If you have a fascination with psychology and law, forensic psychology could be a field for you. While it may not involve the dramatic crime scenes of your favorite television show, the actuality may prove far more interesting as you engage in serious work that affects real lives. What is forensic psychology? The American Board of Forensic Psychology identifies it as “the application of the science and profession of psychology to questions and issues relating to law and the legal system.” The American Psychological Association simplifies this definition further as “the application >>>

If you have a fascination with psychology and law, forensic psychology could be a field for you. While it may not involve the dramatic crime scenes of your favorite television show, the actuality may prove far more interesting as you engage in serious work that affects real lives. What is forensic psychology? The American Board of Forensic Psychology identifies it as “the application of the science and profession of psychology to questions and issues relating to law and the legal system.” The American Psychological Association simplifies this definition further as “the application >>>

Students who want to be perceived as smarter, kinder and healthier don’t need to work harder — they just need to be average.      The Langlois Lab in the Department of Psychology at UT-Austin conducts research challenging common definitions of beauty and seeks to understand the greater implications of the averageness theory of facial attractiveness. This theory suggests that the more a face resembles mathematically average facial configurations, the more attractive it seems. As a face starts to deviate from the average, people consider it less attractive.  Scientists create these average >>>

Students who want to be perceived as smarter, kinder and healthier don’t need to work harder — they just need to be average.      The Langlois Lab in the Department of Psychology at UT-Austin conducts research challenging common definitions of beauty and seeks to understand the greater implications of the averageness theory of facial attractiveness. This theory suggests that the more a face resembles mathematically average facial configurations, the more attractive it seems. As a face starts to deviate from the average, people consider it less attractive.  Scientists create these average >>>

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Nationally recognized sport psychologist Dr. Joel Fish spoke to Emerson student-athletes, coaches, and administrators last week about the mental difficulties of competition and how to succeed under pressure.  The Emerson College Athletic Trust Fund sponsored the hourlong seminar at the Semel Theater. Fish gave advice to players on overcoming their in-game fears using activities, and referenced professionals with whom he had worked.  Fish, the director of The Center For Sport Psychology in Philadelphia, introduced his presentation by naming the five mental skills of competition: confidence, >>>

By Taylor Fussman Published 3 hours ago Updated 3 hours ago Grand Valley State University's psychology department aims to expand the minds of students with Projection, a psychology film series.When Brian Bowdle, a professor of psychology at GVSU, arrived to the university in 2005, he fell in love with the university immediately, but wanted to see more cultural and artistic events being offered to students on campus, so he decided he wanted to start a film series on campus.Inspired >>>

Writing is a noisy craft. It’s not that ink gurgles when emptied on paper. Sweeping a ballpoint over a spiral, or cleaning up thoughts in a word processor, makes noticeably less volume than anything in Hoover’s catalogue. TAMUK Psychology major Jaime Chapa, a senior, is a student blogger for JNET.Yet, for a group of students at Texas AM University-Kingsville, scribbling on the side is a way to drop notes onto campus with every post. As Jaime Chapa, a senior psychology major, notes, “My writing could always use more work and being able to hear feedback from people…would be a >>>

UC Riverside Psychology Professor Recruiting for New Study Megan Robbins working on new study analyzing the relationships of same-sex couples By Mojgan Sherkat on February 3, 2016 Share this article: Megan Robbins RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) – Megan Robbins, assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, is looking to recruit 150 same- and opposite-sex married (or marriage-like) couples for a new study that will look at how couples interact in their daily lives. “I became interested in how lesbian and gay couples communicate >>>

Second year students of the Department of Psychology of the Benue State University (BSU),  Makurdi, have protested against what they called the insufficient time allocated for a test. JOSHUA OBELLE (300-Level Mass Communication) reports. •HOD: they’re unruly Psychology students of the Benue State University (BSU) in Makurdi, last Saturday, complained about what they called their lecturers’ penchant for allocating “insufficient time” for continuous assessment quiz. Their complaint followed a PSY 205 test organised for 200-Level students. The students moved round the campus, protesting >>>