Russell Douglas Whitman of Oakland Township was named dean of Wayne State University’s College of Education. He has served as interim dean since May 2014, during which time, he launched the TeachDETROIT initiative, focusing on training teachers to work in Detroit Public Schools. Whitman was previously professor and director of clinical training and chairman in the WSU Department of Psychology. Whitman has a bachelor of science degree in business administration and journalism from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. in psychology from Brandeis University. >>>

Washington: A team of psychologists has discovered what influences our food choices. Texas Christian University's Dr. Sarah Hill's research revealed that childhood socioeconomic status may influence people's food choices as adults. The research finds that growing up poor promotes eating in the absence of hunger in adulthood, regardless of one's adult socioeconomic status. According to their findings, this means that a person's developmental history may play a key role in their relationship with food and weight management, rendering those from lower socioeconomic status (SES) environments more >>>

Jan 31, 2016- In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels” says Daniel Goleman, an internationally known psychologist. It is interesting that facebook, which has become an inseparable part of many lives, seems to have captured both these minds proposed by Goleman through its never-satisfying desire to know what the user is thinking and feeling. We all think a lot but reflection on our feelings might not get the same share of our time. It is natural that people feel different emotions at different times, and it is but natural to express those feelings. The question >>>

~ By Patricia Kay Youngson ~ There is a field of psychology called positive psychology which studies how we can increase our levels of happiness. There is scientific proof that certain activities and behaviors can make us happier. So how much of our happiness can we influence? Forty percent. We inherit fifty percent of our happiness and ten percent is related to our circumstances. The positive psychologists have deducd that fifty percent of our level of happiness is hereditary by studying identical twins who have been reared apart. Their levels (or set points) of happiness are the same. >>>