by Urveez Kakalia | Mar 17, 2022 | Identity, Community & Social Psychology
Attitude formation and change is a dynamic process and it occurs in the context of existing interpersonal relationships, group memberships, events, situations over a span of varying time periods. As already highlighted about the process of attitude formation in our...
by Urveez Kakalia | Mar 15, 2022 | Identity, Community & Social Psychology
Validation is essential for everybody. It is to feel accepted and understood. It’s typical to wish to receive validation from others – caregivers, spouses, boss, friends but a few pursue external validation to a degree that becomes unhealthy. Depending on...
by Urveez Kakalia | Mar 14, 2022 | Identity, Community & Social Psychology
Parenting – the process of raising children and providing them with protection and care in order to ensure their healthy development into adulthood. A very simple definition for this humongous role that individuals take on at some point in their lives. This role...
by Urveez Kakalia | Mar 11, 2022 | Identity, Community & Social Psychology
Attitude is an evaluation, which is either positive or negative in nature having three basic components of affection, behaviour and cognition, varying from person to person in intensity. Therefore, attitudes can be distinguished from beliefs, which are cognitions...
by Urveez Kakalia | Feb 25, 2022 | Identity, Community & Social Psychology
“From the minute they come in, let them know that they are accepted, that they are welcomed.” – Megan Mahon (Assistant Professor of Counseling at Heidelberg University) In the previous article, we spoke about the difficulties that individuals of the LGBTQIA+...
by Urveez Kakalia | Feb 23, 2022 | Identity, Community & Social Psychology
Religion typically refers to socially based beliefs and traditions, often associated with customs and practices intended to enable connection to the sacred or transcendent (God, higher power, or ultimate truth/reality). The fundamental characteristics of all...