Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Causal attributions that the target person’s behavior is due to temporary situational factors.  

Psychological disorders like substance abuse or dependence that are characterized by an outward expression of pathology. The convoluted realm of psychological conditions unveils itself when individuals manifest their internal unrest or strife upon the world around them. These enigmatic disorders, known as externalizing disorders, exhibit three paramount facets: disruption, hyperactivity, and aggression.  

A therapeutic writing exercise in which participants are asked to write their thoughts and feelings about their most upsetting and traumatic experiences.  

The patterns of causal inferences people make about why things happen to them.  

Placebo and other nonspecific factors that influence outcomes in intervention studies.  

Selye’s third and final stage of the general adaptation syndrome characterized by the body’s organ systems failing from chronic stress exposure.  

Cognitive tasks associated with memory and higher cortical functions such as working memory, planning, and scheduling.  

Defining a person through culture, language, or national origin.  

A characteristic of an altered or meditative state in which the waking self or ego becomes more permeable to unconscious thoughts.