Psychology

Is 'Toxic Asset' The Dumbest Concept Of 2009?

When I was a kid, 'toxic' assets were not assets at all; they were called 'liabilities.'    That's why asset and liability columns exist on these things called 'spreadsheets.'   But I am neither a politician nor a banker ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 22 2009 - 8:13pm

Kids Think Other Gender Is Like A Different Species

Young children think about gender in the same way they think about species of animals. They believe, for example, that a boy's preference for football is innate, as is a girl's preference for dolls, just as cats' behavior is innately differe ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2009 - 12:54am

Sugar And Spice, Why Are Boys Not Nice?

According to a 19th century nursery rhyme, the biological distinctions between males and females are thus: What are little boys made of? What are little boys made of?  Frogs and snails And puppy-dogs' tails, That's what little boys are made of. W ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2009 - 9:50am

Mexicans More Sociable Than Americans! (We Like Stereotypes If They Say Nice Things About Us)

Do you like being stereotyped?   Maybe not, though everyone does it to some extent (and some have more than stereotypes than others; being a white, male,southern, Catholic, Republican is 5 way open season for ridicule by people who otherwise claim to be lo ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2009 - 5:49pm

Bad Economy Will Lead To More Dating Violence- By Both Sexes

Increased social stress in childhood and young adulthood has a direct link to later increased dating violence, and that young social stress is impacted by things like unemployment and economic worries, according to Murray Straus, professor of sociology an ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2009 - 10:29am

Correlation Causation Arrows Go Bonkers In Study Of Bullying And Psychotic Preteens

Children who were consistently victimized by peers were more likely to develop psychotic symptoms in early adolescence, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Some psychosis-like symptoms such as hallucinations and delusi ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2009 - 9:25pm

Biggest Fear Of Alpha Males? A Wedding Speech

If proof were needed that the prospect of public speaking can turn an otherwise confident person to jelly, then it is supplied in figures released today by Great Speechwriting. They reviewed the surfing habits of the 50,000 most recent visitors to their s ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2009 - 6:42pm

Happy Kids Tend To Be Healthy Adults

Children who can stay focused and don't sweat the small stuff have a better shot at good health in adulthood-- especially girls, according to findings reported in the May issue of Health Psychology. ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2009 - 1:14pm

Culture Versus Health: Positive Body Image May Lead To Health Problems

With obesity reaching epidemic numbers, cultural marketing  has long been attempting to tell women that they're beautiful no matter what size they are.   Perception is about to run up against medical health, according to a new study out of Temple Univ ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2009 - 3:28pm

Why H1N1 Swine Flu Scares The Heck Out Of People

Why are people scared before an epidemic even happens?—A question inspired by the recent H1N1 outbreak.   From a sociological perspective, entities that we rely upon to keep us safe from harm are now advising us that a threat is amongst us which is highly ...

Article - Hayley Mann - May 14 2009 - 2:50am