LifeStyle • Feb 10, 2016 • 0 comments • Health, LifeStyle by By: Sohana Farhin/SHEC An experiment conducted at the University of Pennsylvania concluded that the single biggest contribution to leading a happy life is showing gratitude to yourself and others in life. Being present in your experiences, taking in all the moments and pausing to show thanks is a significant factor in what makes life worth living. Keeping a gratitude journal to write down what you are thankful for each day is one of the ways in which you can show what you appreciate in life. This finding reflects >>>

Robert Morris University Illinois and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology have created a new option for students looking to complete a doctoral program in business psychology. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 10, 2016 Robert Morris University Illinois (RMU) and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP) have created a partnership through the establishment of an advanced graduate level program for students pursuing a doctoral degree in business psychology. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is a nonprofit university, >>>

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (NEWSPLEX) -- All college teams have rivals. When it comes to UVA, many will say their biggest rival is Virginia Tech. "We play Virginia Tech at least twice a year in Basketball," said Eddie Dunoyer, a second-year UVA student, "and it's a big time rivalry game. We love beating them." Students lined up almost two hours ahead of tip-off for the Hoos and Hokies basketball game on Tuesday night. Fans waiting >>>

Does a face full of makeup suggest a woman will be perceived as beautiful? Does a woman perceived as beautiful have a higher probability of being offered a job or a promotion? Does makeup affect whether a woman is perceived as a better leader? Are women who do not wear makeup putting themselves at a disadvantage? Cal State Fullerton Associate Professor of Psychology Jessie Peissig is working to answer these questions and more. “Women spend a great deal of time and money on makeup,” she said. “If you pick up nearly any women’s magazine, there will be at least one article >>>

What if instead of fighting racial bias as adults, we worked to prevent it from ever happening in the first place, with kids? "These programs that occur later in development are good at interventions, kind of helping something that already exists. If we did it earlier, it'd be more of a prevention effort, stopping it from developing in the first place."That's professor and researcher Eva Telzer. Her work on developmental psychology has been cited by media outlets all over the country. So we visited the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to speak with her about two of her studies. Telzer's >>>