Martin Seligman’s preparedness theory proposes that humans and animals are biologically and evolutionarily predisposed to easily learn associations between certain stimuli and fear or danger. This concept explains why people rapidly develop phobias for ancient survival threats, such as snakes, spiders, and heights, rather than modern hazards like cars or electrical outlets
Contents1 Is There an Organismic Self?2 Goldstein: The Organism as an Integrated Individual3 Rogers Made an Important Distinction Between the Organism and the Self-Concept4 Rogers’ Incongruence Is Especially Relevant5 Neisser: The Ecological Self Exists Before Read more
This article introduces the idea of intuition and asks if our intuition can both help and mislead us?
This article explains Pavlov's Classical Conditioning, and uses his dog-training analogy to introduce the theory, before explaining the differences when applied to people.
