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Title page of book. Love Against Hate is a 1942 book written by the American psychiatrist Karl Menninger who examines the war of instincts within each of us. Recognizing the instinctual forces of love and hate and applying science for the encouragement of love instead of self-destruction will result in the achievement of human happiness.
Instincts and emotions: A set of basic responses and 'propulsion' for behaviours; A rational mind : A conscious, rational mind that can check out emotions, question, analyse and plan; A metaphorical mind : The ability to 'know', to understand the world unconsciously through metaphorical pattern matching ('this thing is like that thing');
From evolution to behavior: Evolutionary psychology as the missing link. In J. Dupre (Ed.), The latest on the best: Essays on evolution and optimality . Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Barrett is a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. The book argues that human instincts for food, sex, and territorial protection evolved for life on the savannah 10,000 years ago, not for today's densely populated technological world. Our instincts have not had time to adapt to the rapid changes of modern life. [1]
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Positive psychology "as usual" has been presented as . the branch of psychology that uses scientific understanding and effective intervention to aid in the achievement of a satisfactory life, rather than treating mental illness. The focus of positive psychology is on personal growth rather than on pathology.
Three Principles Psychology (TPP), previously known as Health Realization (HR), is a resiliency approach to personal and community psychology [1] first developed in the 1980s by Roger C. Mills and George Pransky, who were influenced by the teachings of philosopher and author Sydney Banks. [2]
This ability to betray one's better instinct, he writes, is what enables a war. [ 26 ] "A Touchstone for the Libertarian Program", the third essay, encourages libertarians (i.e., anarchists) to dilute their prejudices against jailable offenses [ 27 ] and in fact advocate on behalf of such offenses which, he wagers, are more likely political in ...