Behavioral Psychology & Learning Theory

3 Reasons People Procrastinate at Bedtime

3 Reasons People Procrastinate at Bedtime

It’s possible to procrastinate on almost anything, and that includes going to sleep. You feel the urge to fit just one more activity in before you call it a night, and before ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Health Psychology, Procrastination, Sleep
Male Attractiveness: Is It All in the Upper Body?

Male Attractiveness: Is It All in the Upper Body?

It's one thing to judge someone's attractiveness based only on their looks, without considering their personality or non-physical traits. But researchers from Australia and the United States went a step further: they ...
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/ / Attractiveness, Behavioral Psychology, Health Psychology, Males, Performance Psychology, Social Psychology
How Social Media Influences Offline Behavior

How Social Media Influences Offline Behavior

What happens on Facebook stays on Facebook? Maybe not. Considering how much time we spend on social media, it makes sense that our online interactions could affect our behavior IRL. And researchers ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Social Media, Social Psychology
Media Literacy: An Essential Twenty-First Century Skill

Media Literacy: An Essential Twenty-First Century Skill

Here's an idea you won't here about in, well, the media: we should have media literacy classes in schools. Despite how much information we get from the media, we don't talk much ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Body Image, Cognitive Psychology, Language, Media Literacy, Media Psychology & Technology, Social Media