Still have some last-minute gifts to buy this holiday season? Are you struggling for ideas?In a recent podcast for the British Psychological Society (BPS), psychologist and science writer Christian Jarrett interviewed several people who have researched different aspects of the psychology of gift giving. He wanted to find out if their findings could “help us navigate the somewhat tricky business of giving and receiving presents.”What he uncovered may surprise you. Here are two highlights:It can be good for a relationship to give someone a gift that says something about you rather than about >>>

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    PERTH, Australia, December 23, 2015 /satPRnews.com/ — Trina Reilly has been recognized by Worldwide Branding for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in mental health counseling. A psychologist with more than a decade of hands-on experience working in academic and correctional facility settings, Ms. Reilly demonstrates the ability and willingness to take on senior executive and management roles within her industry. In her career, she has developed pilot programs and review programs focused on behavioral modification and change. She has also dISPlayed her compassion >>>

There is no successful trader in the world that does not have losing trades. There is no winning strategy in the world that does not take losing trades. These are truths that no one can argue with. Losing trades are a part of trading and that will never change. It is how we view them and use them that can make all of the difference to our whole trading experience. Without the correct belief system in place you may come to doubt yourself and not take the next trade that presents itself The aim of this article is to show you how to view losing trades in the correct way. >>>

Students lack psychological help Students attend a music lesson at the Nghia Tan secondary school in Cau Giay district of Ha Noi. More music lessons are encouraged to be added in the learning programmes of the students to reduce the rising prevalence of mental disorders among them, which were caused by the heavy academic workload and family and school-related conflicts. — VNA/VNS Photo Quy Trung HA NOI (VNS) — >>>

Tweet "The meal is not over when I'm full, the meal is over when I hate myself," jokes Louis CK in his stand-up special Chewed Up. He then compares himself to "normal people," who eat only until they're full, whereas he eats until he's doubled over, feeling like he has maple syrup for blood, asking himself why he'd ever eat so much. >>>

Press Release – University of Auckland Pay differences between men and women will be examined over summer in the University of Aucklands School of Psychology.WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015 Is sexism increasing in New Zealand? Pay differences between men and women will be examined over summer in the University of Auckland’s School of Psychology. ‘Examining the gender-based pay gap: Are women more likely to be paid less than men in certain occupations?’ will be investigated by five psychology students selected for a Summer Research Scholarship. They will be among nearly 500 students >>>

Reproducibility—the idea that researchers should be able to repeat someone else’s study and get a similar result—is a cornerstone of scientific research. And, psychology has a huge problem with it. Earlier this year, Brian Nosek, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia, and his team at the Open Science Collaboration attempted to reproduce the findings of nearly 100 psychology studies published in three major journals, and they discovered some damning results: Fewer than half of those studies could be verified through replication. “There’s a lot of room to improve reproducibility, >>>

Two new Worthington high school course proposals are designed to "go deeper" into the study of psychology for students taking Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes. A third new course is designed specifically for students whose first language is Spanish. Jennifer Wene, chief academic officer, along with high school teachers Tricia Palko and Sean Cooke, described the courses to school board members at the Dec. 15 board meeting. "As we look at our new vision and mission statements, we also wanted to look at our electives and our current curriculum," Wene said. District administrators >>>

How should a concerned mother discuss issues of diet and weight with her daughter? Very carefully, according to Erin Hillard, a developmental psychology doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame. In an article recently published in the journal Body Image, Hillard and her colleagues, fellow Notre Dame psychology graduate student Rebecca A. Morrissey, and Notre Dame faculty members Dawn M. Gondoli, associate professor of psychology, and Alexandra F. Corning, research associate professor of psychology, reported on results from their study of a representative group of sixth- through eighth-grade >>>