Author: T. Franklin Murphy
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Hyperpersonal Communication Theory
Read more: Hyperpersonal Communication TheoryHyperpersonal Communication Theory explains why some online relationships feel unusually intimate. Selective self-presentation, limited cues, message control, and confirming feedback…
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Somatic Emotional Discharge Therapy
Read more: Somatic Emotional Discharge TherapySomatic emotional discharge therapy uses bodily sensation, movement, breath, and emotional awareness to work with distress. Although tears, trembling, or…
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Papez Circuit: Anatomy, Emotion, Memory, and Modern Neuroscience
Read more: Papez Circuit: Anatomy, Emotion, Memory, and Modern NeuroscienceThe Papez circuit was originally proposed as a neural mechanism of emotion. Although its pathways remain anatomically important, contemporary neuroscience…
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Self Expansion Theory
Read more: Self Expansion TheoryClose relationships can change what we know, what we can do, and who we understand ourselves to be. Self Expansion…
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Self Assertion as an Adaptive Defense Mechanism
Read more: Self Assertion as an Adaptive Defense MechanismSelf-assertion is the direct, proportionate, and noncoercive expression of our thoughts, feelings, wishes, and needs. As an adaptive defense mechanism,…
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Acting Out as a Defense Mechanism in Psychology
Read more: Acting Out as a Defense Mechanism in PsychologyActing out is a defense mechanism in which difficult feelings or conflicts are expressed through behavior before they can be…
