What were the psychological characteristics of this dictator? There are reports on the subject. If someone asks us for the names of some of the people who have caused the most deaths throughout modern history, it is easy for the name of Adolf Hitler to come to mind . This Austrian-born German military and politician,
The classic “slap” is not a good method to educate. The physical punishment has been for many years a standard type of punishment. Until relatively recently, spanking was common practice in most families with young children; even today it is easy to hear statements like “a slap on time never hurts.” Fortunately, in recent years
The tendency of students to physically or verbally attack teachers seems to be on the rise. The drums of violence against teachers have long been beating, but now they beat louder than ever. According to the latest polls from the Central Sindical Independiente y de Servants (CSIF), an overwhelming percentage of 90% of the teachers
Why are there so many more people who handle their right hand better than their left? In this article we will analyze the hypothesis of the fight that talks about left-handedness, fighting and survival, and we will turn to the most recent empirical evidence that explains why there are more right-handed than left-handed according to
Some tips to know how to help a woman who is a victim of abuse. Thanks to greater social awareness, more and more abused women dare to raise their voices, seek help and get it through an extensive support network, made up of friends, family members and specialists in gender violence. However, much remains to
Cyberbullying has characteristics that make it more cruel and perverse than traditional bullying. It is a reality that people begin to use technologies (mobile, internet, etc.) at an increasingly early age. Whenever I think about this I remember the video of that baby trying to enlarge a photo on paper with the only power of
A type of indirect violence suffered by the most vulnerable: children. Gender violence is one of the scourges that remain in force in today’s society. So far this year at least seven women have lost their lives at the hands of their partners, the first of them a few hours after the start of 2017.
Facing these kinds of attacks carried out through insults and humiliations can be complex. It is true that human beings have a natural tendency towards cooperation, but it is also true that, at times, we can become very cruel to each other. The frequency with which verbal attacks occur is an example of that. After
We talked about the most common motivations behind the murders. Possibly, the act of taking the life of another human being is one of the most mediated and rejected in our society, and one of the most difficult to understand. In this article we are going to try to answer what internal psychological processes guide
Sometimes those who feel inferior try to harm the more skilled by humiliating and harassing them. We are in a very competitive society in which more and more is demanded of each person. Both in the workplace and in other vital aspects, we are asked for excellence, originality, creativity, efficiency and high proactivity. However, on
