Dear Debby, I’m constantly compared to my siblings and it gets so tiring. I always feel so unmotivated because anything I do is not enough. What should I do? Sincerely, I wish I was an only child. Dear I wish I was an only child, I, too, am not an...
The Conjunction Fallacy Humans are required to make thousands of decisions every day. To do this, people often use mental shortcuts called heuristics. These mental shortcuts often work well but can sometimes ignore logic and probability. When a person believes a specific condition is more probable than a...
Dear Debby, I recently got into a lot of trouble for “bystanding” a bullying incident when I wasn’t even in the chat when it happened. My school has not allowed me to defend my case and is now threatening a suspension. I’m a pretty good kid and I’m usually not...
Why do people believe in ghosts? Perceptions of the afterlife vary across cultures, traditions, and spiritual beliefs. Belief in the continued existence after death is prevalent globally and throughout human history. Though these entities go by many names, for the purpose of this discussion, they will be...
Examining Concepts of Normality and Abnormality It is hard to define what “normal” is in a world where everyone is unique and different. When there is no set definition of normal it is difficult to make a definition for abnormal. In fact, psychologists cannot all agree...
Hey there friends and pals, welcome to my limited series called Breaking Out of Thinking Traps where I will delve into spirals we put ourselves in when we begin to worry. For our first installment, we will be discussing Black/White thinking or All-or-Nothing thinking.
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