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Hawkwind – Question the meaning of your sentence!
Calvert was proposing we should understand that this might be a “Prison” planet.
Activism
A Clockwork Orange: Warnings of things to come?
The movie, A Clockwork Orange was a controversial movie when it was released, which suggested that governmental influence may extend to torture and inspiring yobbish behaviour and violence to its citizens.
Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory
Window of Tolerance
The concept of the Window of Tolerance was introduced by Dan Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry. This idea describes the optimal zone of arousal where a person can effectively manage their emotions and respond to stress.
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Social Control: Manipulation of Public Opinion
Manipulating public opinion involves using various techniques to shape how people think about issues, often through misinformation or emotional appeals.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Synchronicity
Synchronicity is a psychological phenomenon where two or more events occur simultaneously in a way that is meaningfully related, despite having no apparent causal connection.
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Social Control: The Self-police Parade
The concept of the Self-Police Parade, as referenced by Robert Calvert, the lyricist and vocalist of the band Hawkwind, is a thought-provoking metaphor that reflects on societal control and the resultant self-regulation of the individual.
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Fritz Lang’s Metropolis – A prophecy delivered?
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is a ground-breaking film that delves into several profound themes and messages he chose to comment on, in 1927. As well as being a cinematic masterpiece of it’s day, the film offered commentary on potential societal conditions, based on the evidence that he perceived was available and he felt pertinent at the time.
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Salutogenic Model of Health
The salutogenic model, proposed by Aaron Antonovsky in the late 1970s, is a theoretical framework that focuses on factors that support human health and well-being,
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Organismic Processes and the Organismic Self
Carl Rogers, in his person-centred approach to therapy, emphasized the inherent potential for growth within each individual. He believed that individuals possess a natural drive towards self-actualization (Rogers, 1961), a process of becoming the best version of oneself. This drive is rooted in what he called Organismic Processes – the innate, biological tendencies that guide our development and well-being.
Agenda-Setting Theory
The Psychological Theories of Propaganda
This page is a collection of Psychological theories of political and social controls theories, which started being investigated and implemented during World War II