards.
Decoding Corruption Through Behavioural Sciences
Corruption as a phenomenon is not alien to societies around the world. It is no secret that acts of corruption are deeply entrenched at all levels and amongst all classes in our county too. Fundamentally, it is an abuse of power entrusted to an individual for personal gain that has political, social, environmental, and economic costs.
Understanding Complexities of Law Through Behavioural Sciences
Often touted as an ‘essential’, law, as an educational as well as a professional institution, is fundamental to the sustainability of the global world order. Having developed as a result of the growth of society, the legal discourse has always remained at the core of societal values and maintained a discipline amongst a diverse field of spheres such as social, political,
What’s in a Marriage?” The Psychology of Marriage Equality
Until a few years ago, even dictionaries defined marriage as a legally recognised, formal union of a woman and a man which makes them husband and wife. This definition has since been updated to include people of alternate sexualities. The political status that argues for conferring the same legal right to couples irrespective of their gender or sexual orientation is termed marriage equality. Marriage equality is based on the premise of making the choice of marriage available to all. A look at the psychological underpinning of the issue is noteworthy.
Where ‘Art’ Thou, Therapy? Creative Therapies for Greater Well-Being
Art’s potential to positively impact our lives is far and wide, and in the context of mental health, It is even more profound. Looking at art, consuming it and creating it can all help people widen their perspectives of the world and humankind in general. It can help people cope better with interpersonal conflicts, lower the intensity of chronic stress and minimize the effect of everyday struggles.
Exploring the Effects of Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
In many countries, homosexual individuals face discrimination and injustice every day. Even though there is an increasing acceptance of homosexuality in society and greater visibility in the media and public, individuals who identify as anything other than straight, often struggle to find acceptance and equality.
Digging into the Psychology of Freebies: The Hidden Price We Pay
The word ‘Free’ is a crucial agent that motivates people into making decisions. In the holiday season, many of us would have found ourselves shopping in supermarkets or online stores. Their major draw is lucrative deals and freebies. In simple words, a freebie is something that one gets for free. i.e. without paying any cost for it.
The Courage to be Vulnerable
What do you think the word ‘vulnerability’ means? While vulnerability is commonly mistaken for weakness, it is in fact a phenomenon that indicates the highest order of strength.
Elder Abuse: A Psychosocial Perspective
According to the well-known Sanskrit phrase, “Matru deva bhava, Pitru deva bhava”, we must consider our mother and father as God. We like to believe that in India we have a culture ...
The Psychology of Media Trials: From Activism to Vilification
We are all unique individuals. Our perspective of the world is often shaped by an interplay of our personalities, temperaments and experiences. Among the influences on our world view, media...
Choices and Decisions: The Lesser the Merrier?
Imagine you need to pick up ice-cream from the grocery store. Once you arrive at the store, you are struck with many different varieties of ice-cream. You are dumbfounded to know...
Navigating the Trauma of Revenge Porn
In the world of modern dating, keeping the ‘spark’ alive has come to assume a rather challenging connotation. Perhaps even more challenging is when the parties involved don’t have ...
For the Invisible Injuries: Psychological First Aid
What do we do when a friend bursts into tears while sharing a personal struggle with us? How are we supposed to behave if we witness a stranger undergo an accident? What is the first thing...
Eco-Anxious to Eco-Friendly: Overcoming the Fear of Climate Change
Our planet today is experiencing a harrowing mess of symptoms. If a doctor were to examine Mother Earth, the diagnosis would be anything but healthy.Climate change is a reality we must...
Looking for the Politics of Happiness in Contemporary Democracies
Do you ever feel estranged from your country’s politics? Do you choose not to cast a vote, or engage in political discussion because you think your individual voice has no power to bring about...
Beating the (Conun)drum of Life After Retirement
Many of us imagine life after our retirement to be a time for relaxation. A time when we would be free from all our professional responsibilities and live peacefully....
‘Dr. Google’, the Substitute Physician in the Age of Cyberchondriacs
Remember the time you had a headache that wouldn’t go away and through internet surfing, you inadvertently diagnosed yourself with a brain tumor? Fortunately, the headache went..
Walking on the Tightrope of Work-Life Balance
If we were to count the number of times we complained about work stress on an average day, perhaps most of us would qualify for the ‘once per every waking hour’ clique....
The Anger Bubble: To Burst or Not to Burst?
Out of the varied emotional challenges that we encounter on a daily basis, it is perhaps anger with which we struggle to cope the most. It can be assumed that this struggle...
The Smart-cut to Accept Change in Life
Change, as we know it, is the only constant. This is a truth we live with each day, and yet, when change comes knocking on our door, we often feel uncomfortable...
Leadership in Organizations: A Journey Through Time
Leadership, as a concept, is as old as the human species is on earth. In fact, it is as old as life itself. Right from ants to reptiles to mammals to human beings, leadership as...
Cyberfeminism: A 21st Century Outlook
The emergence of digital media has redefined the scope of feminism and allowed women to emancipate socially constructed roles through the use of the internet....
Paying Attention to Biting Your Nails: Stress in Young People
Contrary to the picturesque scene portrayed in movies in which teenagers have their hair down and live light and carefree lives‒ young adults today carry more stress than ever...
Self-Compassion: An Internal Urgency
As consumers of content in the 21st century, we’re slowly picking up the skill of consuming information consciously. We’ve learnt to set timers on our phones that tell us when we’ve exceeded our Twitter...
Embracing the ‘Radical’ in Radical Acceptance
There are several moments in life where we can sense a loss of control: of people, of events, of circumstances. We often tend to prolong our anguish in moments like these by attempting....
Assertive Communication: A Lesson in Valuing the Self
Oftentimes our goals are not achieved through ‘transformative’ decisions that we impose on ourselves, but through small, daily habits that we cultivate. For as long as we can remember...
Why We Struggle to Keep Our New Year Resolutions: The Psychology of Habitude
oftentimes our goals are not achieved through ‘transformative’ decisions that we impose on ourselves, but through small, daily habits that we cultivate. For as long as we can remember...
A Psychological Icepack for the Examination Fever
No matter how many years of exam-giving experience we’ve garnered, sitting down to give another one of those always evokes some stressful emotions. Especially if the exams in question...
Laughing at Yourself: How Far is Too Far?
Often when we go about our daily lives, we engage with the things that truly help us survive, without really pausing to think about them, let alone acknowledge or savour them...
Cyber-surveillance and the Psychological Spiral
Despite the promise of cutting-edge growth and possibility brought to the table by an ever expanding cyberspace, there is little room left for the users to feel safe about the information they share...
The Pandemic of Misinformation
It wasn’t very long ago when the pandemic took our sufficiently topsy-turvy world and gave it a plot twist none of us could imagine. But as plot twists usually go, this one...