Tricking pets into taking their medicine is one of those things that every pet owner seems to struggle with. Well, if you've got a stubborn dog, you could try this man's method and just pretend like the medicine is a treat that they're not allowed to have. Then drop it, and watch the little pup devour the medicine like its a piece of bacon. [H/T: Reddit] >>>

Patricia Canning worked in the areas of both psychology and education, marrying the two into a lifelong passion for finding better ways to educate, with her main concerns always being children and families. Canning’s work and the methods she used have been called groundbreaking. An educator who was never done learning herself, Canning went into the field to meet with families and teachers. Lynn Frizzell was her research assistant for close to 15 years, and her good friend. “You can’t work with her for any length of time without becoming her good friend and family, really,” Frizzell says. Canning >>>

Emma Schlabach / ChipsA TAIL OF SURVIVAL. Lexi Scharmer (‘16) opted to keep her rat, Stella, after taking the Learning and Behavior psychology course.The animal labs in the psychology and biology departments are a means for students and faculty alike to enhance academic understanding in an ethical way. These labs facilitate the Learning and Behavior course as well as student and faculty research. Professor of Psychology Kristy Gould teaches the Learning and Behavior course, which utilizes rats to study how learning happens. “Students work in pairs and use operant conditioning to train their >>>

I led a data science team that stretched from Singapore to Sao Paulo, and I always told my team members that it didn’t matter how many hours a week they worked. I only wanted them to always deliver something creative to solve a problem on time. They could go to the park, to the movies, whatever they wanted, but they must still come up with a new idea and without delaying the project. It might seem crazy, but no one on the team ever dropped the ball. I am not saying that we didn’t procrastinate – even I did that. But the deadline looming made them more creative. The closer and closer the time >>>

The stats are unbelievable, and the worst part of it, every single one of the deaths and injuries caused by drunk drivers are preventable. 

Psychology professor and Cowell College Provost Faye Crosby will receive the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Justice Research. The award is presented every two years "to honor distinguished lifetime contributions to the scientific study of justice and for efforts to advance justice as a field of study." “This is a well-deserved recognition of her many career accomplishments and their impact,” said psychology department chair Campbell Leaper.   Crosby has been invited to deliver a Lifetime Award Winner address at the society's meeting next July at the University >>>

Couples Who Have Sex Just Once a Week Are Happiest     More sex may not always make you happier, according to new research published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. “Although more frequent sex is associated with greater happiness, this link was no longer significant at a frequency of more than once a week,” lead researcher Amy Muise said. “Our findings suggest that it’s important to maintain an intimate connection with your partner, but you don’t need to have sex everyday as long as you’re maintaining that connection.” Some >>>

Since opening last October, Drexel’s Psychological Services Center has been breaking down barriers to mental health care by offering cutting-edge treatments at an affordable price to members of the community. In the past year, the center has offered assessments and therapy to hundreds of clients from the Philadelphia area and New Jersey suburbs. Care is provided by doctoral students in Drexel’s highly competitive clinical psychology PhD program, who are working as trainees under the supervision of licensed professional faculty from the Department of Psychology in Drexel’s College of Arts >>>

The nonfiction pieces that people write are supposed to be true. And we are supposed to believe their accounts. Which brings me to where I never expect to be—Ben Carson's autobiography.I am a historian. I check history. "History" is academically defined as things that happen at least 25 years in the past. In more recent history, we rely upon the words of participants. Thus we privilege the words of eyewitnesses. Absolutely best is to rely, or at least use, the first-person accounts of the participants.Here is Ben Carson, from his first book, which he wrote in the 1980s (bold emphasis mine)."I >>>

A Macon woman was determined to succeed in a college psychology test despite the fact that she was in labour. 21-year-old Tommitrise Collins completed the online test as she waited in hospital to deliver her baby. Sister Shanell Champman snapped a picture of the mother to be completing the test and shared it to Facebook. “This is what you call ‘Strong Priorities’. Contractions 3 minutes apart and still takes her Psychology Test! You are going to be a great mom baby sis!” Chapman said on Facebook. This is what you call "Strong Priorities". Contractions 3 minutes apart and still takes >>>