Psychology

Most Women Don't Use Social Capital To Get Promoted, Say Successful Women

It may not be sexism that keeps more women from top jobs, it may be less understanding of the role of social capital in reaching the top, according to graduate student Natasha Abajian of City University London at the British Psychological Society's D ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2016 - 5:11pm

Even How You Manage Emails May Be Bad For Your Health

Claims that sitting is bad for your health were all the rage last year- epidemiological curve matching claimed that you were in real peril if you didn't get up once an hour, while waitresses without epidemiologists surveying them disagreed that a des ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2016 - 8:57am

Does Religion Always Lead To Violence?

Take any religion that claims to be about peace and it will have a violent history. And while Islam is the most violent religion claiming to be peaceful today, Christians commit plenty of hateful acts- and Buddhists have extremists in their ranks as well. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2016 - 1:10pm

Marital Interdependence Persists Even After The Death Of One Spouse

There is a common perception that as people spend more time together, they begin to act and think more alike. They may even look more alike.  This synchrony, or interdependence, between a couple posits that a married person's cognitive functioning or ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2016 - 2:38pm

Seduced By The Promise Of Food Labels

Have you ever been to the supermarket and chosen foods based on nutrition labels?  Have you ever assumed a fat-laden, high-calorie coffee drink must be healthier because a barista claims the milk does not contain something science-sounding like rBST? Labe ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2016 - 7:30am

E-Cigarette Ads Don't Make Tobacco Smoking More Attractive To Kids

The Centers for Disease Control recently released survey results from kids showing that many of them had seen some form of advertisement for e-cigarettes. Then they matched them to the uptick in e-cigarette use among young people and implied causation. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2016 - 7:36am

Transparency: Why Organic Groups Shouldn't Block Accurate Food Labels

Take a look at any food label and there's a good chance all design elements, from the color palette to the smallest detail, were meticulously chosen. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2016 - 10:09am

Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle Fail- Messages From The Food Police Backfire

Marion Nestle, Vani Hari, Michael Pollan; we have all seen messages from self-appointed "food police" telling us that sugary snacks are bad, GMOs are bad, everything except organic vegetables (they seem to believe those have no pesticides or gen ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2016 - 7:31am

Good Boss? Bad Boss? Won't Matter, Employees Will Leave For Money

When employees leave a company, there is always an undercurrent of doubt that they might have stayed if they had a good manager. But plenty of well-liked managers lose employees too.  People leave for more money and/or a promotion most of the time, and le ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2016 - 2:35pm

Media Can Skew Attitudes

Why do people on the left think American media is right wing? Because journalists are paid by corporations funded by other corporations? Why do people on the left think journalism is right wing? Because journalists go into the field to make a difference r ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2016 - 7:57am