Today we have a unique opportunity to have a conversation with the founder of the psychoanalytic thought, the most frequently cited psychologist of the 20th century, and one of the great geniuses in human history whose name stands in a raw with those of Darwin and Einstein - Sigmund Freud. ... I was trying to show that mental distress is psychological and social rather then physiological phenomena, and that psychological rather than physiological methods produced a possible solution in terms of a theory of the mind and method of treating disorders. ... Also, formation of my ideas was t...

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The objective colour itself sparks an intentional act of perception in the viewer which is in turn the mental act of fixing a colour term, or a socially determined colour nomenclature, related to prior experience. ... We can accept that colour perception is purely mind dependent as the subjectivist view hold, but it seems to overlook the importance of colour as a primary facility for communication, not just in a social framework for humans, but also 'trans. species'. ... Perhaps this knowledge' is an accidental bi-product of the evolutionary process, through trial and error a...

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This assumption came to fruition from the failure of those with mental disability to interact normally in a social setting; for the simple reason that a person who cannot think of their own thinking must be unable to interact (O'Brien, Jen). ...

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The biological approach emerged in the acceptance of Darwin's theory of evolution who published on the "Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" in 1859 (Fitzgerald, et al., 2010). ... Some challenged Darwin's idea of evolution because people were used to doing things in a certain way. ... Maslow's hierarchy of needs can improve one's self esteem motivating them to make social contributions to the community and society they live in (Mcleod, 2007). ...

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One of the important changes in this respect, especially since the late 1860s, was the accelerating appearance of larger articles on British political, social or cultural matters, usually taken from the Russian or French press, or re-translated from Russian or French translations. ... Excerpts from his bestseller "Self-Help", obviously translated from the Russian, ran authorless in the first 30 issues of the newspaper Pravo in 1867, and therefore came to figure in the mind of the reader as some sort of anonymous sacred reading, a set of important lessons in general morality and social optimism...

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However, man is a social creature and his society does not pride itself on selfishness; this kind of statement is usually followed by strong words and protest. ... This need for superiority can be applied Darwin's theory of evolution; that only the best will survive and mate with other superiors. ... Man is all too willing to give up his integrity and virtues to be accepted into a social situation. ...

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