Psychology

Statistically "Highly Unlikely"- Social Psychologist Dirk Smeesters Resigns

Erasmus University Rotterdam has announced that  Dirk Smeesters, Professor of Consumer and Society at Rotterdam School of Management, has had two papers withdrawn  after a report from the Inquiry Committee on Scientific Integrity looked into suspicions tha ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 26 2012 - 8:00am

Can Wikipedia Teach Us About Conflict Resolution?

Wikipedia's user-generated content has made it the world's largest, and most derided, encyclopedia. Part of the openness model has also led to 'edit wars' when the anonymous "editors" disagree with each other. The dynamics of ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2012 - 7:19pm

Autism Diagnostic Scales: Sometimes A Number Is Just A Number

While browsing facebook, I ran across a friend's posting of a link to a diagnostic test for autism and Asperger's that I hadn't run across before,The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised (RAADS-R). According to the abstract, ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jun 26 2012 - 10:26am

Figuring Out The Mind Of The Psychopath- Or Not

Are psychopaths made in a certain way and unable to change? Perhaps, says Aina Gullhaugen, a psychologist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, but there is a discrepancy between the formal characteristics of psychopathy and what she has e ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 14 2012 - 8:51pm

Love Thy Neighbor Applies, Even When There's Money At Stake

Most people do not want war in their backyard.  In geopolitics, people claim to love their neighbor but they still prepare to fight; Switzerland, the home of neutrality, still has hundreds of forts built into their mountains and young men are required to o ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 15 2012 - 3:07pm

A Biologist And A Psychologist Square Off Over The Definition Of Science

Is psychology a science?   Increasingly, the respect of science (and scientists) by the public has been dropping and a part of that reason is because the line of what science is has become fuzzy. If economics calls itself science, well, the public knows th ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 19 2012 - 10:20pm

Ecopsychology- For People Who Think Social Psychology Is Too Credible

If only there were a field that examines the spiritual, therapeutic and psychological aspects of human-nature relationships, I'd abandon my graduate studies in Theoretical Phys Ed and embrace this new discipline instead. Luckily, there is. For those o ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 27 2012 - 2:00pm

Resources For Coping With Cancer

Having cancer takes a toll on the body but the emotional strains are considerable. The stresses of undergoing treatment, along with the impact it has on relationships with family and friends, can be overwhelming and it's common for people with cancer ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2012 - 8:00am

Aesop's Fable: Is Your Child Smarter Than That Crow?

If the legend is true, Aesop lived during the sixth century B.C. He was born a slave but was given his freedom as a reward for his wit and intelligence.   He never wrote anything down but the stories people remembered were so intriguing virtually every mor ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 31 2012 - 4:48pm

Rebellious Kids Correlated To More Drug Addiction

We can't complain that children don't know how to think and act like adults if we homogenize the way children behave...but criminologists wish you would.   If you don't, they could be drug addicts. Defiant kids are correlated with drug depen ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2012 - 6:39pm