Prosocial behaviour is behaviour that is of benefit to another person (or persons). Wispe (1972) defined prosocial behaviour as a behaviour that has positive social consequences and contributes to the well-being of another person. It includes helping behaviours (i.e.,...
The study of human relationships has an incredibly long history and prior to the birth of modern psychology as we know it today, many attempts have been made to analyse intellectually the factors that characterise our relationships. Philosophers in classical Greece...
As many of you now know, Elizabeth Loftus is one of the most famous psychologists in the world. If you remember her work on eyewitness memory (Loftus and Palmer, 1974), you might find this recent discussion of her still-controversial findings interesting. Pay close...
Cognitive-behavioural therapy is the most common psychological treatment for MDD. It emerged from Beck’s theory as to the causes of depression. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is a term that encompasses numerous specific treatment approaches. As the name suggests,...
Social identity theory was first proposed by Henri Tajfel (1971). He argued that the groups to which we belong are an important source of pride and self-esteem. We can feel good about ourselves by boosting the status of any group we belong to. Age-groups, sporting...
Born in 1926, Henry Molaison had been hit by a cyclist when he was seven and from the age of 10 then started to have epileptic seizures that subsequently started to worsen as he neared adulthood. By the time he was 27, these seizures were so crippling that he...
