Howard Gardner is a developmental psychologist most well-known for his Theory of Multiple Intelligences. The theory posits there are eight different types of intelligence, rather than intelligence being measured on a single scale (Gardner, 2011). Thus, someone gifted in visual-spatial intelligence may show an aptitude for geometry and architecture, while...

After years of focus on biological shifts and impact on the brain, increasing study is again being focused on perception and reality (Horowitz, 2012). Major mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, impair views of reality. Past traumas, such as individuals who have undergone systemic abuse and trauma, can...

The conception and the development of a particular moral standpoint or point of view is a crucial part of Kantian ethics. The particular view adopted by Kant forms the basis of his understanding of the moral subject as it exists in the actual world, alongside the duties and responsibilities which...

According to Hilary Lawson, science is a fiction that cannot achieve because he believes there is going to come a time in future when new theories will replace the old ones. The old assumptions will be regarded as superstitious myths by the future generation. She concludes that the things we...

Unlike famous psychology expert and colleague Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, another contributor to the world renowned research book entitled Theories of Personality, disregards psychosexual stages of development in his blueprint of the brain. This is despite the fact that much of his ideas were directly influenced and affected by Freud...