Self-Esteem: What It Is and How You Can Get Some
Self-Esteem: The Power of Relationship
Self-Esteem is a way of caring about yourself and the relationships you have with others. Regardless what many people say about self-esteem, it's not something that gives you the right to act carelessly about the way you impact others. Self-esteem isn't the answer to the world's problems either. Self-esteem is a way of relating to yourself based on an understanding of how you handle yourself in social situations like those with your family, your friends and neighbors, and your co-workers or ...

Who are Social Workers and why do we need them?
What Is a Career in Social Work Like?
Maybe you've heard the joke, "Social Work is the World's Second Oldest Profession." It makes the point that social workers have been around as long as people have needed others. You may not know it, but you've talked with a social worker. Here you'll find out more about the social work profession. You'll learn how someone becomes a professional social worker, who trains them, and what types of things they do to help others. You'll also learn about different types of social workers and why t...

Abraham Maslow and His Heirarchy of Needs
Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow was a psychologist that researched how human needs motivate behavior. He described how different needs have greater priority than others. When he did, he found that our needs can be understood better by arranging them in the order of their importance, or dominance, in our lives. That hierarchy of needs is used to help explain behavior in our lives whether we're at work or at home. This lens also includes a link to Wikipedia, a list of books and dvds about Abraham Maslow, an...

How Does Behavior Modification Work?
Use Psychology and Enjoy Life
Have you ever wanted your dog to do what your tell it to do? Maybe you wanted to get a raise or your children to behave. The study of human behavior includes learning how to get results like those and more. Knowing how to modify behavior is simpler than you might think, as long as you use the right tools for the job. After all you wouldn't try to use a pair of shoe laces as a belt. This lens will help you understand how behavior modification works and what behavior modification doesn't do. ...

Victor Frankl, Existential Psychiatrist
What did Victor Frankl, Survivor of Auschwitz, Provide Us?
This is a tribute to a man who contributed to the lives of others by teaching with penetrating insight into the psychological nature of those who survived World War II or were born into the world with a history of the Holocaust.

Carl G. Jung, Depth Psychologist
Dreams, Intuition, Myth, Imagination, Story, Symbol, and Sign: The World of the Unconscious
Dr. Carl Jung was and still is an inspiration for creativity. His work offered an alternative to fearing the unknown about what it meant to be human during the Twentieth Century. Here you'll find a statement about his importance to the field of psychology and links to some of my favorite web pages.

Who Is Albert Bandura?
Social Psychologist Explains Role Modeling
How do we learn? Social Psychologist Albert Bandura says you learn by: 1.) Observing, 2.) Rehearsing, and 3.) Imitating. What are the best situations for learning? Bandura says you learn well when you're in small groups. It's even better when you have a chance to picture yourself doing the behavior before you do it, and you do our best when you see or hear what others think about your behavior after you've done it. Of course, it is important to know what we're learning when we're learning ...