On Friday, February 19, 2016, Noon, at Armstrong State University Ogeechee Theatre, the lecture “Acceptance and Appreciation-Based Interventions for Reducing Body Dissatisfaction: Challenging our Thinking about Thinking.” will be led by Dr. Wendy Wolfe, associate professor of psychology. Her talk will incorporate ideas from recent advances in cognitive-behavioral interventions and their use in reducing body dissatisfaction, with a specific focus on research conducted with female Armstrong students. Wolfe earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Syracuse University and a B.A. >>>

Assessment and Development Consultants (adc), leaders in behavioural assessment and development, and Burnham Business Psychology (BBP), experts in occupational psychology, are merging to combine their respective strengths and consequently offer cutting-edge assessment processes. Boasting a new offering of one of the world’s widest ranges of behavioural assessment processes, the newly formed alliance will help its clients maintain their competitive edge through industry leading recruitment strategy and talent metrics. On top of revising candidate selection methods, their new offering >>>

For every month of the year, we scour through 1000s of published studies and list some of the hottest positive findings and negative findings in psychology and psychiatry research. This month, no main theme emerged, however the good and the bad relating to four main subjects were repeated throughout the top 10 – empathy and compassion, anxiety, stereotyping and racism, and addiction. BEST: Protecting a Few Students from Negative Stereotypes Benefits Entire Classroom Findings, >>>

A real estate company is being brutally honest about the California eyesore it’s trying to sell. “Ugly home!” Coldwell Banker said of the $475,000, three-bed, two-bath home in Northridge, Los Angeles, described as the “worst home in the best neighborhood.” Photos show a dilapidated white house that looks straight out of the post-apocalyptic film “Escape from L.A.,” with stained walls, exposed pipes and moldy floors. “This home needs a complete rehab,” reads the listing, which adds that it’s a cash-only sale. “The pictures say everything except for the fact that this home >>>

Posted Feb. 3, 2016 at 12:01 AM