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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 17:19

Abstruse Goose

Written by Keiron Walsh

Resource of the week returns on Friday. For now here is a cartoon from Abstruse Goose that may be useful for Evolutionary Psychology.

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Video of Zimbardo on Good and Evil | The Lucifer Effect
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This week, TED Talks have released this video of Professor Philip Zimbardo discussing how good people can turn evil. He also discusses his experiences of acting as an expert witness during the trial of the American Military…
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Written on Saturday, 27 September 2008 15:14 in Social Psychology Be the first to comment! Read more...
Happiness has a dark side
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It seems like everyone wants to be happier and the pursuit of happiness is one of the foundations of American life. But even happiness can have a dark side, according to the authors of a new…

Written on Monday, 16 May 2011 05:00 in Psychology News Be the first to comment! Read more...
System in brain -- target of class of diabetes drugs -- linked to weight gain
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University of Cincinnati researchers have determined why a certain class of diabetes drugs leads to weight gain and have found that the molecular system involved (PPAR-γ found in the brain) is also triggered by consumption of…

Written on Sunday, 01 May 2011 17:30 in Psychology News Be the first to comment! Read more...
Stress Response is Gender Specific
Written by Keiron Walsh

Photo credit The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is reporting research published in the journal Social cognitive and Affective Neuroscience that shows that different parts of the brain are activated in males and females when…

Written on Saturday, 02 February 2008 16:34 in Stress Be the first to comment! Read more...
Successful depression treatment of mothers has long-term effects on offspring
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Successful depression treatment of mothers has long-term effects on offspring DALLAS May 10, 2011 Children whose mothers are successfully treated for depression show progressive and marked improvement in their own behaviors even a year…

Written on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 05:00 in Psychology News Be the first to comment! Read more...

Working Memory (Baddeley & Hitch, 1974)
Written by Keiron Walsh

Baddely and Hitch believed that the STM store in the Multistore Model was too simplistic: they thought that short term memory was not a passive store, but several active processes that manipulate information.

Written on Saturday, 15 March 2008 10:19 in Memory 18 comments Read more...
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
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Piaget believed that there is a qualitative as well as a quantitative difference in the intelligence of young children, compared with older children and adults. There is a quantitative difference because adults have more knowledge of…

Written on Saturday, 08 March 2008 15:54 in Cognitive Development 8 comments Read more...
The Multistore Model of Memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968)
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Atkinson and Shiffrin's Multistore Model of Memory suggests that there are three separate memory stores, Sensory Memory (sometimes called the 'sensory store'), Short Term Memory (STM) and Long Term Memory (LTM). Each store has a different…

Written on Thursday, 28 August 2008 09:46 in Memory 13 comments Read more...
AQA-A Psychology Unit 3 Options
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In Unit 3 of the AQA-A Psychology Specification, candidates must develop knowledge, understanding and skills of analysis and evaluation in relation to three topics selected from the following:

Written on Sunday, 31 May 2009 15:49 in Unit 3 Be the first to comment! Read more...
How to Spot a Narcissist From Their Facebook Profile
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Narcissism is a personality disorder, characterised by "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy" (DSM IV-TR). Narcissists have an exaggerated sense of self-importance, believe they are special and unique, have…

Written on Tuesday, 23 September 2008 05:42 in Interesting 7 comments Read more...