While men may fancy the idea of a smart woman, new research suggests that they’re not keen on dating one who is smarter than they are New research published in the November edition of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, has found that men are intimidated by the idea of partnering up with a more intelligent woman. According to the study – which was conducted on 105 men by psychologists at the University of Buffalo, California Lutheran University and the University of Texas – men responded positively to hypothetical scenarios where a woman had either outperformed >>>

Psychology courses are the latest to be moved away from the Magee campus by University of Ulster chiefs Moving psychology courses away from Magee campus will cause irreparable damage to the future of third level education in Londonderry, according to the SDLP. Employment and Learning spokesman Pat Ramsey MLA has appealed to Ulster University to reconsider its decision to relocate psychology courses to its Coleraine campus as part of its restructuring due to budget cuts. The university revealed last month that the imposed £8.6m cuts to its budget would also mean the sociology department >>>

"No Sex Please, We're Retired."That's the title of one of the most-requested performances of the Psychodramatists, an improvisational troupe that explores mental health issues relevant to retired South Floridians through comedy. For 13 years, the troupe has been performing in condominium communities, country clubs and synagogues, and is now expanding its repertoire with new themes, which they encounter in their own lives as they enter their 60s, 70s and 80s.Audiences request the topic they want to explore, ranging from "Marriage: In Sickness and Health" to "Seniors, >>>

Recent psychology graduates find their degree has given them employability skills as well as psychological skills. That is a finding from the second phase of the British Psychological Society’s careers destination survey, which is following the 2011 cohort of psychology graduates over seven years. The report on phase 2 of the survey draws on replies to a survey by 2927 psychology graduates from 85 universities. To enable comparisons to be made between cohorts, students graduating in 2007, 2009 and 2011 were also surveyed. More than 70 per cent of respondents said that business skills >>>

  A new survey out today is causing concern among educators and researchers regarding the emotional state of high school students in the U.S. Researchers distributed an online questionnaire that featured the question: “How do you currently feel in school?” followed by three blank spaces.  More than 22,000 students were sampled. The top three feelings were “tired”, “stressed”, and “bored”. The survey was conducted by the Yale University Department of Psychology and director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. “I think they point to the fact that we need to >>>

When they were told the woman was more intelligent, the men placed their chairs farther away and said they were much less interested in dating her. The study concludes that smarter women may find it harder to find a potential date with these men… although we’re not sure why she’d want to settle for an insecure boy. Frank Sinatra claimed that he liked intelligent women because “when you go out, it shouldn’t be a staring contest”. Researchers of this study carried out their experiments in two parts. In this scenario, the researchers noted that the men who had been >>>

Posted October 23, 2015 12:56:56 Photo: Choosing from 20 different types of jam is hard work. (ABC Catalyst) Have you ever wondered if there might be such a thing as too much choice?Conventional wisdom says that consumer choice is a very good thing because it provides the bedrock for the competitive market economy.Empowered consumers fuel the competition that leads to better and cheaper products and services. But >>>

Researchers from the University of Buffalo, the University of Texas at Austin, and California Lutheran University carried out a range of studies on 105 male participants. According to the study, “men’s attraction to certain traits in women can be directly affected by how realistic a romantic prospect their potential lover is”, the Independent reported. In the hypothetical scenario, the guys didn’t have a problem imagining life with a smarter woman. George Clooney may be happily coupled up with human rights lawyer Amal, but many men find a woman with brains a bit of a turn off, it seems. Psychologists >>>

I’m cross posting this interview with Wesleyan Psychology Professor Scott Plous, which originally appeared through our partners at Coursera. In addition to being a beloved teacher at Wes, Scott is the Founder and Executive Director of the Social Psychology Network, a nonprofit membership organization whose mission is “to promote peace, social justice, and sustainable living through public education, research, and the advancement of psychology.” What would happen if thousands of people around the world spent an entire day being as compassionate to fellow human beings as possible? Thanks >>>

Over the course of any given day, the average person sees plenty of odd behavior. A bizarre outfit or a strange conversation, an unfamiliar gesture or anything, really, that doesn't fit into the realm of acceptable behavior. One of the most common breaches, one of the things that tends to give us pause more than anything else, is something — or some things, really — that we like to call stupid. That thing that happened. That thing that person did. It was SO. STUPID. The word is used so freely, and yet we rarely — if ever — stop to consider what exactly we mean by it. If anything, >>>