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The Fading Affect Bias in Pursuit of the Pleasant Life
Fading Affect Bias (FAB) The Fading Affect Bias, or FAB for short, refers to the cognitive phenomenon supported by research showing that memories associated with negative emotions tend to fade faster than memories associated with positive emotions (Skowronski, 2014). This means we tend to forget the bad times at a faster rate than the good…
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Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 1)
It Didn’t Start Off Very Positive I could not think of a better or more ironic way to start a paper on the history of positive psychology than with a quote on the inevitability of pain and suffering. So here it is: “Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.” This…
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Psychology Dictionary — S A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Sample Portion of the entire population used to estimate what is likely happening within a population. Sample Mean Abbreviated with a lowercase x with a…
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Psychology Dictionary — R A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z r Symbol used for the Pearson-product moment correlation (correlation coefficient) Random Assignment Assigning subjects to experimental groups based on chance. Random Sample A group of…
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Psychology Dictionary — G A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z g General intelligence. Typically compared to s which represents specific intelligences. G is the culmination of all possible s’s. GABA (Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid) A neurotransmitter…
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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 types of addictive behaviors share similar roots. A new study from researchers at Bar-Ilan University and UCLA provides some new data for exploring…
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Exposure Therapy in Virtual Reality
Virtual reality technology has created a possibility for entirely new types of therapy. An interesting angle psychology researchers have been exploring for the past several years is how people’s experiences in virtual reality can change their attitudes and behaviors in actual reality. Research on this theme has suggested, for example, that experiences in virtual reality…
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Crochet, Crafts and Mental Health
If you’re looking for a new hobby to take up, consider crochet. Why? The results of a recently published study from researchers in Australia give some possible reasons. In that study, the researchers surveyed over 8,000 crocheters to learn about how people saw the hobby as affecting their mental health. The vast majority of the…
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Happiness Is Possible With a History of Anxiety
Mental health conditions like anxiety can interfere in almost any aspect of people’s lives, with real consequences. And yet, in the long-run, that doesn’t mean happiness is unobtainable. I’m not saying that to provide words of inspiration. I’m saying it because a newly published study suggests it’s true. The study surveyed 2,128 adults in Canada…
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