by Craig Marker | Jun 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here are 3 tips on maximizing happiness from Psyblog:1. Visualising your best possible selfVisualising your best possible self may sound like an exercise in fantasy but, crucially, it does have to be realistic. Carrying out this exercise typically involves imagining...
by Craig Marker | Jun 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from the Situationist on the social psychology of Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez: …Yankee third-baseman Alex Rodriguez, better known as A-Rod. He muscled 54 home runs during the regular season, a particularly impressive feat given that he...
by Craig Marker | May 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from the BPS blog describing research on our ability to predict the future. Also of interest is Dan Gilbert and Tim Wilson’s work on this same topic.Nick Sevdalis and Nigel Harvey gave 47 participants £10 each to split as they chose with an...
by Craig Marker | May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from the Addiction in Society Blog:Hillary Clinton, in presenting her argument for why her campaign should continue in the face of overwhelming statistical odds, noted that Robert Kennedy was assassinated at a point later in the 1968 presidential...
by Craig Marker | May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
There is a great article by Robert Leahy that appeared in the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy. In this article, he and his colleague, Dennis Tirch, discuss feelings of jealousy and how to deal with them. Below is an excerpt from Robert Leahy’s blog on...
by Craig Marker | May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
An excerpt from the Freakonomics Blog:What do American drivers, the children of Lake Wobegon, and termites have in common? They are all above average. Here’s what a regular reader called LLP pointed out in an e-mail: There is a TV ad running here in Southern...
by Craig Marker | May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from slate.com providing a doctor’s account of why too many antibiotics are given out. It brings up an interesting question to psychotherapy. That is, should we kick out patients who we don’t feel need treatment? If we keep them in...
by Craig Marker | May 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from the BPS blog on interviewing children and how the interviewer’s behaviors can profoundly impact the child’s answers:Eighty-six children, aged 8 to 10, took part in a ten minute lesson on how the vocal chords work, before being...
by Craig Marker | May 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from Mind Hacks on the rise and fall of the incidence of Multiple Personality Disorder or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). This excerpt discusses John Kihlstrom’s 2005 review article on dissociative disorders:Dissociative Identity...
by Craig Marker | May 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
An excerpt from the BPS Blog:Francesca Gino at Carnegie Mellon University, whose new study shows that we’re more likely to use advice we’ve paid for than advice that’s free, even if there’s no difference in quality between the two...
