Symptom - Syndrome - Disorder

When we talk about health there are some words like disease, syndrome, symptom, disorder. Not all these words belong in the clinical psychology. I would like to talk to you about three words.

Who or what are psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists?

Psychologist? - Psychotherapist? - Psychiatrist? Some of you may have questioned the difference between these figures. Can they do the same thing? Is one better than the other one? What did they study? If you didn’t understand the difference between these three, perhaps reading this post will help you.

Can you discriminate a line?

In my last post, we discussed how groups function differently from individuals. But, how are groups formed? And, how do stereotypes (attributions of characteristics to a group) and prejudices (attitudes towards a group) arise? Tajfel and Wilkes addressed these topics through a unique experiment.

Stanford prison experiment

Do you know the Stanford prison experiment? I bet you do. It is famous, also because it has been depicted in several films. Have you seen the movie "Das Experiment"? Let me tell you about it.