This originally appeared on the Psychology@LSE blog. Credit: miguelb Flickr CC BY3.0 In the first lecture of 2015 celebrating fifty years of Social Psychology at the LSE Professor Steve Reicher delivered a talk entitled “Not in Our Name”: contesting the … Continue reading
Martin Seligman is a larger than life character. Some call him the “father” of positive psychology. This is perhaps an exaggeration, given that multiple psychologists were already hard at work researching the problem of well-being before he came onto the … Continue reading
Psychologen der Universität Konstanz untersuchten in einer aktuellen Studie die Auswirkungen von Fußballergebnissen auf das Wohlbefinden der Zuschauer. Die Weltmeisterschaft im Frauenfußball in Kanada ist in vollem Gange. Und manch einer wird in diesem Zusammenhang noch einmal an den umjubelten … Continue reading
Higher ed Mock and O’Donnell receive undergraduate honors; Meszaros and DeKruyf earn top graduate accolades George Fox University recognized its best professors last month, naming four as recipients of undergraduate and graduate teaching and research/scholarship awards for 2014-2015. English … Continue reading
Father’s Day, that wonderful occasion when we celebrate our dads, is a time when all of us who have terrific dads need to feel sorry for atheists. It’s not such a happy day for them. That’s the take-away from a … Continue reading
While Rachel Dolezal made the talk show circuit rounds Tuesday, a group of University of Portland students turned her story into the day’s lesson. Students in assistant professor Deana Julka’s social psychology class had been studying prejudice the day the … Continue reading
Photo: Author’s taken in QatarNow I get asked to review and check drafts for a fair number of manuscripts, and this one by Gurnek Bains entitled: Cultural DNA – the Psychology of Globalization, carries an intriguing and perhaps intentionally provocative … Continue reading
In last week’s column, we looked at comedians — the men and women who make us laugh.But why do we laugh at a joke?The discipline of Psychology has given us many reasons why people make us laugh at a joke.The … Continue reading
Steve Hassan is an expert on cults — and a survivor of one. (Photo: Steve Hassan/Twitter)How can you tell the difference? “Ethical groups tell you up front what they want and who they are,” says Hassan. There is what he … Continue reading
Ana ist die beste Freundin, Ana ist hart und unerbittlich. Ana – so nennen junge Mädchen ihre personifizierte Magersucht. Der medizinische Fachausdruck dafür lautet „Anorexia nervosa“, daher die Abkürzung „Ana“. Mit vollem Einsatz zelebrieren sie ihre Essstörung, hungern tagelang, treiben … Continue reading