Nick Saban isn't a licensed sports psychologist and he's the first to tell you that. The Alabama head coach insists he knows more about Xs and Os and diagnosing zone blocking than anything to do with the mind, and that might be true. Yet Saban might be more in tune with the psyche and the ways to impact it than any football coach in America. Just look at kicker Adam Griffith. The confidence of a kicker is always a precarious item. One bad kick can mess with the player's head, in turn setting him up for even more failure. It's a vicious cycle and can get ugly when fans turn on the kicker. Griffith >>>

A large number of candidates opt for Psychology subject for UPSC IAS Main Written Exam. The annual report of UPSC mentions that in UPSC IAS Civil Services Exam 2012, 1163 candidates had opted for the Psychology optional out of which 94 were recommended for the UPSC IAS Civil Services. Psychology optional consists of Paper I and Paper II. Paper II of Psychology optional consists of topics under Psychology: Issues and Applications. The Paper II of Psychology optional is of 250 marks. The duration of the exam is 3 hours. Candidates can find the question paper of Paper II of Psychology >>>

In the USPC IAS Civil Services Main Written Exam, candidates have to select an optional subject of their choice. Psychology is a popular choice among candidates. According to the annual report of UPSC, in UPSC IAS Civil Services Exam 2012, 1163 candidates had opted for the Psychology optional out of which 92 were recommended for the UPSC IAS Civil Services. Paper I of Psychology optional consists of topics related to Foundations of Psychology . The Paper I of Psychology optional is of 250 marks. The duration of the exam is 3 hours. Candidates can find the question paper >>>

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Being overweight doesn't necessarily make a person distraught, researchers are learning. Rather, it's the teasing, judgment and unsolicited advice directed at overweight people that can cause the greatest psychological harm. "People assume there is a direct relationship between how much people weigh and their psychological health," said Jeffrey Hunger, a doctoral candidate in social psychology at the University of California. Hunger and his team found that those who were obese were more likely to report problems like depression, anxiety, substance abuse and low self-esteem if they had experienced >>>

Starlight WilliamsFacebook sucks. Let’s be honest, all social media sucks when you get past the cute animal gifs. Beyond the cute animals are the updates about how awesome that former classmate of yours is doing. Seeing those updates can be a real bummer when you realize that they’re doing remarkably well, while you can’t figure out what direction to go in (and even more of a bummer when you realize you’ve used the word “bummer”). When you see all the awesome things your peers have lined up before they’ve even been notified they’re eligible for graduation, it makes you question >>>

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World-famous Minnesotan Garrison Keillor often features the fictional MN town of Lake Woebegone in his show “A Prairie Home Companion,” as a place where “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average.” David Myers, an author of textbooks on Social Psychology has used “A Prairie Home Companion” to coin a term that describes a certain type of social psychology phenomenon in which people believe they are better than the average person. “I'm reading and reporting on study after study that shows that most people think they're better than >>>

Manfred Diehl, a professor in CSU’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies, has been selected to lead the nation’s preeminent organization focused on the psychology of adult development and aging. Diehl was recently elected president of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Division on Adult Development and Aging (Division 20). It is a three-year term; he is currently serving as president-elect and will take the helm in early August 2016, when the APA holds its annual conference in Denver. Manfred Diehl “I consider this a vote of confidence and quite an honor,” Diehl >>>

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