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About Psychology: May 17 2012 09:15 am While many students in the U.S. are probably thinking about the upcoming summer break, it will soon be time to start thinking about final exams. While there are no sure-fire shortcuts when studying for a psychology test, there are things that you can do to get the most out of your study time. By f (More...) Mind Hacks: May 16 2012 06:54 pm Don’t miss an important article in this week’s Nature about how psychologists are facing up to problems with unreplicated studies in the wake of several high profiles controversies. Positive results in psychology can behave like rumours: easy to release but hard to dispel. They dominate (More...) About Psychology: May 16 2012 01:03 pm Have you checked out the Request for Research Participants section of the About.com Psychology Forums? It's a great place to find opportunities to participate in psychology research or to post your own requests for participants. One recent poster writes: "I am currently looking for participants (More...) Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life: May 16 2012 08:38 am In the search for what makes change possible, I've found that being comfortable with mistakes is key to correcting them.Tags: responsibility, society, tools (More...) About Psychology: May 15 2012 10:21 am Are you fretting over your final exams or standardized tests? Do you ever feel so nervous during a test that you can't concentrate on the material or even forget the answers to questions? Test anxiety is quite common among students. For some, this might mean dealing with a bad case of "butterflies (More...) Mind Hacks: May 15 2012 08:43 am An article in Slate claims to have detectected a ‘logic hole’ in how much sympathy we feel for people with mental illness as both psychopathy and autism are ‘biological disorders’ that people ‘can’t help’ but we feel quite differently about people affected b (More...) Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life: May 15 2012 08:27 am Questions about creation and the nature of the universe have always fascinated people -- they amaze and inspire us, as we continue to discover more about our origins.Tags: meaning, reviews (More...) About Psychology: May 14 2012 10:13 am While earning a graduate degree is required for many psychology jobs, the fact is that approximately 75% of students who earn a bachelor's degree in psychology do not go to graduate school. According to one study, only about 25% of psychology undergraduates end up working in a field that is closel (More...) Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life: May 14 2012 08:57 am Mother's Day has turned into a commercial bonanza lauding the work of mothers. Instead of focusing on the chores mothers do, we need to emphasize the mothering experience and how it can bring about fundamental change.Tags: meaning, parenting and children, society, women (More...) Mind Hacks: May 11 2012 10:26 am BBC Radio 4 has just started an excellent series called The Digital Human that looks at how we use technology and how it affects our relationship to the social world. It’s written and presented by psychologist Aleks Krotoski and the first two episodes are already online. The first discusses th (More...) |
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