Consider parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents and teachers, plus friends and acquaintances. Which ones have the most pronounced influence on young children? Can lasting negative self images be transferred to a young child? Or, are they transient? What events might trigger such self images, whether they be lasting or transient? At what age should verbalized negative [...]

Some Known and Unknown Estimates and Theories Psychologists really do not know the capacity of the human brain. But there are estimates of the number of neurons (a specialized impulse-conducting cell), which is 100 billion, and the number of synapses (a point at which electrical impulses are transmitted between neurons), which is one quadrillion (a [...]

I have a picture of the earth as seen from space. It may have been taken from the moon or from one of the manned spacecraft on its way back to earth from the moon. Clearly, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Middle East countries are all visible. And I have often thought, “All [...]

What Is Synergy? Synergy involves combing two or more systems, which may be mechanical or electronic but usually involve humans. When these entities are carefully, logically and systematically combined, and the output produced is be greater than any one of these entities could produce acting by itself, that is synergy – more accurately described as [...]