Applied psychology

"We are planning the funding for school psychologists and pedagogical counselors for the next year to be between BGN 7 and 8 million," Education Minister Krasimir Valchev said, quoted by Focus.

As part of research for a BBC Horizon documentary What makes a Psychopath?, director Rebecca Harrison met child molesters, rapists, and murderers.

The programme will be an ‘in-depth exploration of the psychopathic mind’, and will be presented by psychologist professor Uta Frith.

We said goodbye last week to a world-class scientist who grew up in this country.

Professor Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı was one of the leading names in the field of cultural psychology and made a global contribution to the science. 

According to science news site Phys.org, Oxford University professor Dr. Kevin Dutton ranked President-elect Donald Trump high on the standard scale used to measure possible psychopathy in adults. His ranking was above what Hitler had scored. Hillary Clinton also scored quite high in the list. But what are the signs that make some a candidate to be a psychopath according to science?

Psychopaths tend to not feel guilt or remorse when being destructie, and they are unable to show sympathy and tend to dominate others. Though superficially charming and able to make a good first impression, they are self-centered, dishonest and undependable. The latest research has pinpointed 10 professions most likely to display psychopathic tendencies.

Two recent studies linked to an increasing body of research shows that people who post selfies on social networks are more likely to exhibit what some psychologists call “the dark triad”.