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The "fruit machine" was a battery of psychological tests developed in Canada by Dr. Frank Robert Wake, [1] a psychology professor with Carleton University [2] in the 1960s.It was hoped that Dr. Wake's research program would be able to help the Government of Canada identify gay men working in the Public Service or to prevent gay people from obtaining government jobs.
Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes [1] to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person who feels regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that contributed to a poor outcome, while a person feeling disappointment focuses on the outcome itself. [2]
Gay men have more accurate gaydar than straight men, [22] and women have more accurate gaydar when they are ovulating. [23] One study hypothesized that this might be because homosexual people are more attentive to detail than heterosexual people are, apparently as an adopted perceptual style aiding in the recognition of other homosexual people.
Despair by Edvard Munch (1894) captures emotional detachment seen in Borderline Personality Disorder. [1] [2]In psychology, emotional detachment, also known as emotional blunting, is a condition or state in which a person lacks emotional connectivity to others, whether due to an unwanted circumstance or as a positive means to cope with anxiety.
In ethology and social science, male bonding or male friendship is the formation of close personal relationships, and patterns of friendship or cooperation between males. Male bonding is a form of homosociality, or social connection between individuals of the same gender.
The Type A and Type B personality concept describes two contrasting personality types.In this hypothesis, personalities that are more competitive, highly organized, ambitious, impatient, highly aware of time management, or aggressive are labeled Type A, while more relaxed, "receptive", less "neurotic" and "frantic" personalities are labeled Type B.
Elvis Presley’s best friend has opened up on the singer’s tragic death. Presley was just 42 when he died on 16 August, 1977. He was discovered face down on the bathroom floor of his Graceland ...
A printed quiz on health issues. A quiz is a form of mind sport in which people attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby.