Psychology

ADHD Diagnoses Skyrocket 43 Percent

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnoses seemed to be a relic of the 1990s, and it was believed impatient teachers, helicopter parents and the pediatricians that enable them had moved onto other things. Not so, instead 12 percent of U.S. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2015 - 5:51pm

It Is About Me- Playing On Narcissism To Sell Customization

A rising trend in narcissism is good news for retailing and manufacturing firms offering customizable products, say marketing and psychology scholars in the Journal of Retailing. They say firms can increase the uniqueness of self-designed products by exam ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2015 - 7:48am

When A Journalist Yells Corporate Shill...

An old legal joke goes that a man accused of lifting wallets is arrested brought into court. The judge asked if he wants a trial by judge or a jury of his peers. The accused replies, "You judge, I don't want 12 pickpockets deciding what happens t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 29 2018 - 1:31pm

Happiness Has No Direct Effect On Mortality- Neither Does Unhappiness

A study of a million UK women has shown that happiness has no direct effect on mortality nor does unhappiness and stress directly cause ill health. Studies that claim it had simply confused cause and effect.   Life-threatening poor health can cause unhapp ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2015 - 7:36pm

Minorities Less Likely To Trust Physicians

When it comes to trust in their physicians, minority groups in the United States are less likely than white people to believe their doctors care about them, according to research by University of Pennsylvania's Abigail Sewell. "That's one o ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 20 2015 - 1:07pm

Teens With Fewer Mental Health Issues Use E-cigarettes

It has been long-established that mental health and behavioral problems such as alcohol and drug abuse are risk factors that push teens to smoke. A new study finds that less destructive kids will opt for e-cigarettes instead of cancer-causing cigarettes. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 21 2015 - 9:21am

Strategies For Increasing Charitable Giving

With the holiday season at a fever pitch and charitable giving on people's minds, new research from the University of Delaware suggests that for organizations interested in increasing the number of givers and the amount of donations, the solution mig ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2015 - 5:05pm

Money Can Buy Happiness

With holiday shopping season in full swing, everyone's looking for the perfect gift.  But will it make you happy, or just retailers? Maybe both. A paper in Social Psychological and Personality Science says money can buy happiness, for people who like ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 21 2015 - 4:16pm

Ask, Don't Tell, When It Comes To New Year's Resolutions

A recent analysis spanning 40 years of surveys including more than 100 papers on the 'question-behavior effect,' a phenomenon in which asking people about performing a certain behavior influences whether they do it in the future, offers insight ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 28 2015 - 12:03pm

Stereotypes: It's Not So Black And White

Recent race-related events in Ferguson, Baltimore, Chicago and New York City make it seem like race is a big problem in America, but in reality America seems that way because of transparency. We never need to run ad campaigns to stop racist chants at spor ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2015 - 9:08pm