by MTV News Staff 57m ago By Channing Joseph Just as a sick person can give the flu to everyone in her household, a mean person can infect everyone around him with his stank attitude. Yes, folks, rudeness spreads like a virus, according to psychology researchers at the University of Florida. After conducting a series of three studies — whose results were recently published in the Journal of Applied by Psychology — Trevor Foulk and his team say they have scientifically confirmed something that many of us have experienced first-hand: When you are exposed to the >>>

An online threat against the University of Chicago’s quad (pictured) prompted the school to cancel classes. (quinnanya/Flickr) The University of Chicago has canceled classes today over fears of possible gun violence there. The FBI told the school that someone posted a threat online against the campus quad for this morning at 10 a.m. Over the past few weeks, colleges in Washington and Kentucky have also been shut because of threats, and schools in Philadelphia were on alert because of online postings. Here Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Stetson University psychology professor >>>

Cathleen Cortis, Research Officer for the multidisciplinary EU-funded grant, RECALL, was recently awarded a PhD from the University of Essex for her thesis 'Comparing The Immediate Free Recall of Verbal and Visuo-Spatial Stimuli: List Length, Capacity and Output Order Effects in Single- and Dual-Modality Tasks'. Following a distinction-classified MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Essex, funded by Strategic Educational Pathways Scholarship, Cathleen Cortis embarked on and successfully completed >>>

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After a startling pancreatic cancer diagnosis last summer, longtime University of Southern Maine psychology professor John Broida rushed to complete an online Psych 101 course he was developing. Two months later – just days after the course began – he died. But his online course, populated by videos of Broida lecturing and using the quizzes and tests he developed, remains on track with more than 90 students enrolled. “It was really important to him. He loved teaching,” said his widow, AnneMarie Catanzano. The students never expected to meet Broida in person. The three-unit >>>

Charotte, NC (PRWEB) November 30, 2015 In a widely heralded new book, “The Ten Disciplines of Leadership,” authors Richard A. Jacobs and Charles B. Dygert contend that the ability to achieve is not the result of mastering one particular discipline. Rather, it is the art of understanding, applying, and balancing several skill sets and knowledge. For example, the book addresses the use of Psychology in dealing with difficult team members, Sociology in organizational structure, >>>

Source: Talk is JerichoOn episode 198 of Talk is Jericho, 'The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla' talked with former ECW World Heavyweight Champion Raven. During the show, Raven claimed that Vince McMahon vs. Hulk Hogan was a better match than Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho at WWE WrestleMania 19. Raven talked about the heat he got with McMahon for partying with Shane McMahon. Also, Raven discussed his first departure from WWE. In Raven's opinion, the best match at WrestleMania 19, which featured Jericho vs. Michaels, The Rock vs. 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, and Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle, was >>>

On Nov. 21, I drove out to Point Woronzof to take in 100Stone, a public art installation of human-sized, mud-colored figures scattered across the beach, inching toward the unforgiving inlet waters. It is the creation of Sarah Davies, a two-year effort accomplished with many collaborators in Anchorage and around the state. The display officially opens at sunset on Dec. 5, but debuted that day like wildfire across local social media channels. Saturday’s sky was weighty and low. A blustery wind whipped at the inlet’s fast-moving tide and packed squalling snow into the wrinkles and face pockets >>>

In The Psychology of Strategy: Exploring Rationality in the Vietnam War, Kenneth Payne utilises the case study of the Vietnam War to show how psychology affects warfare, including discussion of confirmation bias, social identity and the psychology of fear. The book’s extensive subject matter and effective use of the Vietnam War as an illuminating prism offers an important contribution to the study of decision-making in International Relations, writes Michael Warren. The Psychology of Strategy: Exploring Rationality in the Vietnam War. Kenneth Payne. Oxford University Press. 2015. The most powerful >>>