by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 16, 2025 | Color Psychology, Psychology Topics and Articles
Color affects human behavior in ways that violate everything we understand about perception, culture, and consciousness. Pink reduces aggression in prisoners but only for exactly 15 minutes, red improves athletic performance but impairs intellectual tasks, and blue...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 16, 2025 | Psychology Topics and Articles
Mirrors are so commonplace we forget how profoundly they alter consciousness. Only humans and a few other species recognize themselves in mirrors, yet this ability creates psychological effects that transcend simple self-awareness. Mirrors reduce cheating, treat...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2025 | Psychology Topics and Articles
The amount of empty space in design triggers profound psychological responses that determine perceived value, trustworthiness, and quality. Yet the same minimalism that signals luxury in one context signals cheapness in another, through mechanisms that defy simple...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2025 | Psychology Topics and Articles
Smell is our most ancient sense, yet its influence on behavior remains profoundly mysterious. Invisible scents shape everything from trust to purchasing to moral judgments through pathways that bypass conscious awareness entirely. Unlike vision or hearing, smell...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Sep 15, 2025 | Psychology Topics and Articles
The experience of waiting defies objective time measurement in ways that continue to baffle researchers. A five-minute wait at the DMV feels eternal, while a 45-minute queue for Space Mountain flies by. This isn’t just about fun versus bureaucracy; the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Oct 26, 2024 | History of Psychotherapy, Recovering from Abuse
Challenging Freud and Pioneering Feminine Psychology “The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization. There is no such thing as absolute normality within a complex culture. The tremendous psychological stresses and strains of present-day life fall too...
