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Breakthroughs and Discoveries in Psychological Science: 2020 Year …
Dec 29, 2020 · Violent Video Games and Aggression: The Connection Is Dubious, at Best: The coronavirus pandemic put a damper on many traditional summertime activities for kids, giving them more opportunity to socialize with friends virtually through online gaming.But many hours of extra screen time worried some parents, especially in light of a 2015 report linking violent …
The Psychological Study of Smiling
Feb 11, 2011 · In a more recent study, published this year in Psychological Science, Ernest Abel and Michael Kruger of Wayne State University extended this line of research from emotional outcomes to a biological one: longevity. Abel and Kruger rated the smiles of professional baseball players captured in a 1952 yearbook, then determined each player’s age ...
Carol Dweck on How Growth Mindsets Can Bear Fruit in the …
Oct 29, 2019 · APS William James and James McKeen Cattell Fellow Carol S. Dweck has pioneered the study of the mindsets that influence students’ academic achievement. Teachers’ mindsets play a big role in students' success as well, she says.
We All Love to Be Loved, But Women May Experience Love More …
Feb 13, 2024 · Conventional wisdom holds that men and women approach romance differently. But new research suggests that love is important for well-being regardless of gender—and the differences that do exist may hint at the evolutionary basis of love. “In contrast to popular proclamations, this article documents striking similarities across gender in the experience of …
How Culture Affects the Way We Think
Aug 1, 2007 · Wang’s research shows that culture affects the amount of detail one recalls, the reference to individuals themselves or other people and social context, and the ability to retrieve the memory after an elapsed time period. Wang said that “the remembering of the self is a cultural process that gives rise to both commonality and diversity in ...
Why Wait? The Science Behind Procrastination
Mar 29, 2013 · The idea is that procrastinators calculate the fluctuating utility of certain activities: pleasurable ones have more value early on, and tough tasks become more important as a deadline approaches. Psychologists like Ferrari and Pychyl, on the other hand, see flaws in such a strictly temporal view of procrastination.
Who Is That? The Study of Anonymity and Behavior
Mar 30, 2018 · Zimbardo’s study was a formative piece of a rich body of research showing a link between anonymity and abusive behavior. Scientists have found a tendency for many people to act rudely, aggressively, or illegally when their faces and names are hidden. More recent studies, however, have identified the positive features of anonymity, including ...
How Technology Shapes Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions
Jul 17, 2018 · In a Cross-Cutting Theme Program at the 30 th APS Annual Convention, speakers presented interdisciplinary work on the ways technology shapes learning, attention, behavior, and our social lives from childhood through old age. Technology Meets Neuroscience. Technology is allowing neuroscientist Melina Uncapher of University of California, San ...
The Littlest Linguists: New Research on Language Development
Dec 29, 2021 · How do children learn language, and how is language related to other cognitive and social skills? For decades, the specialized field of developmental psycholinguistics has studied how children acquire language—or multiple languages—taking into account biological, neurological, and social factors that influence linguistic developments and, in turn, can play a …