Psychology

How Our View Of What Makes Us Happy Has Changed Since The 1930s

Our view of what makes us happy has changed  since 1938. In the United States of 1938, for example, it was a good thing not to have heat waves and droughts and a Dust Bowl across 75 percent of the country. It would have made people happy to be out of the ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2015 - 3:17pm

Diet Plans Are Rational But Diet Behavior Is Emotional

A majority of American adults have tried dieting to lose weight at some point in their lives, and at any given time, about one-third of the adult population say they're currently dieting, which is why diet books are the one consistent think about the ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2015 - 8:27am

In Hiring Simulation, Male Potential Is Preferred Over A Female Track Record

Male job applicants are perceived to have high levels of leadership potential and are rated as a better employment prospect than a female applicant with proven leadership track record, according to a presentation at the British Psychological Society Annua ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2015 - 1:39pm

Thinspirational Images On Social Media: Motivation Or Harmful?

America is the fattest developed country on earth and psychologists say that positive images and societal reinforcement make losing weight easier- obese people are more likely to have obese friends and family, the same way alcoholics and drug addicts do. Y ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2015 - 8:46am

Why Gamblers Fail To Beat The Odds

Brian Owens, Inside Science- Habitual gamblers are more likely to believe they see patterns in random sequences of events, and to act on that belief, than the general population, according to new research. ...

Article - Inside Science - May 11 2015 - 8:00am

Fetish: Why Are Some People Turned On By Disability?

The theme of fetishism and disability came up in ribald and raunchy conversation during the Talking Dirty session at the Unlimited festival  held at London’s Southbank Centre in September 2014. ...

Article - Mosaic Science - May 15 2015 - 8:30am

When You Try To Make A Good Impression, It Often Backfires

If you got a recent promotion, or a new car on Facebook, that's good news, and in the idealized vision of social media it should be shared. That is just social media marketing talking. In reality, you have probably become convinced that your hard wor ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2015 - 5:31pm

Decisional Bias As An Implicit Measure Of Moral Judgment

The act of identifying a perpetrator is memory and involves thinking but it also constitutes a moral decision- because by identifying or not identifying someone, an eyewitness runs the risk of either implicating an innocent person or letting a guilty pers ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2015 - 7:44pm

Prosocial Rats Will Save Other Rats From Drowning

In an experiment, rats who saw another rat drowning extended a helping paw to rescue it, and the behavior was even more pronounced in rats that previously had a watery near-death experience.  This prosocial behavior, even if it does not gain any advantage ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2015 - 10:57am

The Dark Side Of Perfectionism

Other-orientated perfectionists are different than the kind who set a difficult standard for themselves; the other-oriented kind sometimes that can veer into narcissism, antisocial behavior and an aggressive sense of humor against others. They care little ...

Article - News Staff - May 18 2015 - 7:01am