Behavioral Psychology & Learning Theory

The Most and Least Enjoyable Daily Activities During Quarantine

The Most and Least Enjoyable Daily Activities During Quarantine

Finding activities that bring positive emotions into your life has always been important, but it gained a new urgency when daily life was turned upside down by the pandemic. With lockdowns going ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, COVID, Health Psychology
Do Different Addictions Have the Same Risk Factors?

Do Different Addictions Have the Same Risk Factors?

From substance use to compulsive behaviors, addiction can take a variety of forms. Given that range of possible addictions, psychology researchers are still trying to figure out the extent to which different ...
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/ / Addiction, Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Risk
Narcissism Linked to Voter Turnout, Political Activity

Narcissism Linked to Voter Turnout, Political Activity

Say what you will about narcissists, but at least they turn out to do their civic duty. That’s according to a new paper titled Narcissism and Political Participation from researchers in the ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Narcissism, Politics
Looking at the Evidence for Health Warnings on Food and Alcohol

Looking at the Evidence for Health Warnings on Food and Alcohol

Scientists can show that some behavior has negative health consequences, but the question then becomes how to convince the public to actually engage in that behavior less. We know, for example, that ...
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/ / Alcohol, Behavioral Psychology, Health Psychology, Nutrition
Meaning in Life and Drinking

Meaning in Life and Drinking

Finding sources of meaning in life sounds like neither an easy task nor one that looks the same from one person to the next. But it is one that seems to be ...
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/ / Alcohol, Behavioral Psychology, Meaning, Positive Psychology, Resilience
Lockdown Might Be Changing People's Sleep Patterns

Lockdown Might Be Changing People’s Sleep Patterns

If you feel like social distancing is keeping you awake at night, you could be right. A new survey of 1,310 adults in Italy during the country’s total lockdown points to a ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, COVID, Health Psychology, Sleep
Study Shows Benefits of Dry January

Study Shows Benefits of Dry January

We’re only in May, but it’s never too late to start thinking about your New Year’s resolutions, right? After all, 2020 probably can’t be over soon enough! For those contemplating a January ...
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/ / Alcohol, Behavioral Psychology, Health Psychology
Personality Influences People's Environmentally Friendly Behaviors

Personality Influences People’s Environmentally Friendly Behaviors

With a constant stream of news about coronavirus, it’s easy to overlook the disconcerting news that continues to come out regularly about another global crisis: climate change. Most recently, a study was ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Environment, Personality, Social Psychology
COVID-19 Might Be Changing People's Intentions of Becoming Parents

COVID-19 Might Be Changing People’s Intentions of Becoming Parents

The new way of life brought about by the current pandemic has many people rethinking their long-term plans, and that may include reevaluating their desire to have children. According to a new ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, COVID, Health Psychology, Parenting, Social Psychology
The Good and Bad Risks That Teenagers Take

The Good and Bad Risks That Teenagers Take

We tend to talk about "risk taking" in two contradictory ways. On one hand, being able to take risks is a necessary part of life. When we try an unfamiliar activity, or ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Personality, Punishment & Reinforcement, Risk, Teens