Psychology

If You Pay Less For Medicine, Do You Worry More?

Why do people think that a $25 flu shot is more likely to still have them getting the flu than a $125 flu shot? It isn't that they think a $25 flu shot is less effective, it's that they worried they had a greater need for it because the cost is ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 12 2012 - 4:00am

Too Big, Too Small? Optimal Circle Of Friends Depends On Socioeconomic Conditions, Goldilocks

Do you prefer to have a few close friends or a larger social circle that is less deep? Social psychologists say your preference reflect your personality but also individual circumstances- like socioeconomic conditions. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 13 2012 - 4:30am

Attributing Schizophrenia To Income Inequality (Instead Of The Other Way Around)

Higher rates of schizophrenia are found in urban areas and it can be attributed to increased deprivation, increased population density and an increase in inequality within a neighborhood, says a new paper. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2012 - 12:32pm

More Casinos Doesn't Mean More Gamblers

A new survey by the University of Iowa says casino growth in the state has not influenced gambling by residents. It instead suggests that fewer Iowans gambled overall and also that fewer people have become addicted to gambling despite a recent spurt in ga ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2012 - 4:26pm

Bling For Christmas? It Depends On Your Social Status

A desire for expensive, high-status stuff is related to feelings of social status, not social status itself, and that helps why minorities are attracted to 'bling', say psychologists. Previous psychology work has shown that racial minorities spe ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 24 2012 - 7:44pm

Pathological Thinking: A Response Of The Season Of Love To The Current Outrage

Outrage about another school shooting does its part to increase vigilance against the odd ones out, the misfits soiling the norm of usual irrationality, the a-socials, the depressed, the autistic, the evil psychopaths.   Gate keeping HR departments homoge ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 29 2013 - 9:36pm

Does Video Gaming Lead To A Lack Of Relationships?

In the aftermath of the Newtown, CT shooting, people are searching for answers. The mental illness aspect is obvious, much like with the psychology graduate student in Colorado who opened fire on viewers at a theater, but this time the focus is on the ant ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 20 2012 - 3:43pm

We Want To Believe: 86% Of Shoppers Make Buying Decisions Based On Sustainability

Industry Intelligence Inc., formerly ForestWeb, does surveys-for-hire in a number of industries, covering everything from food to paper to packaging.  Their 2012 EcoFocus trend survey addressed what makes the 'eco-friendly shopper' tick and concl ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 21 2012 - 9:06pm

Color Of The Cup Enhances The Taste Of Hot Chocolate, Say Psychologists

Experiments psychologists from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Oxford say that the color of the cup matters in the flavor of hot chocolate- it tastes better in an orange or cream colored plastic cup than in a white or red one. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 3 2013 - 11:49am

What Creativty And Racial Stereotypes Have In Common

New research suggests that racial stereotypes and creativity have more in common than we might think. In an article published in Psychological Science, psychologists find that racial stereotyping and creative stagnation share a common mechanism: categoric ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2013 - 2:49pm