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Twelve Things that Sigmund Freud Got Right

July 17, 2023 / Clinical Psychology, Defense Mechanisms, Developmental Psychology, Ego, Freud, History, Id, Sigmund Freud, Superego

We are More Lonely than Ever. Find out Why and How to Counter It.

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The Education Gender Gap: APA Task Force looks at How to Help Boys Succeed in School

May 31, 2023 / APA, Boys, Children, Cognitive Psychology, College, Developmental Psychology, Education, News, School, Teens

American Psychological Association Publishes Guidelines on Social Media Use for Children and Adolescents

May 9, 2023 / Adolescents, Children, Media Psychology & Technology, News,

Media Literacy and Modern Technology

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Spotlight on Well-Being: We’ve Come a Long Way since Freud

Just as the world was preparing to enter the 20th century, Sigmund Freud was preparing to ...
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Clinical Psychology, Freud, Positive Psychology, Well-Being

Learning to be Optimistic

As a human species, do you think we are more naturally pessimistic or more naturally optimistic? ...
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Optimism, Positive Psychology

Self-Efficacy – How We Can, Not Why We Can’t

The title of this blog post comes from a Ted Talk by Peter Sage. I'll link ...
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Character Strengths, Positive Psychology, Self-Efficacy

Character Strengths and the Virtuous Life

The ultimate goal in positive psychology is to help individuals and communities thrive. We thrive by ...
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Character Strengths, Positive Psychology, Virtue

SOCIAL MEDIA - GOOD OR EVIL?

The Psychological Similarities Between Professional Gamers and Baseball Players

Some day soon, the Olympic Games may have video games on the schedule. "But video games ...
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Gaming, Media Psychology & Technology

How Different Types of TV Viewing Relate to Children’s Language Skills

Something you never hear anyone say is “children these days don’t watch enough TV.” Indeed, a ...
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Children, Cognitive Psychology, Language, Media Psychology & Technology, Television

Exposure Therapy in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality technology has created a possibility for entirely new types of therapy. An interesting angle ...
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Media Psychology & Technology

Envy Might Drive Some of Social Media’s Mental Health Effects

Social media has facilitated both new ways of connecting with others and new ways of tallying ...
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Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Envy, Relationships, ,

COVID AND ITS LONG TERM IMPACT

Study Shows Uptick in Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms During Lockdown

In March, as public health officials around the world were dialing up measures against COVID-19’s spread, ...
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Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, COVID, Health Psychology

Census Bureau Data Shows 2020 Brought a Spike in Anxiety and Depression

From posttraumatic stress to sleep disturbances, recent studies have begun to confirm that the coronavirus pandemic ...
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Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, COVID, Depression, Health Psychology

Lockdown Might Be Changing People’s Sleep Patterns

If you feel like social distancing is keeping you awake at night, you could be right ...
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Behavioral Psychology, COVID, Health Psychology, Sleep

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF POLITICS

Is Creationism the Ultimate Conspiracy Theory?

I’ve got one heck of a conspiracy theory for you. It goes like this: contrary to ...
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Cognitive Psychology, Conspiracy, Creationism, Politics

Clinton Voters Still Haven’t Recovered Psychologically

The outcome of the 2016 election was a shock for many. And apparently, some Clinton voters ...
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General Psychology, Politics

How Body Odor Can Predict Your Politics

A team of researchers from Sweden and Italy have taken a new angle on understanding the ...
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General Psychology, Politics

Personality Linked to Pro-Environmental Behaviors

Whether you’re concerned with how your actions affect the environment could be partly a matter of ...
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General Psychology, Politics

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