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Studies suggest employees who stand up to an abusive boss feel less victimised. / iStockWhile more and more attention has been given to the effect of bad supervisors at work - lousy managers can make you sick and ruin your family life - there has been less focus on how employees' response to that bad behaviour helps or hurts the situation. Recent research, however, shows that your reaction to an insulting or belittling boss can, over time, make things worse. READ MORE:• The most stressful jobs• How a bully boss 'could harm your marriage' A forthcoming paper in the Journal of Applied Psychology >>>

Studies suggest employees who stand up to an abusive boss feel less victimised. / iStockWhile more and more attention has been given to the effect of bad supervisors at work - lousy managers can make you sick and ruin your family life - there has been less focus on how employees' response to that bad behaviour helps or hurts the situation. Recent research, however, shows that your reaction to an insulting or belittling boss can, over time, make things worse. READ MORE:• The most stressful jobs• How a bully boss 'could harm your marriage' A forthcoming paper in the Journal of Applied Psychology >>>

A team of scientists from UCLA and the University of York wanted to know why people hold religious views. Dr Keise Izuma, from the University Of York’s Department of Psychology, explained the theory behind the experiment: “People often turn to ideology when they are confronted by problems. We wanted to find out whether a brain region that is linked with solving concrete problems, like deciding how to move one’s body to overcome an obstacle, is also involved in solving abstract problems addressed by ideology.” That region of the brain, the posterior medial frontal cortex (or pMFC) was “turned >>>

A team of scientists from UCLA and the University of York wanted to know why people hold religious views. Dr Keise Izuma, from the University Of York’s Department of Psychology, explained the theory behind the experiment: “People often turn to ideology when they are confronted by problems. We wanted to find out whether a brain region that is linked with solving concrete problems, like deciding how to move one’s body to overcome an obstacle, is also involved in solving abstract problems addressed by ideology.” That region of the brain, the posterior medial frontal cortex (or pMFC) was “turned >>>

Imagine that you are going to buy a health care product. You see a highly attractive salesperson. What would be your reaction? Would you feel very happy? Would you spend more time interacting with the salesperson and be more likely to buy his/her products? There is a common belief that people have very favorable reactions to physically attractive individuals. People think that attractive individuals are intelligent and sociable. They love to be around them and to be friends with them. Therefore, consumers should be more willing to interact with and buy products from an attractive salesperson >>>

Large quantities of colorful, “fun-size,” Halloween candy are coming soon to homes, schools, and offices near you. How will you resist? Willpower is important in weight loss and maintenance, but it’s also widely misunderstood. Many of us criticize ourselves, often unfairly, for having “zero willpower” or being “terrible at willpower.” Yet willpower isn’t a personality trait and >>>

The National Health Mission (NHM), Karnataka has invited applications from eligible candidates for recruitment to various posts. The eligible and interested candidates should apply on or before October 28.Vacancy details:Total posts: 47Name of the posts:District Consultant: 16Psychologist/ Counselor: 16Social Worker: 15Eligibility criteria:Educational qualification:District Consultant: The candidates should possess a post graduate degree in Public Health or Social Sciences from a recognised university or institute.Psychologist/Counselor: The candidates should have acquired a post graduate degree >>>

Scientists Change Peoples Belief in God and Government Using New Mind Control Device Posted by Kristan Harris on Oct. 14, 2015 10:08 p.m. ucla, york univrsity, mkultra, mind control, transcranial magnetic stimulation, Scientists Change Peoples Belief in God and Government Using New Mind Control Device, god, belief in, science, extreme tech, darpa, manchurian candidate Kristan T. Harris | The Rundown Live Mind control device alters your perception on God and nationalism, scientists claim Psychologist Dr. Keise Izuma in collaboration with the University of California, >>>

Oct 15, 2015- Does your teenager have a texting problem? Teenagers use text messaging more than any other mode of communication, so it may be hard to tell. But youngsters who check their phones continually, snap if you interrupt them and are so preoccupied with texting that they skip sleep and don’t get their work done may be compulsive texters, a new study says. For girls, compulsive texting is more than just a distraction—it is also associated with lower academic performance.The study of more than 400 eighth and 11th graders found that many teenage texters had a lot in common with compulsive >>>