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People move through goals under different motivational engines, and those engines shape whether they pursue outcomes consistently or retreat when the situation feels risky, unclear, or judgmental. Motivation: pursuit of outcome versus avoidance of negative states One major distinction is between people who are primarily motivated by wanting a result…
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Carl Jung’s psychology is less a single “theory of the mind” than a broad interpretive system built around symbolism, individuation, the unconscious, archetypes, and psychological types. It overlaps with psychoanalysis but diverges sharply from Freud in being more teleological—concerned not only with causal origins but also with meaning, development, wholeness,…
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These four states are best understood as different combinations of what a person actually knows or can do and whether they are aware of that knowledge/skill. They are often used in learning, coaching, management, and psychology to describe awareness levels. A simple way to frame it: State Awareness level Meaning…
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The seven deadly sins, a early Christian moral teaching that developed around biblical themes: pride appears in Genesis and Revelation; envy in Numbers 11, Psalm 37, etc.; gluttony in Proverbs; sloth/laziness in Proverbs; lust/adulterous desire throughout the Gospels; wrath/anger in Ecclesiastes, Proverbs; greed/covetousness in Exodus 20:17 and Jesus’ parables. The…
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Plato (c. 428/427–348/347 BCE) was an Athenian philosopher and the founder of the Academy in Athens. He studied under Socrates and taught Aristotle. We know his philosophy mainly through dialogues written under his name, many of which feature Socrates as a character. This matters because Plato’s thought is not presented…
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A messiah complex—often called a savior complex—is the belief, conscious or unconscious, that one has a special mission, ability, insight, or role in saving, guiding, fixing, healing, or elevating other people. It sits between ordinary altruism and grandiosity: the person may genuinely want to help, but they also feel uniquely…
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A Prisoner’s Dilemma is a situation where two or more people would get the best overall outcome if they cooperate, but each person is individually tempted to act in their own self-interest — and when everyone does that, the group ends up worse off than if they had cooperated. The…
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) are both forms of psychological therapy, but they focus on different problems and use different core mechanisms. 1. Dialectical Behavior Therapy — DBT Main purpose:DBT was originally developed to help people manage intense emotions, reduce impulsive behavior and stabilize relationships. It is…