Does Your Child Fight, Bite, and Hit?
This is not an actual case but a composite of thousands of similar cases. A five-year-old girl was aggressive in kindergarten, biting the teacher and other students whenever she did not have her way and was thwarted. These behaviors took place when she wanted to be...
That’s Just Who I Am
You will hear people today retreat into non-explanations of themselves even to themselves. Insight is missing. And, people do not seem to care they are not insightful. Many wear it as a badge of honor, proclaiming, “That’s just who I am.” We live in an age of personal...
Is Pavlov Relevant?
Ivan Pavlov’s work on conditioning in dogs is well-known. What is not so well known is that he worked toward understanding in humans how the mind works (see Daniel P. Todes’ book, Ivan Pavlov—A Russian Life in Science). Just as a dog can be taught to salivate on...
Confusion in Relationships: “You Don’t Love Me and You Never Did”
Much confusion takes place in ordinary conversations. Some confusion results from projections. Projections involve the mental process of attributing to another person whatever you are thinking or feeling. It is a totally subjective approach because no input is...Connect with Dr. Adams
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