NEED A LITTLE HAPPINESS AND JOY?
Spotlight on Grit
Albert Einstein once said, "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with ...
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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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Learning to be Optimistic
As a human species, do you think we are more naturally pessimistic or more naturally optimistic? ...
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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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SOCIAL MEDIA - GOOD OR EVIL?
Social Media and Self-Esteem
A recent article published in Science Direct looked at the association between social media use and ...
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Therapy Can Be as Effective Online as In Person
From Zoom happy hours to remote learning, one thing most of us have discovered this year ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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