August 13, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #54+ of 54+: Zimbabwe
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
54+. ZIMBABWE
Formal Name: Republic of Zimbabwe.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #54 of 54: Zambia
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
54. ZAMBIA
Formal Name: Republic of Zambia.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #53 of 54: Western Sahara
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
53. WESTERN SAHARA
Formal Name: Western Sahara.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #52 of 54: Uganda
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
52. UGANDA
Formal Name: Republic of Uganda.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #51 of 54: Tunisia
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
51. TUNISIA
Formal Name: Republic of Tunisia.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #50 of 54: Togo
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
50. TOGO
Formal Name: Republic of Togo.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #49 of 54: Tanzania
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
49. TANZANIA
Formal Name: Republic of Tanzania.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #48 of 54: Swaziland
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
48. SWAZILAND
Formal Name: Kingdom of Swaziland.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #47 of 54: Sudan
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
47. SUDAN
Formal Name: Republic of Sudan.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #46 of 54: South Africa
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
46. SOUTH AFRICA
Formal Name: Republic of South Africa.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #45 of 54: Somalia
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
45. SOMALIA
Formal Name: Republic of Somalia.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #44 of 54: Seychelles
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
44. SIERRA LEONE
Formal Name: Republic of Sierra Leone.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #43 of 54: Seychelles
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
43. SEYCHELLES
Formal Name: Republic of Seychelles.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #42 of 54: Senegal
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
42. SENEGAL
Formal Name: Republic of Senegal.
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August 10, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #41 of 54: Sao Tome and Principe
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
41. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Formal Name: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #40 of 54: Rwanda
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
40. RWANDA
Formal Name: Republic of Rwanda
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #39 of 54: Reunion
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
39. REUNION
Formal Name: Reunion
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #38 of 54: Nigeria
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
38. NIGERIA
Formal Name: Republic of Nigeria
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #37 of 54: Niger
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
37. NIGER
Formal Name: Republic of Niger
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #36 of 54: Namibia
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
36. NAMIBIA
Formal Name: Republic of Namibia.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #35 of 54: Mozambique
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
35. MOZAMBIQUE
Formal Name: People's Republic of Mozambique.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #34 of 54: Morocco
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
34. MOROCCO
Formal Name: Kingdom of Morocco.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #33 of 54: Mauritius
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
33. MAURITIUS
Formal Name: Republic of Mauritius.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #32 of 54: Mauritania
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
32. MAURITANIA
Formal Name: Republic of Mauritania.
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July 23, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #31 of 54: Mali
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
31. MALI
Formal Name: Republic of Mali.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #30 of 54: Malawi
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
30. MALAWI
Formal Name: Republic of Malawi.
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July 07, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #29 of 54: Madagascar
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
29. MADAGASCAR
Formal Name: Republic of Madagascar.
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June 16, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #28 of 54: Libya
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
28. LIBYA
Formal Name: Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
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June 12, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #27 of 54: Liberia
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
27. LIBERIA
Formal Name: Republic of Liberia.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #26 of 54: Lesotho
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
26. LESOTHO
Formal Name: Republic of Lesotho.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #25 of 54: Kenya
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) ---
25. KENYA
Formal Name: Republic of Kenya.
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June 04, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #24 of 54: Ivory Coast
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 24. IVORY COAST
Formal Name: République de Côte d'Ivoire.
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May 27, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #23 of 54: Guinea Bissau
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 23. GUINEA BISSAU
Formal Name: Republic of Guinea Bissau.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #22 of 54: Guinea
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 22. GUINEA
Formal Name: Republic of Guinea.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #21 of 54: Ghana
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 21. GHANA
Formal Name: Republic of Ghana.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #20 of 54: Gambia
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 20. GAMBIA
Formal Name: Republic of Gambia.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #19 of 54: Gabon
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 19. GABON
Formal Name: Republic of Gabon.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #18 of 54: Ethiopia
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 18. ETHIOPIA
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #17 of 54: Eritrea
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 17. ERITREA
Formal Name: Republic of Eritreaa.
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May 23, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #16 of 54: Equatorial Guinea
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 16. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Formal Name: Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #15 of 54: Egypt
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 15. EGYPT Formal name: Arab Republic of Egypt.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #14 of 54: Djibouti
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 14. DJIBOUTI
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May 18, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #13 of 54: Congo (Kinshasa)
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 13. CONGO-Kinshasa
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #12 of 54: Congo (Brazzaville)
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 12. CONGO-Brazzaville)
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May 09, 2006
The Aging Process and Women's Psychology
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- The physical aging process, with minor exceptions, is the same in men and women, black and white. As the human body ages, it looses its vitality and becomes weak. At age twenty five, the height of youthful vigor, the average individual can run the mile in under six minutes, but at age sixty five and above it is doubtful that he can.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #11 of 54: Comoros
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 11. COMOROS
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Interracial Relationships
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Before we embark on this discourse on interracial relationship, we must first answer the question: Is there such a thing as different human races? We must first ascertain the existence of race as a fact before we can talk of interracial relationships.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #10 of 54: Chad Republic
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 10. CHAD REPUBLIC
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April 30, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #9 of 54: Central African Republic
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 9. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
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What should we do with Africans?
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Not long ago, I was thinking about Africans and their status in the world. It occurred to me that, in aggregate terms, they have contributed very little of significance to human civilization.
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April 17, 2006
Terrorism in Everyday Living
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- I look at myself objectively. In that light, I see a separated self, an ego housed by body that wants to live on planet earth. My ego wants to live so badly that it is perpetually afraid of death and anything that would bring about its death.
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April 16, 2006
Why Africans cannot yet Govern themselves Properly
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Until recently, though an African, I did not have much to do with Africans. I lived in what is generally called white suburbia and did not have contact with Africans, indeed, with black Americans. I lost touch with who Africans are. At best, I had abstract but not empirical understanding of actual Africans.
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April 15, 2006
The Igbos are my Teachers
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- I have had lots of troubles with Igbos. In fact, it got so bad that I was tempted to avoid them altogether and go on living my life without them.
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Is mental Illness a Product of Choice to be Evil?
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- In Biblical days, what is now called mental illness was seen as a result of possession by evil spirits.
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Igbos Must Heal their Tendency to Jealousy
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- One of the sad aspects of human beings is that they tend to want to hear mostly nice things said about them and resent those who point out their negative traits. The bad news bearer is always resented by the broad masses of humanity.
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The Two Levels of Ego Defenses
Defense of Animal State and Defense of the Wished for Ideal Ego by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- There are two levels at which we defend ourselves. The first level is the animal level. This level we share with all other animals. Here, we identify with our bodies, as who we are, and perceive threats to them and defend against them.
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Healing Human Relationships
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Lately, I have been preoccupied with finding a new direction for my life. What used to give me a sense of direction no longer does so. Old professions no longer satisfy me. Thus, I muse: what should I do with the rest of my life?
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April 09, 2006
Basic English Grammar for my Brother and those Interested
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- My brother, Paul, born after the civil war, hence attended Nigeria’s collapsed schools, writes letters that show that he does not have good command of basic English Grammar. I decided to help him. I am not trained in English but I know well written English when I see one.
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April 04, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #52 of 52: An Introduction to Real Self-Therapy
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Real Self Therapy, RST, is a religious, philosophical, and scientific ((psychological) approach to human beings. It is not just a therapy, but also a culture, a way of understanding, and living life on earth, so as to live it abundantly, peacefully, and happily.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #51 of 52: A Synopsis of Igbo Religion – Transcendent, Creative and Immanent God
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- The Igbos of Southeast Nigeria believed that there is one transcendent God. That one God, however, has many attributes and functions; each of the functions is often given a name, as if it represented a different God.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #50 of 52: Can There Be an African Psychology?
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Can there be an African psychology? To answer that question requires us to ascertain whether human beings are the same all over the world or are different? If human beings are the same all over the world it follows that their psychology is the same. But if they are different then they must have different psychologies.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #49 of 52: Can There Be an African Political Philosophy?
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Africans love to talk politics, but not psychology and philosophy. Whenever they gather, they talk politics. Politics, politics, politics. Politics offers them the opportunity to offer their opinions on how their society ought to be governed. Good.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #48 of 52: Syncretism of African and European Religions
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Right under our very noses a new religion is emerging in the world and we don’t even know it. I am talking about the mixture of African religious practices and imported Europeanized Christianity.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #47 of 52: New Age Religions of America
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- American white folks came from Europe. They brought with them their European version of the Middle Eastern religion called Christianity. At the time that America was founded, Europe was embroiled in religious wars, with Protestants asserting their right to interpret the Bible as they saw fit and the Catholic Church’s emperor, the Bishop of Rome, insisting that his interpretation of the Bible is the correct one.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #46 of 52: Gnostic Religion
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- While the masses of the Middle East flocked to religions that posited a father figure that liked those who worshipped his great ego and punished those who disobeyed him, Greek rationalism combined with Semitic thinking to produce a somewhat rational religion called Gnosticism.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #45 of 52: The Semitic Religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam)
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- The Semitic religions are the religions founded by the Semitic race. These three religions are all similar: worship of one God. In Indian categories they are Bhakti religions, that is, they posit a father figure in human form and worship him, sing praises to him and hope that if he is pleased that he would receive the worshippers into his heaven.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #44 of 52: The Indian Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen)
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- India has spawned many religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and their Chinese and Japanese derivatives, Cheng and Zen. I will briefly review these religions.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #43 of 52: Morality Matters
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- What is morality and ethics, and, more importantly, is man a moral animal? Should man be moral? This is a very pertinent question, for, as you already know, contemporary Nigerians seem to believe that it is natural for them to be amoral.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #42 of 52: Developmental Psychology
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- I was going to write a straight essay that summarized developmental psychology, raising children, the stages of child development etc but decided to not do that. Instead, I decided to engage in a bit of moralization.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #41 of 52: Stress Management
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Stress, ah stress. What are we going to do about it? You cannot live with it and you cannot live without it. (Now, don’t go talking about women, you hear me.)
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #40 of 52: Anger Management
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Anger is one of the human emotions. It seems a necessary emotion. In fact, it seems necessary for survival and without it, it is doubtful that human beings can survive on planet earth.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #39 of 52: Is Consciousness Epiphenomenal?
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- We are going to have fun here. Fun because I am going to play the Devil’s advocate. Here is the point.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #38 of 52: Animal Territoriality
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Yesterday we talked grand metaphysics and God. Now let us return to the here and now world.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #37 of 52: Inter-Gender Attraction
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- The topic of sex gets your interests up, right? If so, I am probably going to disappoint you. I am not going to satisfy your prurient interests. I am going to be talking about the relationship between man and woman, the attraction man and woman has for each other. I will do this explanation at non sexual level, with only passing reference to the sex thing.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #36 of 52: Life is Relationships
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Yesterday we talked about politics, leadership and psychology. Today, we shall talk about a human interest subject. Thereafter, we shall return to a vexatious subject, animal territoriality and whether human beings are pure animals, as materialism would seem to suggest that they are.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #35 of 52: Leadership Psychology
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Leaders are members of groups who study and understand what their groups want and set out to bring them about. Leaders posit goals, objectives, dreams, and visions for their groups and mobilize other members of the group in pursuit of those group goals. Leaders are people who dedicate their lives to knowing what their groups want and finding ways to satisfying them.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #34 of 52: Political Psychology
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Harold Lasswell and others tried very hard to establish a field to be known as Political Psychology but failed. What is left of their efforts is found at many universities, where, occasionally, a brave professor, either in the department of psychology or political science, offers a course entitled political psychology. He might find a few interested students or he might not.
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April 03, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #33 of 52: Psychological Assessment
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- One of the key functions of psychologists is performing tests and measurements, administering tests and ascertaining folk’s mental status.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #32 of 52: The Purpose of Psychotherapy, Secular and Spiritual
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Africans, as a whole, do not go to professional psychotherapists for help with their psychological issues. This does not mean that they do not seek help for their psychological issues. They tend to consult their significant others, such as parents, uncles, aunts etc for help.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #31 of 52: The Ego and Its Defense Mechanism
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- The word ego is Latin for self. The Greek word is Psyche. The ego is the idea of the self, the separated self, the self apart from other selves and apart from the entire universe.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #30 of 52: Christ as the Innocent Lamb?
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- You probably have heard it said that (Jesus Christ) is the innocent lamb that washes away the sins of the world. If you were like me, you probably thought that that statement is a whole lot of nonsense. But upon reflection, it really means something very profound and at the same time simple.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #29 of 52: The Meaning of Love
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- The term love is employed in so many different ways that it is really difficult to know what it means. There seems no consensus as to what it means. In this short essay, I will define love in a metaphysical manner.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #28 of 52: Unified Versus Separated Self
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- There are two types of selves, what Hinduism calls the Self (Brahman/Atman) and the separated self (ego, Ahankara); what I call the unified self and Christianity calls God versus the separated self, sinful man; Christ versus ego, God versus ego.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #27 of 52: The Self Concept and the Self Image
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Each human being has a self concept and a self image. The self concept is the individual’s concepts, ideas of who he thinks that he is. The idea of the self is translated into a mental image, a self image and seen as if it is real.
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March 30, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #26 of 52: The Human Personality and its Disorders
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Each human being has a personality. This means that he has a specific and habitual pattern of relating to his world, of relating to his physical and social environment, of relating to other people. Each person has a pattern of thinking and behaving in his world. That habitual pattern of thinking is his personality.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #25 of 52: Cognitive Psychology
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- The term cognition mans thinking. Human beings are thinking animals. We are always thinking. In fact, there is no time that we are not thinking. We even think in our sleep. Dreaming is our thinking transformed into images, pictures.
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March 29, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #24 of 52: Social Psychology
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Social psychology is like learning theory for it assumes that most things human beings do are learned, but learned from other human beings. Other people, including the child’s parents, siblings, peers, teachers, ministers, every person in his group, influence him.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #23 of 52: Learning Theory
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Learning theory is the idea that most things we, as human beings, know are learned rather than inherent in us. Learning begins from the moment of birth, if not before in the womb. The child learns from every person around him.
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March 28, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #22 of 52: Memory: Past and Present
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- We all have memories. But we seldom think about them until something happens to us and we lose them. We have long term and short term memories. Long term memory, as the name implies is the ability to remember what took place long time ago.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #21 of 52: Motivation: Why do you do what you do?
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Each of us finds himself or herself doing certain things, so why do we do them? First, there are certain things that all of us do in common. We all desire to live and seem to fear death. To live we seek food, clothes and shelter.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #20 of 52: Decision Making: Who Guides you? Ego or Christ
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- We are always making decisions, every second of our life on earth. We make decisions to wake up in the morning, decisions as to what to do, what not to do; when we leave our house, we make decisions to cross the street or not? (Fear can be so extreme that it paralyzes folks from even leaving their houses; this is called agoraphobia, and or panic disorder.)
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #19 of 52: Perception and Distortion of Reality
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- We live in a perceptual universe. This means that we perceive phenomena through our five senses (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, feeling). Everything that we think that we know about any thing is derived from perception.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #18 of 52: Impulse and Control Disorders
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Here we go again. I am about to say something that will probably bring out the usual suspects swinging at me. As it were, they seem to believe that if they deny that an issue exists that it does not exist, or that if they say that psychology is a pseudo science…which it may well be…that what it says does not matter.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #17 of 52: Dissociative Disorders
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- It is really amazing how our Nigerian people do not have a clue as to the range of psychological disorders that affect them. Not long ago, a man from my area, Owerri, wandered off from his town and for over a year was not seen by any one. Folks searched for him in their immediate vicinity but could not find him.
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March 26, 2006
Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #16 of 52: Sexual Disorders
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- To talk about a disorder one must first have an order. To talk about disordered sexuality we must first establish what constitutes ordered sexuality. Unfortunately, there is no consensus as to what is ordered, what is proper sexuality.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Series on Psychology 2006, #15 of 52: Organic and Geriatric Mental Disorders
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- There are mental health issues that are directly correlated with injuries to the brain. These are called organic mental disorders. Another class of mental health issues is called functional mental disorders; these have not been correlated with injuries to the brain, although some folks believe that they are also a product of disturbances of the human nervous system.
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Ozodi Osuji Weekly Lectures on African Countries #8 of 54: Cape Verde
by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- 8. CAPE VERDE
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