Psychology

The Pursuit of Happiness Is Hazardous to Your Health [Psychology]

2011-03-15T15:20:00.001-07:00

The Pursuit of Happiness Is Hazardous to Your Health [Psychology]

Brian Moylan — Everyone just wants to be happy, but psychologists at the University of Wisconsin found that people who search out happiness for its own sake tend to live shorter lives and are at greater risk to develop depression and other mental illnesses. Yes, the pursuit of happiness can lead to unhappiness.

Psychologists say that people should chase after "eudaimonic" happiness, the good feelings that come from volunteering, raising children, or having a purpose in life other than making money, being fabulous, and watching reality television programs. This is the sort emotional activity that will lead to a longer life and general sense of well-being. And it doesn't work if people are forced into it either, so your court-appointed community service doesn't count. You better get yourself to a soup kitchen, or you're as good as dead.

“Psychology Professor Fired for Off-Campus Burlesque Hobby [Video]” plus 1 more

2011-03-14T15:42:00.001-07:00

“Psychology Professor Fired for Off-Campus Burlesque Hobby [Video]” plus 1 more

Psychology Professor Fired for Off-Campus Burlesque Hobby [Video]

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:51 AM PDT

Hamilton Nolan — Sheila Addison was a psychology professor at John F. Kennedy University in California. At the same time, she was performing in a San Francisco burlesque show, the Hubba Hubba Revue, under the name "Professor Shimmy" (sample performance above.) The school decided that was too scandalous, and fired her. Now she's suing.

According to Addison's lawsuit, there was no connection between her burlesque hobby and her teaching; she never talked about it in class, and she never talked about the school on stage. Nevertheless, the school said her performances brought "public disrespect, contempt, and ridicule to the university." Which in a way is true, because I'd never heard of JFKU before, but I'm pretty sure it's not a very good school, considering how much stock photography it employs on its website, and also considering the fact that it's run by fools:

Administrators also cited concerns that word of her performances had spread among students, who had lost respect for her and were "shocked and dismayed."

College students "shocked and dismayed" by a freaking burlesque show? This show's not even topless. The average college student has been Googling hardcore porn since they hit puberty. I mean, there wasn't even a fucksaw involved. What a bunch of bullshit.

JFK would be ashamed. That dude loved sex.

[Inside Higher Ed]

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How Investor Psychology Can Help You Win Your NCAA Tournament Pool

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:37 AM PDT

I'll admit upfront that I went to Penn State, where football is king and basketball is sometimes seen as the court jester. But I do know something about psychology and betting, and I wager a little of that knowledge will help you score better in your office NCAA basketball-tournament pool.

The psychology of gambling is all about mental glitches -- more properly called psychological biases -- that cause us to make mistakes. A mountain of research has shown that those biases cause us to miscalculate in everything from investing to driving to gauging how funny we really are. Recognizing them will help you fill out your brackets.

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The Hot-Hand Fallacy

In a 1985 study, researchers found that 91% of basketball fans thought that a player stood a better chance of making a shot after having made two or three baskets in a row. Players and coaches in the NBA likewise shared this belief. In reality, however, a player's next shot is only as likely to drop as his overall shooting percentage would suggest. Ditto for a "hot" team on a winning streak.

What it means for your bracket: Don't bet that a team on a winning streak will carry that momentum through the tournament. For instance, stay away from Bucknell (10 straight wins) and Gonzaga (9 straight); let others in your bracket talk themselves into thinking the hot underdogs can overcome Big East powers Connecticut and St. Johns, respectively.

The Home Bias

We tend to invest in things we're most familiar with, even when it makes no sense; the same is true for filling out your NCAA tournament bracket. This is supported by Bradley Carlin, a professor of statistics at the University of Minnesota, who has co-authored two papers on NCAA tournament probabilities. He's been quoted as saying: "I live in a Big Ten town, so as a rule, the Big Ten is over-bet."

In investing, the home bias is often extreme. For example: At one point during the 1980s, for example, Sweden's stock market accounted for less than 1% of the value of the world's markets. Nevertheless, most Swedes were 100% invested in Swedish stocks. And one study looked at investments in regional Bell holding companies (the "Baby Bells"). In all but one state, the study found, locals tended to hold more shares of the nearest Baby Bell than the others.

A particularly harmful home bias involves owning too many shares of your employer's stock. A 2001 study found that Coca-Cola employees allocate 76% of their discretionary retirement contributions to Coke shares -- and only 16% thought that such a big bet was riskier than a well-diversified portfolio.

What it means for your bracket: Don't be overly enthusiastic about your alma mater's prospects. Penn State made the 2011 tourney (hallelujah!), and my gut tells me they'll win the first couple of rounds -- after all, they played well enough in the recent Big Ten tournament to qualify for the NCAAs. But I know to disregard both the hot-hand fallacy and the home bias, and the reality is that Penn State is likely to fall to cross-state rival Temple in the first round.

The Herd Bias

Herd mentality, of course, is the tendency of people to follow the crowd. But you may not know just how powerful it is. Brain scans have shown that a crowd's opinion actually changes our perception of a problem -- it literally alters our perception of reality. Further, going against the crowd stimulates the part of our brain that experiences pain.

What it means for your bracket: You have a better chance of winning it all if you pick a slight underdog to win the title. If you pick a top seed, and many others in your pool pick the same team, and it wins, you'll have to beat plenty of office mates in the rest of the bracket. And while your lower-seeded team may have lesser odds of winning it all, you'll have less competition for bracket glory if your team pulls it off.

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“Psychology: Compulsive lying can be overcome” plus 2 more

2011-03-13T16:25:00.001-07:00

“Psychology: Compulsive lying can be overcome” plus 2 more

Psychology: Compulsive lying can be overcome
Parents Outraged Over Psychology Quiz Laced with Sexual Innuendo
USD’s Yutrzenka Awarded 2011 Beverly Thorn Award

Psychology: Compulsive lying can be overcome

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:58 AM PDT

Q: I have been a chronic liar for many years and would like to change. My lying started as a child, when I lied to my father in order to avoid getting whipped. My father was an alcoholic and abusive. As I grew older it seemed much easier to lie to keep people happy.

As years passed, lying has ruined my relationships with other people because they can't trust me. What can you tell me about people like me?

A: Many people simply see lying as a means to an end. These people want something or simply think that they need something. Fact mixes with fiction, rules are broken, and someone ends up lying. Often, like a house of cards, the lies build upon themselves until their sheer weight finally causes a collapse. Sorting out the truth becomes difficult to do, and sometimes it's "just easier" to keep a lie going.

Other people lie out of fear. People may lie to avoid punishment, to save their self-image or to hide from their insecurities.

Some professionals refer to compulsive lying as lying by reflex. Even when confronted with the truth, the liar insists that the lie is the truth. Pathological or compulsive lying is felt by some authorities to be an impulse-control problem. Lying becomes then a matter of control or lack thereof.

Individuals with certain personality disorders - such as anti-social, borderline narcissistic and histrionic - are often identified as being more likely to lie.

People brought up amid chaos, unhappiness and chronic stress are more prone to lie in order to try to make life more tolerable. For them, lying can be seen as a coping strategy. Lies are often the basis for communication in families burdened with substance abuse or domestic violence.

Overcoming compulsive lying requires a great deal of hard work, and often professional assistance. Don't give up your goal of changing.

Hap LeCrone, a Cox News Service columnist, is a clinical psychologist. Write him at 4555 Lake Shore Dr., Waco, TX 76710; or send e-mail.

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Parents Outraged Over Psychology Quiz Laced with Sexual Innuendo

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 09:12 PM PST

Parents are outraged after a psychology quiz laced with sexual innuendo was given to a Florida high school class for a grade.

The assignment titled "The Sexual Tension Quiz" was given by teacher Frank Rozanski in his advanced placement psychology class at Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens.

One parent couldn't believe what she was reading when her child brought the assignment home.

The parent, who doesn't want to be identified, said, "You know that's something, I don't know, you wouldn't even see on a porn site, I don't know, it's that bad."

There are no curse words or nudity in the quiz but it clearly paints a naughty picture.

"To have a teacher giving that, you know, to me that's sexual harassment to these kids," said the Dwyer High School parent.

Other parents agreed.

The 14-question quiz used words like "penetrates" and "discharge."

Palm Beach County's school district didn't think the quiz was appropriate either.

The district spokesman said disciplinary action was taken against the teacher immediately and the school is communicating directly with parents whose children were affected.

Concerned parents say whatever discipline was doled out by the district simply isn't enough.

They say the Rozanski shouldn't be a teacher at Dwyer High School any more.

The school district confirmed Rozanski is still a teacher at Dwyer.

The district won't say how he was disciplined, because it's a personnel issue.

There were 13 G-rated quiz answers but that doesn't change one parent's opinion.

"Just after reading this, you know, it's not something any kids should have to read. Kids minds are already there, let's not make it worse," she said.

The school district hasn't said why the quiz was handed out in class, but it claims it's taking steps to make sure it won't happen again at Dwyer High School.

Parents said Mr. Rozanski was at Dwyer Thursday teaching his regularly scheduled classes.

USD’s Yutrzenka Awarded 2011 Beverly Thorn Award

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:21 PM PDT

VERMILLION — Barbara Yutrzenka, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of the Clinical Psychology Program at The University of South Dakota, was awarded the 2011 Beverly Thorn Award for Outstanding Director of Clinical Training Service at the annual meeting of the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology last month in Nashville, Tenn.

Yutrzenka is the fourth recipient of this award since 2008. The Thorn Award recognizes contributions in the development of innovative ways to build and measure program quality, contributions to the community of Directors of Training, demonstrated achievement in assuring good outcomes for graduates of their program and principled advocacy for the scientist-practitioner philosophy of education and training at the local, state, or national level.

A Director of Training for 23 years, Yutrzenka was honored for her outstanding service to clinical psychology as well as her dedication to improved training and research methods. In addition to directing South Dakota's only American Psychological Association accredited doctoral program in clinical psychology, Yutrzenka has been recognized for her excellence as a teacher and advisor, has served as a consultant on professional ethics concerns in the state and region, and has an extensive record of professional presentations and publications in her discipline. Additionally, she was appointed by former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds to serve on the South Dakota Board of Examiners of Psychology in 2005; was a recipient of the USD Chapter of Psi Chi's Outstanding Psychology Faculty in 2008; received the Belbas-Larson Excellence in Teaching Award (tenured faculty member) in 2000; and served on the Board of Directors for the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology for four years.

Yutrzenka received her bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University, and her master's degree and psychology Ph.D. from the University of North Dakota. She joined the faculty at The U as an assistant professor of psychology in 1984.

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Ventura College Psychology Club hosts anti-drinking event

2011-03-10T15:22:00.001-08:00

Ventura College Psychology Club hosts anti-drinking event

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:26 PM PST

With pictures of bacchanalian excess the norm on reality television, it's an uphill battle to keep teens and young adults from drinking and driving.

That's why Lucy Capuano Brewer and the Ventura College Psychology Club held its third THINK – Think Before You Drink event Wednesday, a week before spring break. The Ventura College event had more speakers and demonstrations than ever.

"It's going beyond expectations. This is the third year and we've grown exponentially. I have had people come up to me and say, 'I'm starting my sobriety today,'" said Capuano Brewer, a psychology professor.

Dan Hicks, manager at Ventura County Behavioral Health, said that he joined other social services agencies with booths at the event because it's necessary to get the message out to the students.

"Our local data show young adults 25 and under show up more frequently with DUIs with higher blood-alcohol levels," he said.

Although out-of-control drunken antics have become the staple of such reality television as "Jersey Shore," Hicks said there is a secret weapon that can be used on a local level to discourage young people from drinking and driving.

"We have an advantage. These kids care about each other. There is a local truth and it's extremely well-received. These kids know it's real because everybody knows someone who has been hurt by drinking and that reality comes through loud and clear."

For some students at the college, the message is getting through. Jessica Montejano, 18, and Joseph Valencia, 18, watched the Ventura County Fire Department demonstrate the jaws of life extrication.

"I've never, ever thought of drinking and driving. My dad got it through my head," Valencia said.

"My mom said, 'You drink, you drive, you die,'" Montejano said.

"It's pointless," she added. "It takes as much effort to get drunk and get in a car as it does to call a cab or call someone to come get you regardless."

Tara Darling, president of the Psychology Club, said organizing the THINK event was also a personal endeavor.

"My sister is a current addict and she's struggling. For those on the outside, you feel so powerless to see them struggle," Darling said. "We give them the resources. People don't realize how they can destroy other people's lives. We want to put this in their minds before they do something."

Ted Prell, a criminal justice professor who helped organize the event, said the live demonstrations, which also included "beer goggles" and an obstacle course, have a positive effect.

"Look at the turnout. I think it's an important way of applying the present. We're trying to make don't drink and drive in a visual way of getting that message across," he said.

Dawn Reid, program coordinator for Project Interface, spoke in front of a standing-room-only crowd of students and made sure they understood the grim statistics.

"One half of violent crimes occur when people were using alcohol," Reid said, adding that, "alcohol does not a rapist or rape victim make. However, alcohol increases the chances of being a rapist or a victim."

Ernie Lorenzano, 18, and Janell Alvarez, 18, both tried on the "beer goggles," which are designed to simulate drunkenness. They were both glad to see the event happen ahead of spring break.

"Drunk driving happens and this is eye-opening," Lorenzano said.

“Zen psychology: Daisetz Suzuki remembered” plus 1 more

2011-03-09T15:21:00.001-08:00

“Zen psychology: Daisetz Suzuki remembered” plus 1 more

Zen psychology: Daisetz Suzuki remembered

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:07 PM PST

Despite the gloomy global economy, the field of positive psychology is booming. Often described simplistically by journalists as "the science of happiness," it's actually a broad focus on our strengths and talents, virtues and peak experiences in daily living. The name for this specialty originated with Martin Seligman at the University of Pennsylvania a dozen years ago. With amazing speed, it has spawned courses at hundreds of colleges, best-selling books, websites and workshops on topics like mindfulness, and wide-ranging research on the links between mood and wellness.

Yet, amid this flurry of excitement, it's shameful that so little credit is given to a key figure who helped shift the focus away from Sigmund Freud's gloomy fixations to a more optimistic view of human nature: Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. More than any other Eastern thinker in the 20th century, he catalyzed the rise of humanistic psychology in the post-World War II era — and, indirectly, today's mounting interest in spirituality and inner well-being. As 2011 marks the 55th anniversary of Suzuki's death, the time is right to remember the remarkable man born in what's now Kanazawa, western Japan.

Suzuki was descended from a long line of physicians of the samurai class. He was expected to follow in their path, but when he was only 6, his father died and this goal became financially impossible. Academically gifted, he taught English in several small towns before initiating higher education at Tokyo Senmon Gakko (the predecessor of Waseda University) and the nonregular course at the Imperial University in Tokyo. But by his early 20s, Suzuki felt drawn to spiritual matters, and became a novitiate at the Engakuji Rinzai Zen monastery in Kamakura.

What was his motivation? As Suzuki later reminisced, "My thoughts (had) started to turn to philosophy and religion, and as my family belonged to the Rinzai sect of Zen, it was natural that I should look to Zen for some of the answers to my problems (about losing my father and our family's resulting poverty)."

At Engakuji, Suzuki's mentor, the aged Roshi (Zen master) Imagita Kosen, bestowed the Buddhist name Daisetz, meaning "great humility" on his pupil. Suzuki spent long hours in zazen (sitting meditation) and immersed himself in classic Zen texts. He was especially inspired by the "Zenkan Sakushin" (Whips to Drive You Through the Zen Barrier), an anthology of writings on Zen discipline and advice compiled by a Chinese master of the Ming dynasty. Decades later, Suzuki would vividly describe these formative years in his spiritual memoir, "The Training of A Buddhist Monk."

As he later reminisced, "In the way of moral effort, I used to spend many nights in a cave at the back of the Shariden building where the Buddha's tooth was enshrined. But there was always a weakness of willpower in me, so that I often failed to sit up all night in the cave, finding some excuse to leave, such as the mosquitoes."

Suzuki may have been exceptionally modest by temperament, but he was a brilliant linguist. Recognizing this talent was Roshi Kosen's cosmopolitan successor — Shaku Soyen, who arranged for young Suzuki to work near Chicago as a professional translator of Eastern texts for the Open Court publishing firm. There for 12 years, Suzuki enthusiastically introduced Americans to classic Chinese, Japanese, Pali and Sanskrit writings — starting with Taoism's seminal text, the "Tao Te Ching." In 1907, Suzuki authored his first book, "Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism," and thus began his subsequent, nearly 60-year career as a teacher and interpreter of Zen Buddhism to the West. During his stay in the U.S., he traveled widely including a visit to Europe — expanding his translation work and connecting with Theosophists and others interested in mystical teachings for the modern world.

Late in his life, Suzuki insisted that he had never planned to spend so much time residing in the U.S., but "one year grew into the next and I wound up staying in America for more than a decade. After that, I traveled around Europe for a year before returning to Japan."

During this period, Suzuki also found time for romance. In 1911, he married Beatrice Erskine Lane, an American social worker eight years his junior drawn to Zen and Theosophy. By then, he was back in Japan as an English lecturer at the Imperial University, and they wedded in Yokohama. The two would adopt a son and collaborate on many literary projects until her death in 1939, for Lane was an accomplished scholar in her own right — whose lucid book on Mahayana Buddhism still remains in print after more than 70 years. Sharing her husband's interest in psychology, she devoted an entire chapter in this work to the Buddhist concept of personality — and poetically declared that "The only definite teaching to be found in Zen is that . . . every man is a sleeping Buddha. Consequently, (one) has but to awaken his heart of wisdom by meditation to gain a direct insight into the nature of reality."

The 1920s and 1930s marked Suzuki's most productive years. Joining the faculty of Otani University in Kyoto, he taught both English and Buddhist philosophy, and received an honorary doctorate in literature. During this period, his major books included "An Introduction to Zen Buddhism," "Essays in Zen Buddhism," "The Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk," his translation of the ancient Sanskrit Lankavatara Sutra, and especially "Zen and Its Influence on Japanese Culture."

These works came to influence several major psychological thinkers of the 20th century including Carl Jung, Erich Fromm and Karen Horney. For example, Jung was fascinated by Suzuki's description of the Zen experience of satori (enlightenment) and argued that it showed that we have higher stages of consciousness beyond the ego. For Fromm and Horney, Suzuki's work pointed the way to an exciting new understanding of personality growth and psychotherapy based on the notion of a "real self" that can be nurtured through authenticity and "whole-heartedness."

Fromm admired Suzuki's Zen teaching that we grow spiritually in life not by mere words and intellect, but by involving our entire being. At the time, of course, Freudianism was the dominant approach in Europe and the U.S., and had nothing to say about such matters.

During the interwar years, Suzuki's writings also helped modern Japanese to appreciate the impact of Zen thought on their own culture. For instance, in his preface to "The Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk," Suzuki asserted that "It is impossible, as I maintain, in the study of the Orient, especially in the study of Japanese character and culture, to neglect — much less to ignore — the influence of Zen. "In Zen and Its Influence on Japanese Culture," Suzuki described Zen's impact on four different, long-standing traditions in his country: painting, literature, swordsmanship and the tea ceremony. Each of these domains is worth noting, though space constraint here necessarily make these brief.

Artistically, the Sumiye is a kind of sketch in black and white, involving ink composed of soot and glue, a brush of sheep's or badger's hair, and thin paper designed to absorb much ink. As Suzuki noted, such frail material was intentionally chosen to make sure that the artist's inspiration was transferred onto it in the quickest possible time — allowing for no erasing, retouching or remodeling. In this way, observed Suzuki, "Sumiye attempts to catch spirit as it moves" — thereby embodying the Zen principle that in life, "Everything becomes, nothing is stationery."

As for literature, the haiku is a special product of Japanese genius, according to Suzuki, developed in its highest form by the 17th-century Zen devotee Basho. How so? Because he freed haiku from mere wordplay and connected it to the experience of ultimate truth with such poems as "A frog jumps into the water. Hear the sound!"

As for swordsmanship, Suzuki contended that in feudal times, Japanese warriors were taught by Zen masters not to learn scholarly doctrines, but to develop a specific mental attitude: fearlessness before their possible death in battle. The 16th-century Zen master Takuan also taught his disciple Yagyu Tajima no Kami (swordsmanship teacher to the shogun of his day): "What is most important in the art of swordplay is to acquire . . . 'immovable wisdom.' 'Immovable' does not mean to be stiff and heavy . . . It means the highest degree of motility with a center which remains immovable . . . You must leave your mind free to make its own countermovement without your interfering deliberation."

Finally, Suzuki contended that the Japanese tea ceremony, so integral and favored part of its culture — and similar to other long-standing artistic activities as flower arranging — embodies the spirit of sabi by emphasizing such elements as simplicity, naturalness, refinement and "familiarity singularly tinged with aloofness and everyday commonness veiled exquisitely with the mist of transcendental inwardness."

Such insights by Suzuki helped to awaken broad Japanese interest in Zen Buddhism, especially as his reputation grew in the West.

When World War II erupted, Suzuki was under the suspicion of the Japanese government for his opposition to militarism. In his numerous wartime essays on Zen, he kept quiet about political matters, but in private letters as well as public speeches, he made clear his antiwar stance. For example, the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, the 71-year-old Suzuki plunged Otani University's faculty meeting into uproar when he contended, "With this, Japan will be destroyed. What will destroy it is Shinto and the militarists."

Such shocking words, of course, proved prophetic — and in 1949, he was made a member of the Japan Academy and decorated by the emperor with the Order of Culture.

The postwar era marked the heyday of American Freudianism and its humanistic offshoots — and Suzuki, teaching Zen Buddhism at Columbia University in the 1950s, was at the epicenter of creative psychological thought. Only months before Horney's death in 1952, she accompanied Suzuki and colleagues on a tour of Japanese Zen monasteries and emphasized the importance of his notion of "whole-heartedness" as a vital feature of mental health. Fromm became close friends with Suzuki, and in 1957, sponsored him as a guest speaker for a conference on Zen and psychoanalysis held in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Several years later, the two coauthored an influential book on this topic; like many others, Fromm was greatly touched by Suzuki's personal warmth and kindness.

Abraham Maslow, guru of motivational psychology, was another humanistic thinker inspired by Suzuki during these years. Maslow, who pioneered in studying what he called "peak experiences" — that is, sudden moments of joy and meaning — was excited by Suzuki's concept of sono-mama or suchness, as an element of mystical awareness. Sponsoring Suzuki's lectures at Brandeis University, Maslow also regarded Suzuki's Zen teaching of muga, or total absorption, as vital for a psychology of well-being and growth.

It is an historical irony, though, that Suzuki had much less impact on Japanese psychology than on its humanistic development in the U.S. and Europe. Why so? Because during the postwar years, Japanese psychologists were eager to establish their field as a rigorous experimentalist science, akin to biology, and looked askance at philosophical or spiritual thinkers. As the Jungian scholar Dr. Shoji Muramoto of Kobe City University of Foreign Studies comments, "Unlike in the West, Suzuki's relevance to modern psychology has hardly been appreciated in Japan outside of a few journal articles. Nevertheless, he was perhaps the first Zen philosopher to deal with Zen as an object of academic study in its philosophical basis and psychological aspects, as well as its history."

After retiring from Columbia University in 1957, the elderly Suzuki returned to Japan, where he kept up an active, international schedule of writing, attending conferences, lecturing and receiving awards for his lifetime achievements.

Until his death in 1966 at age 95, he influenced a new generation interested in the relevance of Eastern thought — particularly Zen Buddhism — for contemporary civilization. For instance, his writings on Zen meditation later contributed to mindfulness training for health care professionals as a valued therapeutic tool — and now sponsored by dozens of medical schools in the U.S. and elsewhere.

As Suzuki astutely saw, the world was hungry for Eastern spiritual wisdom. His final words? "Don't worry. Thank you! Thank you!"

Edward Hoffman, Ph.D., is an adjunct associate professor at Yeshiva University, New York. He is the author of several books including "Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow," translated into Japanese. E-mail: elhoffma@yu.edu

Achieving happiness and well-being through positive psychology

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:06 PM PST

Positive psychology is a hot topic these days. Books with "happiness" in the title are pouring out of publishers' lists, and studies on resilience, well-being and gratitude have made their way from academic journals to mainstream magazines. More than 200 colleges and universities in the United States, including my own, offer courses in this burgeoning field.

This upswell of interest represents a dramatic shift. For nearly a century, the emphasis in theory and practice has been on dysfunction, mental illness and repairing emotional damage. Then in 1998, Dr. Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania used his position as president of the American Psychological Association to promote the scientific study of what he calls "human strengths and virtues" — encompassing such traits as curiosity, originality, courage, honesty, kindness, generosity, zestfulness and leadership.

Though Seligman is credited with coining the term "positive psychology," the idea of focusing not on what's wrong with us, but what's right, originated with another noted American psychologist more than 50 years ago — Abraham Maslow.

He was known for his seminal studies on personality and motivation, and his concepts like self-actualization, peak experience and synergy have become part of the everyday English language.

Due to space limitations, it's possible to focus on only two vital aspects of positive psychology today: peak experiences and the presence of a confidant in our life.

Peaking at work

Maslow coined the term "peak experience" to describe those moments in life when we feel most joyful, fulfilled and even inspired.

For greater career satisfaction, notice your own peaks at work and then start planning how you can make these happen more often. Here are some questions to guide you:

1. Can you recall a recent work situation when you felt a great sense of pride, accomplishment or happiness?

2. What made this situation so worthwhile for you? Be as specific as possible. Perhaps it reinforced your own values, built closer relations with coworkers, or represented the culmination of a long-held goal.

3. Looking ahead at your career for the next six months, how might you create more peak experiences? How about the next 12 or 24 months?

4. If your answer to question 1 was no, can you recall a more distant job experience of peak quality? If so, how can you change your current work situation to increase your personal satisfaction and accomplishment?

Do you have a confidant?

For more than two decades, behavioral scientists have been affirming a measurable link between friendship and well-being. Yet, the concept is hardly new. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle identified three types of friendship — comprising utility (such as business benefit), pleasure (shared fun interest) and virtuousness (emotional concern and care). In his view, friendship based on virtue has the greatest impact on human well-being in everyday life.

Later, in the Middle Ages, Aristotle's perspective was extended by Moses Maimonides, a celebrated rabbi-physician who lived in Spain and Egypt. He contended that friendship is vital for individual wellness and declared: "It is well known that one needs friends all his lifetime. When one is in good health and prosperous, he enjoys the company of friends. In time of trouble, he is in need of them. In old age, when his body is weak, he is aided by them."

Though historic thinkers like Aristotle and Maimonides saw a clear link between friendship and wellness, scientific evidence to verify this link is emerging. The range of studies has been wide: from drug abuse and depression among North American teens to condom use among Mexican men.

Repeatedly research shows that having a trusted friend lowers nearly all forms of risky and self-destructive behavior. Studies also reveal that people who have a confidant have better overall health — and are less likely to suffer from chronic medical problems like cardiovascular impairment, hypertension and asthma. Those with a confidant also have greater resiliency and less vulnerability to depression.

In a recent study of heart disease conducted in Britain, Dr. Chris Dickens and his colleagues at Manchester University estimated that the presence of a confidant added four years to women's life expectancy and five years to men's!

So, how can you sustain a confidant relationship? Here are four tips from my clinical experience:

1) Be authentic and communicate clearly. No matter how likable you are, nobody can be empathic and helpful if you're vague. "I'm depressed about my job" is much clearer than "something is bothering me lately."

2) Avoid narcissism: Be sure to reciprocate an exchange of feelings. That is, be a good listener and not just a good talker. Show real interest in your confidant's own life events.

3) Express gratitude, for nobody likes to feel used or exploited by others. By definition, a confidant is not your hired doctor or therapist.

4) Every relationship needs balance, so be sure to share your life's joys as well as sorrows. Schedule some fun activities together: You and your confidant will be revitalized.

TestYourself: Psychology Hits PSN Today, Will Reveal Full Psychological Portrait

2011-03-08T15:33:00.001-08:00

TestYourself: Psychology Hits PSN Today, Will Reveal Full Psychological Portrait

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PST

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Hey everyone! Bill from Creat Studios here with a very exciting news: All you fans that are looking for a deeper understanding of yourselves look no further than TestYourself: Psychology coming soon to PSN. Test Yourself introduces audiences to a unique mental experience on the PlayStation Network and will be released as a series of packs, each devoted to specific areas of psychological activity. The first pack, Test Yourself: Psychology contains two initial blocks of tests – Nervous System and Intellect – and will be available for download on PSN on March 8th in North America $2.99 – practically free!

The goal of TestYourself: Psychology is to provide users with an affordable, professional assessment of various aspects of their personalities and psychological abilities. After the release of the initial pack, new blocks of tests will be available for download on a monthly basis, each focusing on different elements of psychological health. Users who complete all 12 blocks will receive a full psychological portrait and will understand the complex characteristics of their states of mind.

TestYourself: Psychology is a serious scientific product developed by a team of professional psychologists and counselors. The product's affordable price is part of an effort to support increasing public interest towards psychology. By combining a scientific approach with the fun of the PlayStation platform, TestYourself: Psychology offers an accessible and enjoyable experience for audiences of all ages and cultural backgrounds.

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“The Psychology of Twitter” plus 1 more

2011-03-07T15:13:00.001-08:00

“The Psychology of Twitter” plus 1 more

The Psychology of Twitter

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 09:25 PM PST

Twitter has officially become the next big thing in terms of Internet social phenomena, so I can't resist writing about it... just like everyone else. Understanding the psychology of Twitter as a case study helps innovators learn how to better predict and even invent emerging white space market opportunities. And so, this is an exploration into the existential psychology of and underlying meaning - and meaninglessness - of Twitter, to understand its meteoric rise in the Internet world.

First of all, if you've never used or even heard of Twitter, don't worry, you're not alone. As of now, less than 10 percent of American Internet users actually Twitter, but it's growing like crazy: unique visitors to Twitter increased 1,382 percent year-over-year, from 475,000 unique visitors in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009, making it the fastest growing social media site in the world.

Essentially, Twitter is an automated service for sharing of short 140-character communications. Why the 140 character limit? So you can send tweets from your cell phone as well as your computer. Pretty much every major celebrity has a twitter channel, from Britney Spears to Stephen Coubert and John Cleese, as the system has become the promotional channel du jour. In fact, Twitter's greatest challenge is the risk of collapsing under its own weight, as servers crash due to the unprecedented volume of traffic and the complexity of revenue models beckon.

Some feel that Twitter is the killer app for killing time, filling any moment with useless drivel - "boy, I love lightly scrambled eggs", "appletini or dirty martini? reply now to tell what I should order", "stop & shop is out of weight watchers brownies, but price chopper has 'em." I mean, it's crazy. NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program even figured out how to get plants to twitter when they're thirsty!

Most interesting is how the Twitter system acts to fill a deep psychological need in our society. The unfortunate reality is that we are a culture starved for real community. For hundreds of thousands of years, human beings have resided in tribes of about 30-70 people. Our brains are wired to operate within the social context of community - programming both crucial and ancient for human survival.

However, the tribal context of life was subverted during the Industrial Revolution, when the extended family was torn apart in order to move laborers into the cities. But a deep evolutionary need for community continues to express itself, through feelings of community generated by your workplace, your church, your sports team, and now... the twitterverse. This is why people feel so compelled to tweet, to facebook or even to check their email incessantly. We crave connection.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

It's useful to dig a bit deeper into our need for community. In fact, needs analysis one of the most powerful tools for innovators to understand, which invariably leads to the meaning of their products. So let's look at Twitter in the context of Abraham Maslow's concept of a hierarchy of needs, first presented in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation."

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is most often displayed as a pyramid, with lowest levels of the pyramid made up of the most basic needs and more complex needs are at the top of the pyramid. Needs at the bottom of the pyramid are basic physical requirements including the need for food, water, sleep and warmth. Once these lower-level needs have been met, people can move on to higher levels of needs, which become increasingly psychological and social. Soon, the need for love, friendship and intimacy become important. Further up the pyramid, the need for personal esteem and feelings of accomplishment become important. Finally, Maslow emphasized the importance of self-actualization, which is a process of growing and developing as a person to achieve individual potential.

Twitter aims primarily at social needs, like those for belonging, love, and affection. Relationships such as friendships, romantic attachments and families help fulfill this need for companionship and acceptance, as does involvement in social, community or religious groups. Clearly, feeling connected to people via Twitter helps to fulfill some of this need to belong and feel cared about.

An even higher level of need, related to self-esteem and social recognition, is also leveraged by Twitter. Twitter allows normal people to feel like celebrities. At its worst, Twitter is an exercise in unconditional narcissism - the idea that others might actually care about the minutiae of our daily lives. I believe that this phenomena of micro-celebrity is driven by existential anxiety. I twitter, therefore I am. I matter. I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggoneit, people like me!

"We are the most narcissistic age ever," agrees Dr David Lewis, a cognitive neuropsychologist and director of research based at the University of Sussex. "Using Twitter suggests a level of insecurity whereby, unless people recognize you, you cease to exist. It may stave off insecurity in the short term, but it won't cure it."

This leads me to a few other problems I have with Twitter and social activity monitoring in general. First, it makes it much easier for stalkers to follow you. Stalkers give me the willies, and better tools need to be in place to identify those you don't want following your every move. However, in Los Angeles, most people celebrate their first official stalker as a benchmark of success. Second, there is a remarkable loss of focus and presence that comes with the information overload that multi-tasking brings. Twitter is like digital crack that invariably turns you into a tweetker - no matter how much of it you get, you'll never be satisfied. If you've ever woken up at 3 am to check your email or read tweets, you know what I mean. You know the cold clammy fingers of existential anxiety.

Self-Actualization via Tweets

A more valuable technology tool for humanity might be the opposite of Twitter - an application that removes distractions from life, reconnects you to real relationships and human touch, and helps you find the time to focus on what really matters in life. It's an old joke, "Second Life, heck! I can't even keep up with my first one!"

Which leads me to return to the remaining highest level in the Maslovian hierarchy of needs - how people might use Twitter to self-actualize. Currently, there are over 200 marketing guru's teaching about how to use Twitter as a marketing channel. How far behind could the spiritual guru's be? The spiritually ubiquitous Deepak Chopra has a twitter channel. So does the motivational guru Tony Robbins. Existential psychology theory explains that the core tendency of the self-actualizing person is to achieve authentic being. Can Twitter possibly aid in achieving authentic being, or is it fundamentally "mitwelt" - reinforcing the social and interpersonal aspects of life, and thus a distraction from "eigenwelt" - where the treasure of the self is hidden? What would Rollo May do? What would Heidegger say?

Perhaps this is the highest meaning of Twitter: it's really just a massive social art project. It's really nothing more than a fun and immersive conceptual art installation about humanity and by humanity, composed of individual 140 character haikus. (In fact, there's even a name for the perfect tweet haiku... twoosh! It's when your tweet hits exactly 140 characters and makes that sound. Tweet + swoosh. Nothing but net.) In fact, all the twooshes in the world add up into a giant global pachinko machine, made all the more addictive because Twitter's software designers were clever enough to program in tenacious intermittent reward systems, so you end up like a loser in Vegas, behaviorally trapped at the slot machines of life.

Make Quick Work of Internet Trolls by Using Cognitive Therapy [Psychology]

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:14 PM PST

Adam Dachis — We've previously looked at how you can de-troll your internet, but software developer Shlomi Fish offers up a different and very interesting approach. Shlomi found that the best-selling book Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy—a book that teaches cognitive therapy—offered up effective solutions for dealing with the internet's most embittered vocal minority.

Photo by Best Worst Movie

Shlomi suggests that the often-suggested method of ignoring the trolls (often referred to as "don't feed the trolls") is not the way to go. Neither is criticism, calling for banning, or asking a troll to simply stop trolling. So what should you do? Ask questions to clarify (e.g "Why do you feel that Python is so bad? What do you find wrong with it?"), and kill with kindness (e.g. "It's OK to prefer Perl, we'll still accept you here."). As frustrating as it may be to be nice to someone who isn't, sometimes people just want to be heard and accepted.

This is generally how I handle angry people and it's always worked pretty well for me. How about you?

Dealing with Internet Trolls - the Cognitive Therapy Approach | Unarmed But Still Dangerous via Hacker News

You can follow Adam Dachis, the author of this post, on Twitter and Facebook. If you'd like to contact him, Twitter is the most effective means of doing so.

Psychology: Wise job-seeker is prepared, polite

2011-03-06T15:25:00.001-08:00

Psychology: Wise job-seeker is prepared, polite

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 02:56 AM PST

He desperately needed a job and scheduled an interview. Yet he approached the interview with little knowledge on how to make his presentation effective.

That morning, he woke up late — leaving inadequate time to groom and dress. When he arrived at the company, he was 15 minutes late. He rudely grabbed the new-employment questionnaire from a secretary, then tossed it on her desk after he completed it.

When he met the human-resources manager, he slouched in his chair and failed to make eye contact.

The interview was barely under way when his cell phone rang and disrupted the manager's questions. When describing his duties and performance at his previous job, the applicant talked in a cocky and arrogant manner, demeaning his former employer.

He didn't get the job.

Here are suggestions on ways to create a good impression in a job interview:

• Be on time.

• Dress neatly, exhibit good body language and facial expressions, and make eye contact with the interviewer.

• Turn off your cell phone before the interview begins.

• Be respectful and pleasant to support-staff members. They often have significant input to the "boss," so don't take them lightly.

• Ask important questions, but don't dominate the conversation.

• Speak clearly and not too rapidly.

• Don't bad-mouth former employers. Your comments should focus on the present and the future, not the past.

• Coming across as a braggart won't serve you well. Instead, show interest and enthusiasm; when appropriate, show a sense of humor.

• At the end of the interview, thank the interviewer, smile and shake hands.

• Write a thank-you note to the interviewer and express your hope to hear from the company in the future.

Hap LeCrone, a Cox News Service columnist, is a clinical psychologist. Write him at 4555 Lake Shore Dr., Waco, TX 76710; or send e-mail.

hlecrone@aol.com

Northwestern University Professor's Sex Toy Demo Calls College Content into Question

2011-03-05T15:06:00.001-08:00

Northwestern University Professor's Sex Toy Demo Calls College Content into Question

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 09:34 AM PST

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COMMENTARY | Northwestern University psychology professor John Michael Bailey drew fire for his after-class presentation "networking for kinky people" demonstrating an explicit sex toy called a "f---saw". It begs the question "what constitutes appropriate academic study"?

Psychology faculty offers insomniacs help

2011-03-04T15:38:00.001-08:00

Psychology faculty offers insomniacs help

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:01 AM PST

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By Taylor Jackson / Staff Writer – Techniques used to help returning veterans adjust to normal sleep cycles will soon be offered to help sleepy college students at UNT. Members of the psychology faculty are starting an insomnia group to teach students habits that can help them go to sleep and stay asleep. The meetings will begin March 24 and offer some of the tips, tricks and techniques that ...

“Child psychology, visa to pre-school teaching” plus 2 more

2011-03-03T15:41:00.001-08:00

“Child psychology, visa to pre-school teaching” plus 2 more

Child psychology, visa to pre-school teaching
Internship Shortages Felt in Psychology Department
USD’s Yutrzenka Awarded 2011 Beverly Thorn Award

Child psychology, visa to pre-school teaching

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:50 AM PST

Ajith PERERA

Montessori teacher is expected to be well equipped with certain subjects that shape and sharpen her in her career. She who designs the future of the country through the dough she handles should have a thorough knowledge on her subject 'Montessori Method'. Further she should have a sound knowledge on Child Psychology and Methods of Teaching in order to cut and polish the gems she handles. Child Psychology, the steering wheel of pre-school education directs the teacher towards success in understanding, helping, accepting and appreciating her students and also helps them to be themselves.

Plato emphasizes that one should "know thyself, accept thyself and be thyself." This concept is very important for the teacher in helping her students in the pre-schools. Teacher is responsible to help children 'know themselves, accept themselves and be themselves.'

Confidence

Teacher who is well outfitted with Child Psychology is like a qualified specialist doctor who could diagnose the illnesses and prescribe medicine. Child Psychology is similar to a visa that opens safe passage to foreign lands. It makes the teacher quite confident before her students and handling any classroom situation. Understanding the children is very important in pre-school teaching. In handling them the teacher should know the children's likes and dislikes and abilities and weaknesses. Child Psychology helps the teacher identify her students' capabilities and disabilities and even to solve all these problems then and there.

Children are different and their moods get disturbed quite often. Sticking to a particular target for few minutes is not an easy task for them. They are bundles of activity. These are the instances the teacher should use her knowledge on Psychology and the Play Way Method to create interest in her students' learning and maintaining it throughout the day. Otherwise the children would not like to turn up the next day.

Children are open and frank. They have nothing to hide. They are innocent. They react soon. Teachers should be vigilant to their reactions. Such reactions should not be neglected because they would cause loss of faith in the teacher. Therefore, the teacher should always keep an eye on the children and use her knowledge on psychology to handle them. If not, the teacher fails before her children and the parents. In order to avoid frustration, teacher should have a thorough knowledge on child-psychology.

Pleasant education

Pre-school is a garden full of beautiful flowers. It is a place of pleasant education where little ones learn through activities and learn through mistakes. Children should be exposed to new experiences from the beginning. Teacher should listen and observe her children because they always have something to say or share. That should not be neglected. Teacher should let them open their hearts and minds before her and voice their opinion. Further, the teacher should let the children be independent.

Education they gain in the Montessori directs them towards their goals in life. Teacher has to understand her little students who are going to be the owners of the future. Montessori is the best place where the children gain socialization. This is an important acquisition because it has much socio-cultural value. In the Montessori children get a chance for adjustment, readjustment, maturation and learning. If the Montessori has a pleasant learning atmosphere and the pre-school mother loves the children, they will undoubtedly attend the Montessori daily and shape themselves for a better tomorrow.

Pre-schools should be located in a pleasant environment conducive to learning. Wide space for indoor and out door activities, a garden with play objects and natural environment that influences maturation and happy learning are a must. Pre-school teachers should consider these basic needs and also the parents should think twice before selecting a pre-school for their children. If the foundation is strong, the construction is undeniably strong. Parents do everything possible and the best for the well-being of their children. Therefore, their selections especially in education should be perfect. Otherwise they are the losers and not any one else.

Head, heart, hand and health

After identifying the child with his inborn talents the teacher's duty is to use her knowledge on child psychology on coaching the child while concerning the four main components head, heart, hand and health. Child needs to be gifted with new knowledge through exposing him to explorations and engaging in activities that lead to improvement of knowledge and experience. Moral values and positive attitudes should also be inculcated in him for socialization and his own well-being among his peer group. Skills are as important as book knowledge and that should be developed through life skills subjects.

Children should be made aware of the need of the good physical and mental health for education and social well-being. Teacher and the parents should know that children need to listen to children's songs, stories and poems for mental growth. Balanced diets especially with grains, green vegetables and fruits make the little ones strong. They need to be made aware that mental and physical health is a treasure.

Though these are broader areas, if the teacher works with the parents collectively while using her knowledge on child psychology, she can do wonders in her teaching and guiding her children. Teacher can encourage parents to organize health programs such as making herbal porridge at least twice a week in the pre-school. Children should be brought closer to healthy natural food rather than fast food that make them sick at the end.

Learning situations

Teacher should be the organizer of the learning situations. Whatever she does with her children and wherever she is with her children she should make it a learning situation for her children. She too should also be like a hen who keeps her chicks under her wings and around her organizes a lot of learning situations. Children need to know more and more. They have questions one after the other. Clever teacher has answers for all their questions. The only support she has is her Montessori education and knowledge on child psychology. Otherwise she will have to deviate from their questioning. That must not be done because the children have the right to know.

The teacher is in the garden with her children to teach them a rhyme. One sees a squirrel and shows the others too and all enjoy how the squirrel eats a fruit. If the teacher asks the children not to look at the squirrel but listen to her song, children prefer to see what the squirrel is doing. Clever teacher should stop teaching her rhyme for a moment and ask all the children to see how the squirrel sits and eats the fruit. She can create a wonderful learning situation. Children should know how animals behave and also they should be nature friendly and nature lovers. Later when every child is satisfied, the teacher can start teaching the rhyme.

Pre-school teacher who deals with the children who are different to each other should read more on child psychology without limiting her knowledge to what she learnt during her training. She has to up date her knowledge on profession to render a yeoman service to the nation.

Internship Shortages Felt in Psychology Department

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:28 PM PST

By Sara Berry

With the number of budget cuts and financial problems faced by the state, shortages are no surprise in education.

Internships, a process that many feel is key to the development of a student, have been partially compromised in the psychology department, according to department chair Laura Bowman. Recently, the department has been very outspoken about the limited availability of internships and independent studies for psychology majors.

According to Joanne Diplacido of the psychology department, each department in the School of Arts and Sciences is given a certain number of credit hours for internships and independent studies, a number that is determined by Dean Susan Pease.

Faculty members receive a certain number of load credits for each internship or independent study that they supervise. Traditionally, each internship or independent study has been worth 0.3 credits. Over the past several semesters, psychology faculty members have agreed to take 0.2 credits per internship to allow all students desiring internships to be able to have them. This semester the department has been given 12 credits, giving them the ability to offer nine internships.

The reasons behind the limiting of internships is not completely clear, but two main arguments that have been addressed are budget concerns and the issue of quality internships in the School of Arts and Sciences.

"We measure quality in part by looking at the output that students have as a result of internships and independent studies," said Bowman. This includes presentations at professional conferences as well as successful job placements, feedback from agencies where interns were placed and student evaluation of their experiences.

"Other departments run their internships differently. Sociology, for example, has a class format as does criminal justice. But communications runs their internships in a similar way to the way that we do, where there's a partnership between the student and the faculty member," said Bowman.

When asked about the possibility of restructuring the internship program in the psychology department, Bowman said "That's something that the faculty decides and this is something that we have been considering for over a year. We're to the point where we feel that it really doesn't work for us and we're not willing to be in a position where that is forced upon us…this situation is one that we feel is a challenge in respect to our academic freedom."

Bowman said that there are between 640-680 psychology majors and that psychology is one of the largest majors on campus along with history, communication and criminology. Because of the large number of psychology majors and their wide variety of interests, using the class format would not work as well for the psychology department as it might for other departments whose students have interests that are more narrowly focused.

"We're currently working on a macro level trying to garner support for our position. We're not the only department that has concerns about the way this is being handled, so we have had some support and interest from other departments, even those who have not necessarily been directly affected," said Bowman.

At a Faculty Senate meeting earlier this semester, communication professor Cindy White thanked the psychology department for bringing up the issue.

Faculty and students in the psychology department alike are stressing the importance of internships as learning experiences and as a means of helping students get into graduate school, as well as providing experience that potential employers look for. Bowman, who serves on the committee that reviews applications to CCSU's graduate psychology program, said that while internships are not required, they add to the strength of an application.

"We put together 100 pages of student testimonials, examples of posters that we've presented at different conferences that are all student driven, and we've given them to the Provost and the Dean," said faculty member Marianne Fallon.

Earlier in the semester, Jason Sikorski and Rebecca Wood brought to the Faculty Senate documentation of the impact that internships have on student experiences and attitudes toward their education and readiness for graduate study.

This semester, the psychology department had 17 students apply for internships and independent studies, but were only able to accept nine of those applications due to the department's 12 credit maximum. Some of the students that applied for internships rearranged their schedules to accommodate their internship but ended up not being able to do an internship and having to add an extra class.

This issue is ongoing, with no clear solution in sight.

"It's not going to be resolved this semester. This is something that will likely take a while longer. We're trying to get it done with as quickly as possible, but the fact is that it's not going to be resolved this semester and may not even be resolved next semester, " said Bowman.

USD’s Yutrzenka Awarded 2011 Beverly Thorn Award

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:41 PM PST

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2,000 pupils await psychology aid

2011-02-28T15:40:00.001-08:00

2,000 pupils await psychology aid

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:39 AM PST

28 February 2011 Last updated at 09:18 ET

More than 2,000 children in Northern Ireland are on waiting lists to see an educational psychologist, it has been revealed.

Figures for the last academic year show that 11,000 pupils in primary and post-primary schools have been getting help.

The data was revealed in response to a question by Ken Robinson of the Ulster Unionist party.

Of the five boards, the south-eastern had given education psychology help to the largest number of children.

Four and a half thousand were seen in that board area, more than double the number seen in the other boards in the 2009/10 academic year.

The north-eastern board had the longest waiting list at 666.

Ken Robinson said he was concerned that there were too few psychologists. He said it was important for children in need to get professional help "as early as possible".

“Commonwealth Psychology Associates, LLC Expands Behavioral Health Center in Boston’s Financial District” plus 1 more

2011-02-27T15:08:00.001-08:00

“Commonwealth Psychology Associates, LLC Expands Behavioral Health Center in Boston’s Financial District” plus 1 more

Commonwealth Psychology Associates, LLC Expands Behavioral Health Center in Boston’s Financial District

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 07:08 PM PST

Commonwealth Psychology Associates, LLC, Boston's Behavioral Health Specialists, expands in Boston's Financial District. The rapidly growing behavioral health specialty center will offer more psychology and behavioral health services, including expanded psychopharmacology services, counseling & psychotherapy, health & wellness services, ADHD treatment & other psychology specialty services in its newly expanded location in Boston's Financial District.

Boston, MA (PRWEB) February 26, 2011

Commonwealth Psychology Associates, LLC (CPA), one of Boston's fastest growing private behavioral health centers, announced the recent expansion of their location in the Financial District of Boston. Since 2004, the Boston-based center has provided a comprehensive range of behavioral health and psychology services including counseling and therapy, stress management training, health psychology and wellness services, ADHD testing and coaching, educational and support groups, and psychological and neuropsychological testing services. With over 20 psychologists and psychopharmacologists on staff, CPA offers an extensive range of specialty services to meet the needs of most clients. A full list of services is available by clicking Behavioral Health Services in Boston and Newton.

CPA added its third location in the Financial District of Boston in August 2010, and rapidly filled to capacity by the end of the year. "While we expected the new location downtown to be busy, we have been more than pleasantly surprised by the rapid growth of our client and referral base in the Financial District," says Dr. Andrea Piatt, founder and CEO of Commonwealth Psychology Associates. She added, "our clients, who are primarily professionals who work or live in the area, have expressed appreciation for how convenient this location is – many have been able to obtain their behavioral health services immediately before or after work, or over a lunch break, which has helped them save valuable time in their daily lives." A number of physician groups in the area have taken advantage of CPA's newest location. "Physician groups appreciate being able to refer their patients to a nearby center where they know their patients' behavioral health needs will be met quickly by top notch providers," said Dr. Piatt. "One of the difficult things for physicians and clients alike is locating one site that offers all of the behavioral health services that might be needed. Often, psychologists and other mental health professionals work alone or in small groups, which limits the range of services available to clients and referring clinicians," Dr. Piatt said. However, CPA addressed this common problem by offering a breadth and depth of services that often can only be found in large clinics or hospitals.

To handle the surge in demand for high-end psychological and behavioral health services in Boston, CPA recently acquired an additional 2700+ square feet of office space in their 185 Devonshire Street location, bringing their total downtown space to approximately 4200 square feet. "We have built more offices and have hired additional psychologists to meet the demand for services. Additionally, our downtown location also will now offer psychopharmacology services, which will add to the broad range of behavioral health services offered at this location," Dr. Piatt said. With this expansion, CPA hopes to be able to continue to accept new clients and referrals from physician groups in the area. "Fortunately, we were able to quickly add to our capacity so that we can continue to accept new clients and referrals from area physician groups," Dr. Piatt said. "After all, we are in the business of helping people and the first step in that process is being able to see new clients quickly, and with our expansion, we will continue to be able to do just that," she added.

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Psychology books snatched

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 09:45 PM PST

When psychology professor Sharmin Tunguz entered her office Thursday, she thought books had fallen off her rickety shelves. After a closer look, she realized several were missing.

"It's disturbing to feel that someone was in my office," Tunguz said. "It's annoying. Very annoying."

Tunguz and at least nine others with offices in the psychology suite on the first floor of Harrison Hall reported books missing. Tunguz estimated that the intruder took nine of her books, most of which were new and the latest edition of the text. Her older editions remained behind.

"One of the books, a consumer behavior book — I took a look at the list price on Amazon.com," she said. "It's about $277."

The department secretary, Connie Lambermont, said she noticed a few things in her office had been moved around as well, though nothing seems to be missing.

"You don't expect to walk into your office and have textbooks missing," Lambermont said. "It's creepy-feeling."

Director of Public Safety Angie Nally said this kind of theft hasn't happened at DePauw in her recent memory. Before students shopped online for class materials, Nally said books would be stolen from unattended backpacks and sold to the university bookstore.

"I haven't had textbook thefts for a long time, much less enter faculty offices to take them," Nally said.

The thefts remain under investigation by Public Safety. Following the laptop thefts in Harrison and the Olin Biological Sciences Building that occurred earlier in the winter, Nally said Public Safety has tried to have more of a presence in the buildings. An officer locked and checked the building at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, the night before the missing books were reported.

"There's a glass partition where the receptionist sits … and that locks," Nally said. "That lock was tampered with, and that's a potential entry that someone either broke that lock, moved that lock, entered through the window, or they found a door that is less secure than it should have been."

The losses won't financially impact the professors missing books, as publishing companies sent the copies to the professors to review before choosing them to use in class. The professors have had to contact the companies to get replacements.

"I am grateful they didn't take my laptop. That would have been completely debilitating." Tunguz said, surprised that her computer was still in her office.

Textbooks, which are difficult to conceal and can be very heavy, seemed to be an odd choice over laptops, Nally said.

"I guess it really depends on the thief, what they feel like they can turn around and liquidate very quickly," she said.

“'Taming The Pound Using Psychology To Manage Your Money'” plus 1 more

2011-02-26T15:28:00.001-08:00

“'Taming The Pound Using Psychology To Manage Your Money'” plus 1 more

'Taming The Pound Using Psychology To Manage Your Money'

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:26 PM PST

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry
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With rising cost of living, inflation steadily increasing and many of us looking at pay freezes help is at hand to give you some useful techniques on how to take control of your money.

At the British Psychological Society's 'Psychology for All' public event, Saturday 26 March at the University of Westminster, Chartered Psychologist Mr Kim Stephenson will discuss 'Taming the pound: Using psychology to manage your money'.

Kim explained: "I want to show some easy to learn psychological habits that most people have such as mental accounting, bigness bias and anchoring. This will help you understand situations in which these can cause you to lose money and, importantly, where you can use exactly the same habits of thought to your own benefit. You'll then be able to take control of your own spending, make better decisions and tame your own pound!"

"If you want to get a better understanding of why you do what you do with money, how to make better choices about spending, saving and investing then this workshop is for you. It will be based on a range of psychological areas including human decision making, behavioural economics, positive psychology, goal setting, behavioural change, coaching and 'flow'."

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Commonwealth Psychology Associates, LLC Expands Behavioral Health Center in Boston’s Financial District

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 01:25 PM PST

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“'Taming The Pound Using Psychology To Manage Your Money'” plus 1 more

2011-02-25T15:35:00.001-08:00

“'Taming The Pound Using Psychology To Manage Your Money'” plus 1 more

'Taming The Pound Using Psychology To Manage Your Money'

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 08:35 AM PST

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Why Giving Up is Sometimes the Best Solution to a Problem [Psychology]

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:29 AM PST

Whitson Gordon — There comes a time when the work required to achieve certain dreams stops being beneficial and starts being a source of anxiety. Blogger Johnathan Mead reminds us that sometimes, there's nothing wrong with just giving up and moving on.

While making goals is good for us, achieving those goals isn't always good for us—especially when it just isn't possible. Mead reminds us that sometimes, we put so much effort into achieving these goals that we forget their purpose:

Trying to make things happen all the time creates a lot of unnecessary anxiety. It's stressful trying to deny what is.

When I give up, I accept life as it is. No strings attached. No wishing things were different. If an action needs to be taken, I take it. But I've given up letting my happiness be dependent on a thing.

Most of these problems only exist within our minds. They're not real physical problems; they're simply psychic, imagined obstacles.

His post is an interesting read, and while it may be a bit out there for some, the overall point it makes is pretty undeniable: when your goals become more stressful than they're worth, there's no shame in giving up. Hit the link to read more, and share your thoughts with us in the comments. Photo modified from an original by Frerieke.Thanks, Kev!

You can contact Whitson Gordon, the author of this post, at whitson@lifehacker.com. You can also follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

Roberts Wesleyan graduate psychology program granted full recognition

2011-02-24T15:04:00.001-08:00

Roberts Wesleyan graduate psychology program granted full recognition

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:07 AM PST

Chili, N.Y. —

The National Association of School Psychologists, the governing body that provides standards and oversight for university-level degree programs in school psychology, has granted "Full National Recognition" to Roberts Wesleyan College's graduate program in school psychology.

This certification status, in place through Dec. 31, 2015, is awarded in recognition of the quality, relevance and comprehensiveness of the program in equipping students for the rigors of a career in the field of school psychology, according to NASP. Students who graduate from the program are eligible for the National Certificate in School Psychology — a professional distinction.

"We're very pleased to receive this determination from NASP's Program Approval Board," said Dr. Cheryl Repass, the College's director of graduate psychology programs. "It confirms the quality of our graduate program in school psychology, and of the student candidates who complete it."

Repass added that NASP's action also establishes the value of the program's emphasis on clinical and therapeutic intervention. "NASP rated us strong in the clinical and therapeutic areas," she noted.

An official list of NASP-approved programs is published and posted online by the Association.
Roberts Wesleyan anticipates a larger number of Masters candidate applications as a result of the award and the added recognition it brings to the College.

The Psychology of Horror In Video Games and Movies

2011-02-23T15:14:00.001-08:00

The Psychology of Horror In Video Games and Movies

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:43 AM PST

I can relate to the "sensation-seeker" aspect. I don't feel very many emotional highs or lows in normal life, and enjoy actually feeling something... anything... sometimes. No, I'm not an emotionless robot, it just takes a lot to arouse my emotions :)

However, I don't like horror games. I don't get really freaked out or anything (although particularly good games have occasionally had that effect), I just am discouraged from continuing from something inside me. For example, I played the demo of Dead Space 2 a few days ago... I played for about three or four minutes. Killed a couple of creatures and I had enough. Wasn't too scared to continue (the bit I played wasn't much different from any other shooter with scary monsters)... it was something else.

I got the same feeling playing Half Life 2 - I think I got about 80% through that because the gameplay was great, but I also kind of lost interest in the story there. It has that horror atmosphere, though, that doesn't sit well with me. The Ravenclaw sequence didn't really bother me - I had heard it was supposed to be really scary - but most of the rest of the levels did.

The thing is that I really, really love movies that can evoke emotion. I don't generally watch a lot of horror films (they don't evoke anything in me unless they're really excellent), but I love suspense films and dramas (and even good romances). When I do watch films that are supposed to be scary, I never get that negative feeling I get when playing scary games. I'll watch the film, possibly be genuinely scared by it (and maybe even jump when the killer pops up), but I don't get that desire to shut it off (unless it's just a bad film, which is often the case). The horror films I like are mostly Asian ones, for what it's worth.

So, being interactive or not is a major factor I think. Naturally I didn't read TFA, but the summary seems to make it sound like they're interchanging the experience of playing a game and watching a scary movie. I think it's fundamentally different, and hope that further studies look into it.

Also, the study where people were shown gory films seems a bit odd to bring in to this. It's about context... a video game where you brutally kill hundreds of people, with blood and guts flying everywhere, is not particularly disturbing. But a video game where you scoop out monkey brains and peel the skin off of childrens' faces, with no reason for doing either thing, would certainly disturb a lot of people.

“Psychology to quiz fire community” plus 2 more

2011-02-22T15:16:00.001-08:00

“Psychology to quiz fire community” plus 2 more

Psychology to quiz fire community
Bluffton Psychology forms women's group
Youth keen to take up career in psychology

Psychology to quiz fire community

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:06 PM PST

University of WA psychology students will interview 400 residents of the fire-ravaged Perth Hills as part of a survey commissioned by the Fire and Emergency Services Authority and backed by three universities, the Commonwealth and every State government.

The survey into how communities deal with fire will be conducted by the Bushfire Co-operative Research Centre, which carried out a similar study after the 2009 Black Saturday fires in Victoria.

The research centre is 50 per cent funded by the Federal Government with the remainder funded by 40 other bodies including fire and land management agencies from Australia and New Zealand. FESA asked the research centre to do the survey and will look at its results. The exercise is separate from the authority's major incident review and the State Government inquiry into prescribed burning and local laws in fire zones.

BCRC research director Richard Thornton said the study would look at the effect bushfire risks had on a community and how warnings could be better communicated.

Researchers from Victoria's La Trobe and RMIT universities will help with the study and teams will doorknock in Roleystone, Red Hill and surrounding areas from next week. Residents not approached who wish to take part can contact UWA's school of psychology.

Bluffton Psychology forms women's group

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST

The Bluffton Psychology Group is interviewing prospective members for its Women's Life Transitions Group, a psychotherapy group where women come together to work on shared concerns, experience personal change and growth with a goal of improving the quality of their lives. Starting on March 10, the group meetings will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at the Bluffton Psychology Group offices at 10 Pinckney Colony Road. The meetings will span eight weeks.

Details: 843-815-8588, carol.tomeo@blufftonpsychologygroup.com

Youth keen to take up career in psychology

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 05:46 PM PST

CHAI Zhi Wei is keen to pursue a career in psychology despite her mother's fears.

"My mother is afraid that I might cave in from meeting too many psychotic people or that I might not be able to control my patients.

"She's also worried that I might not be able to land a job but I have asked around and there are job opportunities," said the 18-year-old, who studied at the Penang Chinese Girls' High School.

She said her father agreed to let her study psychology if she could get a scholarship.

In the meantime, he accompanied her to the Star Education Fair 2011 to look for institutions offering courses on physiotherapy and occupational therapy which are more affordable and have more job opportunities.

"There is a demand for such jobs at hospitals. However, not many places offer these courses.

"One of those that does is University Tunku Abdul Rahman and my father is keen on me enrolling there as it has advertised that 90% of their graduates were able to find jobs," Zhi Wei said.

Tagging along was younger sister Zhi Xin, 17, who hoped to pick up some tips from her sister on how to choose the right course when her turn comes next year.

"We have different interests. I'm keen on engineering. Even our elder sister is pursuing something different. She is studying fine arts in Singapore," said Zhi Xin.

She stopped by a booth to check out a foreign institution's electrical and electronic engineering programme, and a field programmable gate array (FPGA) electric guitar there caught her eye.

The guitar, designed by final year student Ban Poh Wei last year, was made using the DE 1 Altera development and education board and functions like a guitar but with electronic buttons instead of strings.

Manager Selvam Chinappan, 35, and his wife, Kiran Dhruvkumar, 29, a teacher, were also at the fair to scout for information for postgraduate studies.

Kiran said she planned to take up Masters in education while Selvam hoped to pursue a PhD in supply chain management.

An entourage of 44 Form Five students from SMK Jalan Damai in Bukit Mertajam, set off for the fair right after their replacement school day ended on Saturday.

Goh Jian Shen, 17, said they wanted to get information to help them decide on the courses and places to study in future.

The Psychology Of Mubarak's Resignation

2011-02-21T15:08:00.001-08:00

The Psychology Of Mubarak's Resignation

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:55 AM PST

TIME:

That Mubarak at last did heed the will of his people is a good and sensible thing for him to have done. That it took him so long says a lot about what goes on in the mind of a dictator and how hard it can be to make him see the world the way everyone else does.

Read the whole story: TIME

“Psychology: At work and home, rapt listener succeeds” plus 1 more

2011-02-20T15:12:00.001-08:00

“Psychology: At work and home, rapt listener succeeds” plus 1 more

Psychology: At work and home, rapt listener succeeds

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:09 AM PST

Shortly after the hairstylist began cutting her client's hair, she received a phone call from a friend. She put the phone between her neck and shoulder, and began talking. The conversation concerned gossip and weekend plans.

Throughout the customer's appointment, the stylist shared the client's time with her friend on the phone. She finished the call just in time to collect her money.

• While dressing her child and fixing his breakfast, the young mother "networked" with several of her friends on speakerphone and also tuned in a morning TV show to catch the news. Not surprisingly, her child walked out the front door to catch the school bus without his coat or books.

• As a husband arrived home after work, he turned on a sports network on television and began sorting mail while watching his favorite team. His wife wanted to talk about her day, but, instead, she became part of a tug of war for his attention.

Whether in the workplace or at home, inattention leads to strained relationships and sends a signal to others that listening isn't a priority.

In a business setting, not listening can make customers feel ignored — and wanting to look elsewhere for their needs.

In family relationships, it can create feelings of unimportance.

Active listening means that we, the listeners, are in tune to someone's words and feelings. Listening with attention involves not only thinking about the words spoken but also interpreting and responding to what is being said.

Good listening skills are learned and need to be practiced.

Remember, it is with attention and a sense of caring that we truly reach those around us. Consider giving your undivided attention, and discover the power of meaningful personal and professional relationships.

Hap LeCrone, a Cox News Service columnist, is a clinical psychologist. Write him at 4555 Lake Shore Dr., Waco, TX 76710; or send e-mail.

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How Should We Treat Sex Addiction? [Psychology]

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:59 PM PST

How Should We Treat Sex Addiction?

Adrian Chen — Sex addiction is slowly, inevitably, becoming an accepted thing. Time frames a long article about sex addiction as a debate over whether sex addiction is truly an addiction or just dudes (mostly) being horny dudes. But, come on. When something gets on the addiction path there's no getting off: Within ten years we'll discover the gene for sex addiction, and we'll have already gone through a wave of, and backlash against, sex addiction memoirs. Mothers Against Sex Addiction will form after some sex addict crashes his car while masturbating.

The real question: How do we treat it? Here are some potential options, from the article.

Chemical Castration: With Chemical castration, doctors give patients a drug that kills their libido. Pro: It really works! Con: Does some crazy stuff to your body, like "feminization". Also: "castration"
Total Abstinence: Some sex addiction treatment programs cloister men in a temptation-free environment, taking all porn away and monitoring computer use. "As though they are boys at a midcentury parochial school, clients are instructed to not masturbate." Pro: It worked (?) for Tiger Woods. Con: A sex addict might get turned on by the schoolboy thing.
Support Groups: How about an Alcoholics Anonymous for sex addicts? Sex Addicts Anonymous started in the 70s and currently holds 1,200 meetings around the world. Pro: Follows a proven model. Con: Can get really, really awkward.

All of this sounds almost equally excruciating. So maybe the horrors of treatment alone will cure some guys?

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<h1>“Psychology And The Law: A Special Issue Of Current Directions In Psychological Science” plus 1 more</h1>
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Philosophers, such as Rene Descartes, played an important role in the history of psychology. "An Austrian physician changed the face of psychology in a dramatic way, proposing a theory of personality that emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind. Freud's clinical work with patients suffering from hysteria and other ailments led him to believe that early childhood experience and unconscious impulses contributed to the development of adult personality and behavior." (About.com: psychology) In America, men like B.F. Skinner, Carl Rogers and William James carried on the work.</p> <p>The problem was that secular psychoanalysis had its limitations. By lengthy sessions with the patient, the analyst might bring out factors that the patient could work on, but relief might come slowly, and the burden was on the patient. Today, we have a better way, setting the patient free from his problems. It is Christian psychoanalysis, and it offers a new life through faith in Christ. Instead of the patient trying to overcome his problem on his own, he can discover a way to turn his problems over to God who would offer forgiveness and give him a clean slate. Guilt leads to death, but forgiveness brings life. Who could possibly be a better counselor or Savior than the author of life itself? The teachings of Jesus offer the highest and noblest way of living known to man and the best moral order for man to live in peace with his brothers. More than this, the redeemed person can find love, fellowship and acceptance in a Christian group that would meet his needs.</p> <p>"There's a growing awareness in the counseling field and in seminaries that Christianity and spirituality in general are integral to a person's well-being," says Paula Baylor, a Christian counselor and graduate adviser at Eastern University in St. Davids, Penn., a school that trains faith-based counselors.</p> <p>While nearly three-fourths of Americans say their life is spiritually oriented, only 32 percent of psychiatrists feel the same and the majority of traditional counselor training programs have no courses dealing with spiritual matters.</p> <p>The American Association of Christian Counselors has grown from 15,000 members in 1999 to 50,000 today.</p> <p>Just as there are lay preachers, there can be lay counselors, but persons with serious problems should be referred to the professionals. 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<h1>“Psychology and the law: A special issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science” plus 1 more</h1>
<p>2011-02-17T16:03:00.001-08:00</p>
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Centuries ago, people realized that the only way to maintain a peaceful community was to develop a firm set of rules -- laws -- to punish transgressors. 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Centuries ago, people realized that the only way to maintain a peaceful community was to develop a firm set of rules�laws�to punish transgressors. As laws have continued to evolve in societies around the world, psychological scientists have begun to investigate the psychological basis of many aspects of legal systems. A new special issue of <em>Current Directions in Psychological Science</em>, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, presents the current state of research on psychology and law.</p> <p>Many lawyers rely on eyewitness identifications and expert testimony in the courtroom, but scientific research increasingly suggests that this evidence is often unreliable. Eyewitnesses may be influenced by a suspect's race and by feedback from law enforcement officers. Expert testimony may be similarly flawed. Studies have shown that experts are often biased to the side that requested their assistance and even when expert testimony is truly objective, the judge�who is also susceptible to bias�often has the final say in determining which testimony is admissible in a trial.</p> <p>Successful interviews of witnesses and suspects are critical for an effective legal system. However, false confessions may result when police officers present fabricated evidence and lie to suspects�a strategy known as the Reid technique. Psychological scientists have investigated alternative methods; for example, research suggests that false confessions may be reduced by the PEACE model, a method commonly used by officers in the United Kingdom which does not allow officers to misinform a suspect.</p> <p>Aside from judges, juries play a key role in a number of legal systems around the world. Although all jurors enter the courtroom with some sort of implicit bias, research shows that juries are largely effective at considering evidence presented to them and applying the law.</p> <p>While no legal system is perfect, scientific research may increase our understanding of the psychological underpinnings of suspect interviews, jury selection, and judges' decisions and thus help ensure that legal systems evolve in the most efficient direction.</p> <p>###</p> <p>To learn more about the psychology of law, see the February 2011 special issue of <em>Current Directions in Psychological Science</em>: <a href="http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/current">http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/current</a></p> <p><em>Current Directions in Psychological Science</em>, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, publishes concise reviews on the latest advances in theory and research spanning all of scientific psychology and its applications. For access to this special issue and other <em>Current Directions in Psychological Science</em> research findings, please contact Keri Chiodo at 202-293-9300 or <a href="mailto:kchiodo@psychologicalscience.org">kchiodo@psychologicalscience.org</a>.</p>  <hr /><p><a onclick="window.opener.focus();return false;" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php"></a> [</p> <p>| <a target="_self" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/afps-pat021711.php#" onclick="visit('http://www.eurekalert.org/emailrelease.php?file=afps-pat021711.php')">E-mail</a> </p> <p>| <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"> Share</a></p> <p>]</p>  </body></div><div readability="5"><title>Psychology and the law: A special issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science</title><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="description" content="Legal systems are necessary in any functioning society. Centuries ago, people realized that the only way to maintain a peaceful community was to develop a firm set of rules -- laws -- to punish transgressors. As laws have continued to evolve in societies around the world, psychological scientists have begun to investigate the psychological basis of many aspects of legal systems." /><meta name="keywords" content="Social/Behavioral Science Behavior Personality/Attitude Political Science Violence/Criminals Law Enforcement/Jurisprudence Science/Health/Law" /><meta name="date" content="Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT" /><meta name="funder" content="" /><meta name="journal" content="Current Directions in Psychological Science" /><meta name="type" content="research" /><meta name="institution" content="Association for Psychological Science" /><meta name="meeting" content="" /><meta name="region" content="namerica" /><meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/eurekalert.css" /><link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/images/e-lert.ico" /><p><a onclick="window.opener.focus();return false;" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php"></a> <strong class="relemb">Public release date: 17-Feb-2011</strong><br />[</p> <p>| <a target="_self" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/afps-pat021711.php#" onclick="visit('http://www.eurekalert.org/emailrelease.php?file=afps-pat021711.php')">E-mail</a> </p> <p>| <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"> Share</a></p> <p>]</p> <p>Contact: Keri Chiodo<br /><a href="mailto:kchiodo@psychologicalscience.org">kchiodo@psychologicalscience.org</a><br />202-293-9300<br /><span class="relinst"><a href="http://www.psychologicalscience.org">Association for Psychological Science</a></span><br /></p>  <h2 class="subtitle"></h2> <p>Legal systems are necessary in any functioning society. Centuries ago, people realized that the only way to maintain a peaceful community was to develop a firm set of rules�laws�to punish transgressors. As laws have continued to evolve in societies around the world, psychological scientists have begun to investigate the psychological basis of many aspects of legal systems. A new special issue of <em>Current Directions in Psychological Science</em>, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, presents the current state of research on psychology and law.</p> <p>Many lawyers rely on eyewitness identifications and expert testimony in the courtroom, but scientific research increasingly suggests that this evidence is often unreliable. Eyewitnesses may be influenced by a suspect's race and by feedback from law enforcement officers. Expert testimony may be similarly flawed. Studies have shown that experts are often biased to the side that requested their assistance and even when expert testimony is truly objective, the judge�who is also susceptible to bias�often has the final say in determining which testimony is admissible in a trial.</p> <p>Successful interviews of witnesses and suspects are critical for an effective legal system. However, false confessions may result when police officers present fabricated evidence and lie to suspects�a strategy known as the Reid technique. Psychological scientists have investigated alternative methods; for example, research suggests that false confessions may be reduced by the PEACE model, a method commonly used by officers in the United Kingdom which does not allow officers to misinform a suspect.</p> <p>Aside from judges, juries play a key role in a number of legal systems around the world. Although all jurors enter the courtroom with some sort of implicit bias, research shows that juries are largely effective at considering evidence presented to them and applying the law.</p> <p>While no legal system is perfect, scientific research may increase our understanding of the psychological underpinnings of suspect interviews, jury selection, and judges' decisions and thus help ensure that legal systems evolve in the most efficient direction.</p> <p>###</p> <p>To learn more about the psychology of law, see the February 2011 special issue of <em>Current Directions in Psychological Science</em>: <a href="http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/current">http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/current</a></p> <p><em>Current Directions in Psychological Science</em>, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, publishes concise reviews on the latest advances in theory and research spanning all of scientific psychology and its applications. For access to this special issue and other <em>Current Directions in Psychological Science</em> research findings, please contact Keri Chiodo at 202-293-9300 or <a href="mailto:kchiodo@psychologicalscience.org">kchiodo@psychologicalscience.org</a>.</p>  <hr /><p><a onclick="window.opener.focus();return false;" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php"></a> [</p> <p>| <a target="_self" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/afps-pat021711.php#" onclick="visit('http://www.eurekalert.org/emailrelease.php?file=afps-pat021711.php')">E-mail</a> </p> <p>| <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"> Share</a></p> <p>]</p>  </div><p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="2" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://kentwired.com/psychology-department-seeks-families-for-adolescent-research-project/">Psychology department seeks families for adolescent research project</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 16 Feb 2011 06:58 PM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;">   <p class="articleinfo"><span class="createdby">Written by Megan Wilkinson</span> <span class="createdate">Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:47</span></p>  <p>Adolescence is a key transition time between childhood and adulthood, and researchers from the Kent State Psychology Department hope to find answers to better define what happens psychologically to this age group.</p> <p>The researchers are seeking families from all different backgrounds with middle school-aged children to participate in their research project to determine how adolescents cope with stress.</p> <p>"We're hoping to better understand what's related to negative outcomes in adolescents," said Brittany Mathews, a graduate student studying clinical psychology. "We will look to see why some adolescents develop anxiety and depression and why others don't."</p> <p>Mathews said the parents and adolescents participating in this research study will attend two 90-minute in-lab visits to complete questionnaires about their worries and emotions about the parent-child relationship. Mathews said heart rates and breathing will also be measured during the in-lab.</p> <p>Outside of the lab, the parents and children will fill out daily questionnaires for a week on a palm-pilot loaned to them by the Kent State Psychology Department.</p> <p>"Hopefully the participants won't submerge the palm pilots in water," said Jeff Ciesla, assistant professor of psychology, "Both the parent and child will report daily levels of what is going on between the two of them on the palm pilots. The child will write how they've been feeling that day and if they feel they've misbehaved. Mom will do a similar thing."</p> <p>Ciesla said there are several benefits for families who sign up for the project. The study will help aid in scientific advancement, and families who show any signs of anxiety or depression can be directed to getting help.</p> <p>Ciesla also said that families participating in the study will be compensated and will have the chance to enter a raffle to win a laptop computer when the study is complete.</p> <p>Ciesla, psychology professor Kathryn Kerns and Nancy Darling, Oberlin College psychology professor, developed the project. The three collaborated to focus on how adolescents deal with stress and relate to their parents.</p> <p>Mathews said the department began planning this study in Fall 2009 and began research in Spring 2010. So far, 62 families have already signed up for the project. She said the researchers hope to get 38 more families to commit to the study. Families can schedule the in-lab visits based on their own availability.</p> <p>Kerns said the researchers are receiving some help from Kent State undergraduates to complete the project.</p> <p>"Undergraduates are really important to this project," Kerns said. "It's a good opportunity for them to get to do something outside of class."</p> <p>Mathews said undergraduates are helping to distribute questionnaires and enter data for the project.</p> <p>"I love studying teens and adolescents," said Kelsey Dickson, graduate student and studying clinical psychology. "This is the age group where people develop most and start to think differently."</p> <p>Mathews said she hopes to have the project completed by the end of this school year or the end of the summer.</p> <em>Contact Megan Wilkinson at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. 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<h1>“Couple complains to N.L. psychology board” plus 1 more</h1>
<p>2011-02-16T15:07:00.001-08:00</p>
<style type="text/css">                          h1 a:hover {background-color:#888;color:#fff ! important;}                          div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div ul {                                         list-style-type:square;                                         padding-left:1em;                         }                                  div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div blockquote {                                 padding-left:6px;                                 border-left: 6px solid #dadada;                                 margin-left:1em;                         }                                  div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div li {                                 margin-bottom:1em;                                 margin-left:1em;                         }                           table#itemcontentlist tr td a:link, table#itemcontentlist tr td a:visited, table#itemcontentlist tr td a:active, ul#summarylist li a {                                 color:#CC0000;                                 font-weight:bold;                                 text-decoration:none;                         }                                 img {border:none;}                   </style> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="emailbody" style="margin:0 2em;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <table style="border:0;padding:0;margin:0;width:100%"> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top" width="99%"> <h1 style="margin:0;padding-bottom:6px;"> <a style="color:#888;font-size:22px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8" title="(http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8)">“Couple complains to N.L. psychology board” plus 1 more</a> <br /> <a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/YahooNewsSearchResultsForPsychology">  </a> </h1> </td> <td width="1%" /> </tr> </table> <hr style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:0;margin:0" /> <table id="itemcontentlist"> <tr xmlns=""> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="1" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/02/16/nl-psychiatrist-complaint-216.html?ref=rss">Couple complains to N.L. psychology board</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 16 Feb 2011 02:10 PM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><span class="photo left c2"><em>Dorothy Rodgers wants her children returned to her from foster care. (CBC)</em></span> <p>A western Newfoundland couple fighting to get their children back from foster care have complained to the province's psychology board about a psychologist who performed a parental assessment report on them for Child, Youth and Family Services.</p> <p>Dr. Anthony Alexander's report suggested that the parents aren't fit to raise children.</p> <p>"We are writing today to register a complaint with the Newfoundland and Labrador Psychology Board regarding psychologist Dr. Anthony Alexander," said the complaint signed by Dorothy and Robert Rodgers.</p> <p>"We have not only reviewed this document ourselves but also consulted with professionals. As a result of this consultation and review, we now wish to lodge a complaint with the NLPB for ethical practice of this psychologist, based on the assessment report he completed on our family."</p> <p>Their complaint lays out numerous reasons why they believe Alexander's evaluation of their parenting capacity was flawed.</p> <p>The complaint questions why the psychologist insisted that the Rodgers travel to Stephenville against their will for an evaluation.</p> <p>The complaint asks for evidence linking intelligence with ability to parent and why Alexander chose to test their IQ's "against their wills" while they were under "profound anxiety."</p> <p>It questions if it was "ethical" to assess people "under such duress."</p> <p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="2" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/110216/20110216007130.html?.v=1">Psychology of Color is Helpful in Choosing Interior Paint Schemes</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 16 Feb 2011 02:31 PM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;">  <div class="c2"> <div id="y-article-related" class="mod-group">  <span xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl" xmlns:strings="http://exslt.org/strings" id="yfs_module_params_0" class="yfs_module_params">{"s" : "dow","k" : "a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00","o" : "","j" : ""}</span></div>  </div> <p><strong class="title">Press Release</strong> Source: Paint Quality Institute <span class="datetime">On Wednesday February 16, 2011, 5:31 pm</span></p> <p>PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Skillful interior decorating is largely an artistic endeavor, but there's some science involved also, and none more important than the psychology of color.</p> <p>"Color psychology can help you choose paint colors that create the right mood in a room, affecting not just your own feelings, but those of everyone who enters it," according to Debbie Zimmer, color expert at the Paint Quality Institute. "In fact, paint color is so powerful that it can influence our state of mind, and even our physiology," she says.</p> <p>"The ancient Egyptians, Native Americans, and many other peoples used color to heal. In doing so, they often favored the blues and greens found in nature, colors that have an emotional association with peace, harmony, and tranquility. In these trying economic times, paint colors in these same hues can help calm our nerves at home," says Zimmer.</p> <p>Blue, which often ranks at the top of surveys exploring "favorite" colors, has been shown to slow pulse rate and lower body temperature. The implications for interior painting: blue is a terrific color choice for bedrooms, but less so for dining rooms, according to Zimmer.</p> <p>Green, also one of the most popular colors, is a little more versatile. While it, too, has a soothing effect, it also represents renewal, youth, and vigor. 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What better color to use in a master bath or dinette to get your day off on the right foot?</p> <p>Orange is a happy color, too. More attention-getting than yellow, orange has an energy and warmth about it. Muddy shades are useful in many parts of the home, but vivid tones may appear raw and flamboyant. Zimmer's advice: "Orange is clearly not the color of calm, so it's best to bypass it when painting a bedroom or any other area where you want to relax."</p> <p>Purple is a tricky paint color wherever it's used, but it's the overwhelming favorite of adolescent girls, according to Zimmer. She suggests that you reserve use of this color for your daughter's room to create a win-win situation: "Odds are, she'll love it, and you can take comfort in purple's proven ability to stimulate brain activity," she says.</p> <p>No discussion of paint color would be complete without mentioning the "non-colors", black (the absence of light, and thus, color) and white (the confluence of all the colors in the spectrum).</p> <p>According to Zimmer, black is a great accent color indoors or out, imparting elegance, formality, and sophistication to a paint color scheme. But don't get carried away with it, she cautions. Too much black can be depressing.</p> <p>White, on the other hand, conveys peace, simplicity, and spaciousness. It can provide a crisp finish to almost any paint job by adding sharp contrast to the wall color. 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<h1>“Psychology students aim for cheap textbook alternatives” plus 2 more</h1>
<p>2011-02-14T15:07:00.001-08:00</p>
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Their research as part of the statewide Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project will be presented on Feb. 14, at the national EDUCAUSE Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.</p>  <p>The Digital Bookshelf Project is an initiative under the University System of Ohio (USO) Strategic Plan for Higher Education to develop a high-quality, affordable, flexible system of higher education with a wide range of educational options. The Digital Bookshelf Project is exploring educational textbook alternatives including e-texts and other technology alternatives aimed at reducing student costs.</p> <p>The 11 UC students who took part in the research project compared the value and educational quality of a current $168 freshman textbook with the draft of a new textbook that they could get free on the Web, along with what they could find through online search engines. The students -- all senior members of UC's chapter of the Psi Chi international honor society of psychology students -- conducted their research last autumn.</p> <p>"For our generation raised on the Internet, online searches for class materials often replace purchasing the textbook," explains presenter Libby Cates, one of the student researchers and president of the UC Psi Chi chapter. "So, our primary research question was: Can students depend on what they find when they Google key terms? Secondly, we wanted to see what benefits are delivered through textbooks in their various forms."</p> <p>Under the guidance of Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project researcher Charles Ginn, associate professor of psychology, the students reported, "The materials found on Wikipedia were accurate and thorough, perhaps excessively thorough for an introductory course. These summaries were equal to or exceeded those found in the two textbooks."</p> <p>Students also found that the free e-textbook and lower-cost print materials all provided similar learning support. They suggested that a combination of digital and print materials were most supportive of student learning.</p> <p>Ginn and Digital Bookshelf Project leader Stephen Acker, research director of OhioLINK's eText Project, will also take part in the student project presentation in Washington, D.C. The UC Psi Chi student researchers presented their research on the state level before the Ohio Board of Regents last month.</p> <p><em>Email or share this story:</em></p>   <hr /><p><strong>Story Source:</strong></p> <blockquote readability="5.2044198895028"> <p>The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by Science<em>Daily</em> staff) from materials provided by <a href="http://www.uc.edu" rel="nofollow" class="blue"><strong><span id="source">University of Cincinnati</span></strong></a>. The original article was written by Dawn Fuller.</p> </blockquote>  <hr /> <div id="citationbox" class="c9" readability="10">  <p><em>Note: If no author is given, the source is cited instead.</em></p> </div> <p><em><strong>Disclaimer</strong>: Views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily or its staff.</em></p> <p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="2" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/uoc-pst021411.php">Psychology students to present on cheaper textbook alternatives at national conference</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 14 Feb 2011 11:28 AM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><div id=""><head><title>Psychology students to present on cheaper textbook alternatives at national conference</title><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="description" content="Students will present their research on a statewide Ohio initiative aimed at reducing textbook costs for college students." /><meta name="keywords" content="Technology/Engineering/Computer Science Internet" /><meta name="date" content="Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT" /><meta name="funder" content="" /><meta name="journal" content="" /><meta name="type" content="research" /><meta name="institution" content="University of Cincinnati" /><meta name="meeting" content="EDUCAUSE Annual Meeting" /><meta name="region" content="namerica" /><meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/eurekalert.css" /><link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/images/e-lert.ico" /></head><body class="release" id="readabilityBody" readability="79.130544536603"> <p><a onclick="window.opener.focus();return false;" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php"></a> <strong class="relemb">Public release date: 14-Feb-2011</strong><br />[</p> <p>| <a target="_self" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/uoc-pst021411.php#" onclick="visit('http://www.eurekalert.org/emailrelease.php?file=uoc-pst021411.php')">E-mail</a> </p> <p>| <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"> Share</a></p> <p>]</p> <p>Contact: Dawn Fuller<br /><a href="mailto:dawn.fuller@uc.edu">dawn.fuller@uc.edu</a><br />513-556-1823<br /><span class="relinst"><a href="http://www.uc.edu/news">University of Cincinnati</a></span><br /></p>  <h2 class="subtitle"></h2> <p>A group of University of Cincinnati seniors in the psychology program will nationally present their comparison of educational technology alternatives to purchasing college textbooks that can run into hundreds of dollars per academic quarter. Their research as part of the statewide Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project will be presented on Monday, Feb. 14, at the national EDUCAUSE Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.</p> <p>The Digital Bookshelf Project is an initiative under the University System of Ohio (USO) Strategic Plan for Higher Education to develop a high-quality, affordable, flexible system of higher education with a wide range of educational options. The Digital Bookshelf Project is exploring educational textbook alternatives including e-texts and other technology alternatives aimed at reducing student costs.</p> <p>The 11 UC students who took part in the research project compared the value and educational quality of a current $168 freshman textbook with the draft of a new textbook that they could get free on the Web, along with what they could find through online search engines. The students � all senior members of UC's chapter of the Psi Chi international honor society of psychology students � conducted their research last autumn.</p> <p>"For our generation raised on the Internet, online searches for class materials often replace purchasing the textbook," explains presenter Libby Cates, one of the student researchers and president of the UC Psi Chi chapter. "So, our primary research question was: Can students depend on what they find when they Google key terms? Secondly, we wanted to see what benefits are delivered through textbooks in their various forms."</p> <p>Under the guidance of Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project researcher Charles Ginn, associate professor of psychology, the students reported, "The materials found on Wikipedia were accurate and thorough, perhaps excessively thorough for an introductory course. These summaries were equal to or exceeded those found in the two textbooks."</p> <p>Students also found that the free e-textbook and lower-cost print materials all provided similar learning support. They suggested that a combination of digital and print materials were most supportive of student learning.</p> <p>Ginn and Digital Bookshelf Project leader Stephen Acker, research director of OhioLINK's eText Project, will also take part in the student project presentation in Washington, D.C. The UC Psi Chi student researchers presented their research on the state level before the Ohio Board of Regents last month.</p> <p>###</p>  <hr /><p><a onclick="window.opener.focus();return false;" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php"></a> [</p> <p>| <a target="_self" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/uoc-pst021411.php#" onclick="visit('http://www.eurekalert.org/emailrelease.php?file=uoc-pst021411.php')">E-mail</a> </p> <p>| <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"> Share</a></p> <p>]</p>  </body></div><div readability="5"><title>Psychology students to present on cheaper textbook alternatives at national conference</title><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="description" content="Students will present their research on a statewide Ohio initiative aimed at reducing textbook costs for college students." /><meta name="keywords" content="Technology/Engineering/Computer Science Internet" /><meta name="date" content="Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT" /><meta name="funder" content="" /><meta name="journal" content="" /><meta name="type" content="research" /><meta name="institution" content="University of Cincinnati" /><meta name="meeting" content="EDUCAUSE Annual Meeting" /><meta name="region" content="namerica" /><meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/eurekalert.css" /><link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/images/e-lert.ico" /><p><a onclick="window.opener.focus();return false;" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php"></a> <strong class="relemb">Public release date: 14-Feb-2011</strong><br />[</p> <p>| <a target="_self" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/uoc-pst021411.php#" onclick="visit('http://www.eurekalert.org/emailrelease.php?file=uoc-pst021411.php')">E-mail</a> </p> <p>| <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"> Share</a></p> <p>]</p> <p>Contact: Dawn Fuller<br /><a href="mailto:dawn.fuller@uc.edu">dawn.fuller@uc.edu</a><br />513-556-1823<br /><span class="relinst"><a href="http://www.uc.edu/news">University of Cincinnati</a></span><br /></p>  <h2 class="subtitle"></h2> <p>A group of University of Cincinnati seniors in the psychology program will nationally present their comparison of educational technology alternatives to purchasing college textbooks that can run into hundreds of dollars per academic quarter. Their research as part of the statewide Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project will be presented on Monday, Feb. 14, at the national EDUCAUSE Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.</p> <p>The Digital Bookshelf Project is an initiative under the University System of Ohio (USO) Strategic Plan for Higher Education to develop a high-quality, affordable, flexible system of higher education with a wide range of educational options. The Digital Bookshelf Project is exploring educational textbook alternatives including e-texts and other technology alternatives aimed at reducing student costs.</p> <p>The 11 UC students who took part in the research project compared the value and educational quality of a current $168 freshman textbook with the draft of a new textbook that they could get free on the Web, along with what they could find through online search engines. The students � all senior members of UC's chapter of the Psi Chi international honor society of psychology students � conducted their research last autumn.</p> <p>"For our generation raised on the Internet, online searches for class materials often replace purchasing the textbook," explains presenter Libby Cates, one of the student researchers and president of the UC Psi Chi chapter. "So, our primary research question was: Can students depend on what they find when they Google key terms? Secondly, we wanted to see what benefits are delivered through textbooks in their various forms."</p> <p>Under the guidance of Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project researcher Charles Ginn, associate professor of psychology, the students reported, "The materials found on Wikipedia were accurate and thorough, perhaps excessively thorough for an introductory course. 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<h1>“Psychology: Aging parents require tactful assistance” plus 1 more</h1>
<p>2011-02-13T15:14:00.001-08:00</p>
<style type="text/css">                          h1 a:hover {background-color:#888;color:#fff ! important;}                          div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div ul {                                         list-style-type:square;                                         padding-left:1em;                         }                                  div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div blockquote {                                 padding-left:6px;                                 border-left: 6px solid #dadada;                                 margin-left:1em;                         }                                  div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div li {                                 margin-bottom:1em;                                 margin-left:1em;                         }                           table#itemcontentlist tr td a:link, table#itemcontentlist tr td a:visited, table#itemcontentlist tr td a:active, ul#summarylist li a {                                 color:#CC0000;                                 font-weight:bold;                                 text-decoration:none;                         }                                 img {border:none;}                   </style> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="emailbody" style="margin:0 2em;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <table style="border:0;padding:0;margin:0;width:100%"> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top" width="99%"> <h1 style="margin:0;padding-bottom:6px;"> <a style="color:#888;font-size:22px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8" title="(http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8)">“Psychology: Aging parents require tactful assistance” plus 1 more</a> <br /> <a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/YahooNewsSearchResultsForPsychology">  </a> </h1> </td> <td width="1%" /> </tr> </table> <hr style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:0;margin:0" /> <table id="itemcontentlist"> <tr xmlns=""> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="1" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2011/02/13/aging-parents-require-tactful-assistance.html?sid=101">Psychology: Aging parents require tactful assistance</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 13 Feb 2011 02:27 AM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <p>Coping with the stress associated with changes experienced by aging parents can be difficult for younger family members.</p> <p>For children of aging parents, it is important to remember that, as in all stages of life, older adults are experiencing not only physical but also psychological adjustments. Senior citizens often grapple, for example, with changes in long-established routines that occur after retirement, changes in relationships because of health issues and changes in financial situations.</p> <p>Growing older often means that parents need to begin depending more on care from their grown children, and this need can cause senior citizens to experience feelings of frustration, sadness, guilt and helplessness.</p> <p>There are ways to open the door to healthy communication between older adults and their children.</p> <p>When talking with aging parents about finances, health, living arrangements and other changes, avoid controlling messages and condescending statements such as "You can't handle your money anymore, so we will have to take over your finances." Instead, empower the older adult to actively participate in decisions about his or her future.</p> <p>Try to plan ahead for conversations and avoid bringing up difficult and stressful topics during large family gatherings. Give aging parents the opportunity to express feelings and share emotions.</p> <p>Make sure that aging parents play a considerable role in the decision-making process.</p> <p>Talk to siblings and other family members about their concerns, and share them in a respectful and caring way with them.</p> <p>Keep in mind that aging parents have had a lifetime of making decisions on their own - and grown children need to be tactful when offering assistance.</p> <p><em>Hap LeCrone, a Cox News Service columnist, is a clinical psychologist. Write him at 4555 Lake Shore Dr., Waco, TX 76710; or send e-mail.</em></p> <p>hlecrone@aol.com</p> <p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="2" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110210/entlife/702109919">Psychology of color is helpful in choosing interior paint schemes</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 10 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <p>Skillful interior decorating is largely an artistic endeavor, but there's some science involved as well, and none more important than the psychology of color.</p> <p>"Color psychology can help you choose paint colors that create the right mood in a room, affecting not just your own feelings, but those of everyone who enters the space," according to Debbie Zimmer, color expert at the Paint Quality Institute. "In fact, paint color is so powerful that it can influence not just our state of mind, but even our physiology," she says.</p> <p><span class="adLabel">Advertisement</span> </p> <p>"The ancient Egyptians, Native Americans, and many other peoples used color to heal. In doing so, they often favored the blues and greens found in nature, colors that have an emotional association with peace, harmony, and tranquillity. In these trying economic times, paint colors in these same hues can help calm our nerves at home," says Zimmer.</p> <p>Blue, which often ranks at the top of surveys exploring "favorite" colors, has been shown to slow pulse rate and lower body temperature. The implications for interior painting: blue is a terrific color choice for bedrooms, but less so for dining rooms, according to Zimmer.</p> <p>Green, also among the most popular colors, is a little more versatile. While it, too, has a soothing effect, it also represents renewal, youth, and vigor. Says Zimmer: "Because it is calming, green paint is a good color choice for bedrooms, and since it's the color of many appetizing fruits and vegetables, it can work in dining rooms, too."</p> <p>There's no equivocation with red. It bespeaks energy and excitement, actually raising the blood pressure and making the heart beat faster. Because red is associated with desire and passion, it's a perfect paint color for dining rooms and adult bedrooms, says Zimmer, but wrong for children's rooms. Yet, ironically, pink — a very light tint of red — is one of the most calming colors, and is a fine choice for a baby's room, she says.</p> <p>Yellow is a great interior paint color. Like sunshine, it imparts happiness, hope, and optimism. Studies have shown that the brain actually releases more serotonin when the eye takes in yellow — creating positive psychological vibes. According to Zimmer, yellow can even stir our creative juices. What better color to use in a master bath or dinette to get your day off on the right foot?</p> <p>Orange is also a happy color. More attention-getting than yellow, orange has an energy and warmth about it. Muddy shades are useful in many parts of the home, but vivid tones may appear raw and flamboyant. Zimmer's advice: "Orange is clearly not the color of calm, so it's best to bypass it when painting a bedroom or any other area where you want to relax."</p> <p>Purple is a tricky paint color wherever it's used, but it is the overwhelming favorite of adolescent girls, according to Zimmer. She suggests that you reserve use of this color for your daughter's room to create a win-win situation: "Odds are, she'll love it, and you can take comfort in purple's proven ability to stimulate brain activity," she says.</p> <p>No discussion of paint color would be complete without mentioning the "non-colors", black (the absence of light, and thus, color) and white (the confluence of all the colors in the spectrum).</p> <p>According to Zimmer, black is a great accent color indoors or out, imparting elegance, formality, and sophistication to a paint color scheme. But don't get carried away with it, she cautions. Too much black can be depressing.</p> <p>White, on the other hand, conveys peace, simplicity, and spaciousness. It can provide a crisp finish to almost any paint job by adding sharp contrast to the wall color. Used throughout a room, it can give the illusion that the space is bigger than its physical dimensions.</p> <p>"Color psychology should play a role when selecting an interior paint scheme, but it's only one factor to consider," says Zimmer. "Personal color preference should be given at least as much weight.</p> <p>"No one will spend more time in your home than you will," says Zimmer, "so it's important to paint with those colors that are personal favorites. Choose colors that you love, and you won't go wrong."</p> <p>For more information on paint color and affordable remodeling with paint, visit www.paintquality.com.</p>   <p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="border-top:1px solid #999;padding-top:4px;margin-top:1.5em;width:100%" id="footer"> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size:11px;margin:0 6px 1.2em 0;color:#333;">You are subscribed to email updates from <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8">Psychology - Yahoo! 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<h1>“Psychology is key element” plus 2 more</h1>
<p>2011-02-12T15:04:00.001-08:00</p>
<style type="text/css">                          h1 a:hover {background-color:#888;color:#fff ! important;}                          div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div ul {                                         list-style-type:square;                                         padding-left:1em;                         }                                  div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div blockquote {                                 padding-left:6px;                                 border-left: 6px solid #dadada;                                 margin-left:1em;                         }                                  div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div li {                                 margin-bottom:1em;                                 margin-left:1em;                         }                           table#itemcontentlist tr td a:link, table#itemcontentlist tr td a:visited, table#itemcontentlist tr td a:active, ul#summarylist li a {                                 color:#CC0000;                                 font-weight:bold;                                 text-decoration:none;                         }                                 img {border:none;}                   </style> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="emailbody" style="margin:0 2em;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <table style="border:0;padding:0;margin:0;width:100%"> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top" width="99%"> <h1 style="margin:0;padding-bottom:6px;"> <a style="color:#888;font-size:22px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8" title="(http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8)">“Psychology is key element” plus 2 more</a> <br /> <a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/YahooNewsSearchResultsForPsychology">  </a> </h1> </td> <td width="1%" /> </tr> </table> <hr style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:0;margin:0" /> <ul style="clear:both;padding:0 0 0 1.2em;width:100%" id="summarylist"> <li> <a href="#1">Psychology is key element</a> </li> <li> <a href="#2">The Psychology of Mubarak's Resignation</a> </li> <li> <a href="#3">It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology.</a> </li> </ul> <table id="itemcontentlist"> <tr xmlns=""> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="1" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/221275/psychology-is-key-element">Psychology is key element</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 12 Feb 2011 11:07 AM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;">  <p class="preParagraph">Golfing history is littered with examples of high quality competitors crumbling under the spotlight despite having excellent technique.</p> <p>This demonstrates that even if a golf swing is both mechanically efficient and consistently reproducible in practice, it is largely useless to any serious golf competitor unless it is robust against the effects of pressure and the psychology associated with competitive golf. Therefore in recent years, coaches have had to add an element of psychology to their repertoire.</p> <p>Golf psychology has become a core part of any experienced golf teachers' method as we have all begun to understand the significance of those six inches between the ears in regard to returning a good golf score.</p> <p>Examples of golfers who have and who have NOT thought about a situation correctly and clearly are spotted easily by those of us who are glued to any live golf telecast.</p> <p>The tangible skills that are required to bring home a good result is clear and obvious to anybody who has played golf _ yet only a select few of us can do this consistently, and therein lies the mystery and never ending challenge of this game that we all love.</p> <p>Out of Bounds: Golf is not a funeral, although both can be very sad affairs.</p> <div class="NotifyUserBox" readability="7.5744680851064"> <h3>Did you know?</h3> <p>You can subscribe to free e-newsletters and receive e-mail alerts when other people leave comments in articles after you did. <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/member/alert_setting">Click here</a> to take full advantage of the alerts!</p> </div> <div class="article-features" readability="15.173684210526">  <div class="socialBookmark" readability="2.6119402985075"> <p><strong>Keep this article in your social bookmark:</strong></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-features"> <div class="latestStory"> <h3>Latest stories in this category:</h3> </div>  </div> <p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="2" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2048708,00.html?xid=rss-topstories">The Psychology of Mubarak's Resignation</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 12 Feb 2011 07:53 AM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;">  <div class="toutWrapper" readability="9">  <p class="caption">Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak</p> <p>Sean Gallup / Getty Images</p> </div>   <p>Despots are good at a lot of things — suppressing dissent, muzzling the press, crushing hope, the whole tool kit of talents necessary to cling to power for 30 or 40 years. What they tend to be a little rusty on are their people skills — the ability to understand the motivations of others and act in a way that effectively communicates their own. That interpersonal obtuseness was on breathtaking display on Thursday, when Hosni Mubarak made his last globally televised stand, informing the Egyptian people that, no, he still wasn't going anywhere — before finally giving up and packing it in the next day.</p> <p>That Mubarak at last did heed the will of his people is a good and sensible thing for him to have done. That it took him so long says a lot about what goes on in the mind of a dictator and how hard it can be to make him see the world the way everyone else does. <span class="see"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2048622,00.html" target="_blank">(See how the U.S. plans to aid democracy in Egypt.)</a></span></p> <p>Disputes between the leader and the led usually flow from the bottom up. There is no happier autocrat than one whose rules are being unquestioningly obeyed and whose authority is being docilely accepted. The problem comes not so much when there are small stirrings of dissent — those can be quickly snuffed — as when there's a large-scale popular uprising.</p> <p>Biological anthropologist Chris Boehm at the University of Southern California studies the human revolutionary impulse and has been struck in particular by how it plays to a unique tension in the psychology of our species. On the one hand, humans are extremely hierarchical primates, readily picking leaders and assenting to their authority for the larger good of the community. On the other hand, our hunter-gatherer ancestors were a very egalitarian bunch, doing best when the group operated collectively, with dominance asserted only subtly. When one individual — usually a male — began to overreach, he was dealt with swiftly. That impulse — to challenge the bully and take him down — is one that stays with us today, and that we practice with great relish. <span class="see"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2045328,00.html" target="_blank">(See TIME's complete coverage: "The Middle East in Revolt.")</a></span></p> <p>"The revolutionary urge is the universal reaction to power being exerted over us in an illegitimate way," says Jonathan Haidt, a moral psychologist at the University of Virginia, whose own work parallels Boehm's. "It's absolutely thrilling and intoxicating to people." How thrilling and intoxicating? "Put it this way," says Haidt, "the flag of my state is an image of a woman warrior with a bared breast and her foot on a dead man, who represents tyranny. The state emblem is a murder."</p> <p>But it's not typically a single, half-clad Joan of Arc who brings down a dictator like Mubarak. It's a mobilized force representing a deeply fed up nation, and that happens in a very predictable way. Political wildfires, like all fires, start small, with scattered acts of defiance or rebellion. When the conditions are right, many of those little fires come together, and then the blaze accelerates fast. <span class="see"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2048708,00.html#comments" target="_blank">(Comment on this story.)</a></span></p> <p>"It has to do with a lot of things," says political science professor Ian Lustick of the University of Pennsylvania, "the density of the social networks, how fast the second movers follow the first ones, and the third then follow the second. The pattern is the same in most such rebellions, with a cascade of events leading to a tipping point."</p> <p>Of course, even a revolution that looks fast in hindsight can seem awfully slow while it's unfolding, and eighteen full days elapsed between the time Egyptians began rising up and Mubarak finally quit the field. For most of that period, it was clear to any rational observer that his position was untenable, so why did it take him so long to reach that conclusion too?</p> <p>First of all, never underestimate the impenetrability of the presidential bubble. "Dictators dislike dissent and they surround themselves with sycophants," says Haidt. "It is quite common for them to have no idea about how they're actually viewed by their people."</p> <p><span class="see"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2044357,00.html" target="_blank">See photos of the celebration in Tahrir Square.</a></span></p>     <p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="3" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/technology/personaltech/10pogue.html?src=mv&ref=technology">It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology.</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 09 Feb 2011 04:01 AM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><div readability="31.91061452514"> <p>You might think that this column is about <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/groupon_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Groupon." class="meta-org">Groupon.com</a>, the white-hot Web site whose coupons save you 50 to 90 percent at local businesses. But it's not. It's about psychology.</p> </div><div readability="154.16341719078"> <p>Each day, Groupon offers for sale a deep-discount coupon from a business in your town. It might be a $25 coupon that buys you a $50 bike tune-up, or a $40 coupon for a $90 massage, or $25 for $100 worth of fitness classes. The coupons aren't actually distributed until a critical mass of people (50, for example) have clicked "Buy." After all, shopkeepers can't afford discounts that steep unless there's something in it for them.</p> <p>If not enough people express interest, the deal dies. No coupons are issued, and nobody's out a cent.</p> <p>Groupon is, therefore, a huge win-win-win. You save eyebrow-raising amounts of money. Local businesses pick up a landslide of new customers overnight without doing a lick of marketing on their own (a Phoenix aquarium, for example, sold 10,000 tickets in 24 hours). And Groupon collects half the money from those coupons. No wonder it became profitable after only seven months.</p> <p>Now, this concept — Internet-organized group buying — has been tried many times before. Remember MobShop? Mercata? LetsBuyIt? They all worked, in principle, the same way.</p> <p>But Groupon is suddenly everywhere you look — in the headlines, on <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/facebook_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Facebook." class="meta-org">Facebook</a>, in dinnertime conversations. The company says that it operates in 175 North American cities and 500 overseas, has 54 million members and has saved them $1.6 billion so far. In fact, Groupon is the fastest-growing Web company in history, having attained a $1.5 billion value in only 18 months.</p> <p>(On the other hand, not all of the dinnertime conversation about Groupon is positive. The company's SuperBowl TV ads last weekend backfired. One seemed to belittle the oppression of Tibetans under Chinese rule — "The people of Tibet are in trouble. Their very culture is in jeopardy. But they still whip up an amazing fish curry!"— and struck many viewers as juvenile and insensitive.)</p> <p>Frankly, I couldn't understand the big deal about Groupon. Why is it such a superstar when so many competitors labor in obscurity?</p> <p>The answer: clever psychology.</p> <p>First of all, Groupon's sales staff tries to cultivate deals that suit the audience in each city. If you're in San Francisco, you get offers for Segway tours of vineyards, flying lessons and skateboarding gear. In New York City, you're more likely to see huge discounts on music lessons, theater tickets and interesting restaurants. In most cities, you're likely to spot lots of deals for spas and cosmetic surgery, which hints at the upscale female customers who constitute Groupon's biggest buyers.</p> <p>In suburban Connecticut, where I live, I saw offers like "$10 for $20 worth" of Italian food at a restaurant nearby, "$15 for $30 worth of dry cleaning," and "$10 for $20 worth" of goods at <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/barnes-and-noble-inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Barnes & Noble Incorporated" class="meta-org">Barnes & Noble</a>. Since that's all stuff I'd buy anyway, I took the plunge. I bought the Barnes & Noble coupon and the restaurant coupon.</p> <p>A few hours later, I received my coupons by e-mail. They pointed out that I could avoid printing the coupons if I used the free Groupon app for <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/iphone/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival news about the iPhone." class="meta-classifier">iPhone</a> or Android phones.</p> <p>At the bookstore, I picked out a couple of books totaling $23. I showed my phone to the cashier, who had been trained to enter the Groupon codes. I was the ninth person that day to cash in.</p> <p>I paid the $3 overage, and that was it. I loved it. I'd just gotten $10 worth of books free. It almost felt as if I'd shoplifted.</p> <p>More psychology, of course. It's absurd that I should have felt so giddy. I mean, is saving $10 such a landmark event? The last time you bought a house, a car or even a night at a hotel, did you haggle for another $10 off? You probably could have gotten it. But you didn't.</p> <p>Somehow, though, in the Groupon context, it feels like a steal. There's something about the simple phrase, "$10 for $20 worth of stuff" that gets you.</p> <p>Furthermore, your coupon is good for anything in the store. It's not the same as a Half-Off Sale, where the store chooses what goods to discount.</p> <p>That "tipping point" business — the minimum number of takers an offer has to have before it becomes valid — is part of the psychology, too. Sure, this element was created to protect the merchant's interests. But let's face it, the tipping-point requirement adds a certain thrill to the proceedings. You're invested in the outcome.</p> <p>Even the scarcity of deals — one each day — plays on your feelings. It adds to that sense of exclusivity and of serendipity.</p>  <div class="authorIdentification" readability="7"> <p>E-mail: pogue@nytimes.com</p> </div> <div class="articleCorrection" readability="41"> <p><span class="italic">This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:</span></p> <p><strong>Correction: February 12, 2011</strong></p> <p><span class="italic">The State of the Art column on Thursday, about Internet-organized group buying, misspelled the name of a defunct predecessor to the popular current site Groupon. 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<h1>“It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology.” plus 1 more</h1>
<p>2011-02-11T15:21:00.001-08:00</p>
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It’s the Psychology.” plus 1 more</a> <br /> <a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/YahooNewsSearchResultsForPsychology">  </a> </h1> </td> <td width="1%" /> </tr> </table> <hr style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:0;margin:0" /> <table id="itemcontentlist"> <tr xmlns=""> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="1" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/technology/personaltech/10pogue.html?src=me&ref=technology">It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology.</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 08 Feb 2011 07:09 PM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><div readability="31.91061452514"> <p>You might think that this column is about <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/groupon_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Groupon." class="meta-org">Groupon.com</a>, the white-hot Web site whose coupons save you 50 to 90 percent at local businesses. But it's not. It's about psychology.</p> </div><div readability="153.14589568192"> <p>Each day, Groupon offers for sale a deep-discount coupon from a business in your town. It might be a $25 coupon that buys you a $50 bike tune-up, or a $40 coupon for a $90 massage, or $25 for $100 worth of fitness classes. The coupons aren't actually distributed until a critical mass of people (50, for example) have clicked "Buy." After all, shopkeepers can't afford discounts that steep unless there's something in it for them.</p> <p>If not enough people express interest, the deal dies. No coupons are issued, and nobody's out a cent.</p> <p>Groupon is, therefore, a huge win-win-win. You save eyebrow-raising amounts of money. Local businesses pick up a landslide of new customers overnight without doing a lick of marketing on their own (a Phoenix aquarium, for example, sold 10,000 tickets in 24 hours). And Groupon collects half the money from those coupons. No wonder it became profitable after only seven months.</p> <p>Now, this concept — Internet-organized group buying — has been tried many times before. Remember MobShop? Mercata? LetsBuyIt? They all worked, in principle, the same way.</p> <p>But Groupon is suddenly everywhere you look — in the headlines, on <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/facebook_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Facebook." class="meta-org">Facebook</a>, in dinnertime conversations. The company says that it operates in 175 North American cities and 500 overseas, has 54 million members and has saved them $1.6 billion so far. In fact, Groupon is the fastest-growing Web company in history, having attained a $1.5 billion value in only 18 months.</p> <p>(On the other hand, not all of the dinnertime conversation about Groupon is positive. The company's SuperBowl TV ads last weekend backfired. One seemed to belittle the oppression of Tibetans under Chinese rule — "The people of Tibet are in trouble. Their very culture is in jeopardy. But they still whip up an amazing fish curry!"— and struck many viewers as juvenile and insensitive.)</p> <p>Frankly, I couldn't understand the big deal about Groupon. Why is it such a superstar when so many competitors labor in obscurity?</p> <p>The answer: clever psychology.</p> <p>First of all, Groupon's sales staff tries to cultivate deals that suit the audience in each city. If you're in San Francisco, you get offers for Segway tours of vineyards, flying lessons and skateboarding gear. In New York City, you're more likely to see huge discounts on music lessons, theater tickets and interesting restaurants. In most cities, you're likely to spot lots of deals for spas and cosmetic surgery, which hints at the upscale female customers who constitute Groupon's biggest buyers.</p> <p>In suburban Connecticut, where I live, I saw offers like "$10 for $20 worth" of Italian food at a restaurant nearby, "$15 for $30 worth of dry cleaning," and "$10 for $20 worth" of goods at <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/barnes-and-noble-inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Barnes & Noble Incorporated" class="meta-org">Barnes & Noble</a>. Since that's all stuff I'd buy anyway, I took the plunge. I bought the Barnes & Noble coupon and the restaurant coupon.</p> <p>A few hours later, I received my coupons by e-mail. They pointed out that I could avoid printing the coupons if I used the free Groupon app for <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/iphone/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival news about the iPhone." class="meta-classifier">iPhone</a> or Android phones.</p> <p>At the bookstore, I picked out a couple of books totaling $23. I showed my phone to the cashier, who had been trained to enter the Groupon codes. I was the ninth person that day to cash in.</p> <p>I paid the $3 overage, and that was it. I loved it. I'd just gotten $10 worth of books free. It almost felt as if I'd shoplifted.</p> <p>More psychology, of course. It's absurd that I should have felt so giddy. I mean, is saving $10 such a landmark event? The last time you bought a house, a car or even a night at a hotel, did you haggle for another $10 off? You probably could have gotten it. But you didn't.</p> <p>Somehow, though, in the Groupon context, it feels like a steal. There's something about the simple phrase, "$10 for $20 worth of stuff" that gets you.</p> <p>Furthermore, your coupon is good for anything in the store. It's not the same as a Half-Off Sale, where the store chooses what goods to discount.</p> <p>That "tipping point" business — the minimum number of takers an offer has to have before it becomes valid — is part of the psychology, too. Sure, this element was created to protect the merchant's interests. But let's face it, the tipping-point requirement adds a certain thrill to the proceedings. You're invested in the outcome.</p> <p>Even the scarcity of deals — one each day — plays on your feelings. It adds to that sense of exclusivity and of serendipity.</p>  <div class="authorIdentification" readability="7"> <p>E-mail: pogue@nytimes.com</p> </div> <div class="articleCorrection" readability="39"> <p><span class="italic">This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:</span></p> <p><strong>Correction: February 11, 2011</strong></p> <p><span class="italic">An earlier version of this column misidentified a defunct group-buying site. 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Their study analysed the levels of post-traumatic stress among ex-soldiers, explained the symptoms of trauma to the children and offered psychological therapy to the most traumatised children.</p> <p>The children in the school were former abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army, a group notorious for kidnapping children, brutalising them and forcing them to become soldiers and sex slaves. Over 35,000 children are estimated to have been abducted over the last twenty-four years.</p> <p>Paul O'Callaghan, one of the students leading the study said: "We screened 205 children for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. We found that even four years after witnessing traumatic war events, rates of psychological distress were very high with 58 per cent of the children showing PTSD symptoms and 34 per cent having depression and anxiety.</p> <p>"The study highlighted a large prevalence of 'traumatic bonding' -- where children adopt an abuser's views, attitudes and behaviours. The study found that over time some of the children began to identify more and more with the values and attitudes of their captors and even began to blame the victims for the violence they were subjected to.</p> <p>He added: "Most remarkably our research showed that the most disturbing thing for the child soldiers was not the murders, massacres, torture or atrocities that they witnessed, instead, it was the death of their mothers during the war. The trauma and psychological distress of those who had lost their mother was much greater than those who had not.</p> <p>"Although this research among child soldiers in Uganda may seem far removed from the lives of children in Northern Ireland there are strong parallels in the shifting sense of identity that can occur with children here who may initially have been coerced into joining criminal or paramilitary organisations but then go on to internalise the values, justifications and methods of these organisations over time."</p> <p>The multi-disciplinary research team at Queen's School of Psychology are continuing their work pioneering a group-based mental health intervention specifically designed to treat psychological distress among child soldiers the Democratic Republic of Congo this summer.</p> <p>Their work is being released in advance of 'Red Hand Day', a worldwide annual commemoration day on 12 February to draw attention to the plight of the 250,000 children who are currently forced to serve as soldiers in wars and armed conflicts, and to remember the thousands who have lost their lives as a result.</p> <p>For more information about Red Hand Day visit <a href="http://www.redhandday.org" title="http://www.redhandday.org">www.redhandday.org</a></p> <p><em>Email or share this story:</em></p>   <hr /><p><strong>Story Source:</strong></p> <blockquote readability="6.2588235294118"> <p>The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by Science<em>Daily</em> staff) from materials provided by <a href="http://www.qub.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" class="blue"><strong><span id="source">Queen's University Belfast</span></strong></a>, via <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org" rel="nofollow">EurekAlert!</a>, a service of AAAS.</p> </blockquote>  <hr /> <div id="citationbox" class="c9" readability="10">  <p><em>Note: If no author is given, the source is cited instead.</em></p> </div> <p><em><strong>Disclaimer</strong>: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. 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<h1>“Psychology of color is helpful in choosing interior paint schemes” plus 2 more</h1>
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<style type="text/css">                          h1 a:hover {background-color:#888;color:#fff ! important;}                          div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div ul {                                         list-style-type:square;                                         padding-left:1em;                         }                                  div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div blockquote {                                 padding-left:6px;                                 border-left: 6px solid #dadada;                                 margin-left:1em;                         }                                  div#emailbody table#itemcontentlist tr td div li {                                 margin-bottom:1em;                                 margin-left:1em;                         }                           table#itemcontentlist tr td a:link, table#itemcontentlist tr td a:visited, table#itemcontentlist tr td a:active, ul#summarylist li a {                                 color:#CC0000;                                 font-weight:bold;                                 text-decoration:none;                         }                                 img {border:none;}                   </style> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="emailbody" style="margin:0 2em;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <table style="border:0;padding:0;margin:0;width:100%"> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top" width="99%"> <h1 style="margin:0;padding-bottom:6px;"> <a style="color:#888;font-size:22px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8" title="(http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8)">“Psychology of color is helpful in choosing interior paint schemes” plus 2 more</a> <br /> <a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/YahooNewsSearchResultsForPsychology">  </a> </h1> </td> <td width="1%" /> </tr> </table> <hr style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:0;margin:0" /> <ul style="clear:both;padding:0 0 0 1.2em;width:100%" id="summarylist"> <li> <a href="#1">Psychology of color is helpful in choosing interior paint schemes</a> </li> <li> <a href="#2">It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology.</a> </li> <li> <a href="#3">'Psychology' behind proposed permit for Jumbo, Prewitt users</a> </li> </ul> <table id="itemcontentlist"> <tr xmlns=""> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="1" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110210/entlife/702109919">Psychology of color is helpful in choosing interior paint schemes</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 10 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <p>Skillful interior decorating is largely an artistic endeavor, but there's some science involved as well, and none more important than the psychology of color.</p> <p>"Color psychology can help you choose paint colors that create the right mood in a room, affecting not just your own feelings, but those of everyone who enters the space," according to Debbie Zimmer, color expert at the Paint Quality Institute. "In fact, paint color is so powerful that it can influence not just our state of mind, but even our physiology," she says.</p> <p><span class="adLabel">Advertisement</span> </p> <p>"The ancient Egyptians, Native Americans, and many other peoples used color to heal. In doing so, they often favored the blues and greens found in nature, colors that have an emotional association with peace, harmony, and tranquillity. In these trying economic times, paint colors in these same hues can help calm our nerves at home," says Zimmer.</p> <p>Blue, which often ranks at the top of surveys exploring "favorite" colors, has been shown to slow pulse rate and lower body temperature. The implications for interior painting: blue is a terrific color choice for bedrooms, but less so for dining rooms, according to Zimmer.</p> <p>Green, also among the most popular colors, is a little more versatile. While it, too, has a soothing effect, it also represents renewal, youth, and vigor. Says Zimmer: "Because it is calming, green paint is a good color choice for bedrooms, and since it's the color of many appetizing fruits and vegetables, it can work in dining rooms, too."</p> <p>There's no equivocation with red. It bespeaks energy and excitement, actually raising the blood pressure and making the heart beat faster. Because red is associated with desire and passion, it's a perfect paint color for dining rooms and adult bedrooms, says Zimmer, but wrong for children's rooms. Yet, ironically, pink — a very light tint of red — is one of the most calming colors, and is a fine choice for a baby's room, she says.</p> <p>Yellow is a great interior paint color. Like sunshine, it imparts happiness, hope, and optimism. Studies have shown that the brain actually releases more serotonin when the eye takes in yellow — creating positive psychological vibes. According to Zimmer, yellow can even stir our creative juices. What better color to use in a master bath or dinette to get your day off on the right foot?</p> <p>Orange is also a happy color. More attention-getting than yellow, orange has an energy and warmth about it. Muddy shades are useful in many parts of the home, but vivid tones may appear raw and flamboyant. Zimmer's advice: "Orange is clearly not the color of calm, so it's best to bypass it when painting a bedroom or any other area where you want to relax."</p> <p>Purple is a tricky paint color wherever it's used, but it is the overwhelming favorite of adolescent girls, according to Zimmer. She suggests that you reserve use of this color for your daughter's room to create a win-win situation: "Odds are, she'll love it, and you can take comfort in purple's proven ability to stimulate brain activity," she says.</p> <p>No discussion of paint color would be complete without mentioning the "non-colors", black (the absence of light, and thus, color) and white (the confluence of all the colors in the spectrum).</p> <p>According to Zimmer, black is a great accent color indoors or out, imparting elegance, formality, and sophistication to a paint color scheme. But don't get carried away with it, she cautions. Too much black can be depressing.</p> <p>White, on the other hand, conveys peace, simplicity, and spaciousness. It can provide a crisp finish to almost any paint job by adding sharp contrast to the wall color. Used throughout a room, it can give the illusion that the space is bigger than its physical dimensions.</p> <p>"Color psychology should play a role when selecting an interior paint scheme, but it's only one factor to consider," says Zimmer. "Personal color preference should be given at least as much weight.</p> <p>"No one will spend more time in your home than you will," says Zimmer, "so it's important to paint with those colors that are personal favorites. Choose colors that you love, and you won't go wrong."</p> <p>For more information on paint color and affordable remodeling with paint, visit www.paintquality.com.</p>   <p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="2" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/technology/personaltech/10pogue.html?src=mv&ref=technology">It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology.</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 09 Feb 2011 04:01 AM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><div readability="31.91061452514"> <p>You might think that this column is about <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/groupon_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Groupon." class="meta-org">Groupon.com</a>, the white-hot Web site whose coupons save you 50 to 90 percent at local businesses. But it's not. It's about psychology.</p> </div><div readability="148.62569832402"> <p>Each day, Groupon offers for sale a deep-discount coupon from a business in your town. It might be a $25 coupon that buys you a $50 bike tune-up, or a $40 coupon for a $90 massage, or $25 for $100 worth of fitness classes. The coupons aren't actually distributed until a critical mass of people (50, for example) have clicked "Buy." After all, shopkeepers can't afford discounts that steep unless there's something in it for them.</p> <p>If not enough people express interest, the deal dies. No coupons are issued, and nobody's out a cent.</p> <p>Groupon is, therefore, a huge win-win-win. You save eyebrow-raising amounts of money. Local businesses pick up a landslide of new customers overnight without doing a lick of marketing on their own (a Phoenix aquarium, for example, sold 10,000 tickets in 24 hours). And Groupon collects half the money from those coupons. No wonder it became profitable after only seven months.</p> <p>Now, this concept — Internet-organized group buying — has been tried many times before. Remember MobShop? Mercato? LetsBuyIt? They all worked, in principle, the same way.</p> <p>But Groupon is suddenly everywhere you look — in the headlines, on <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/facebook_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Facebook." class="meta-org">Facebook</a>, in dinnertime conversations. The company says that it operates in 175 North American cities and 500 overseas, has 54 million members and has saved them $1.6 billion so far. In fact, Groupon is the fastest-growing Web company in history, having attained a $1.5 billion value in only 18 months.</p> <p>(On the other hand, not all of the dinnertime conversation about Groupon is positive. The company's SuperBowl TV ads last weekend backfired. One seemed to belittle the oppression of Tibetans under Chinese rule — "The people of Tibet are in trouble. Their very culture is in jeopardy. But they still whip up an amazing fish curry!"— and struck many viewers as juvenile and insensitive.)</p> <p>Frankly, I couldn't understand the big deal about Groupon. Why is it such a superstar when so many competitors labor in obscurity?</p> <p>The answer: clever psychology.</p> <p>First of all, Groupon's sales staff tries to cultivate deals that suit the audience in each city. If you're in San Francisco, you get offers for Segway tours of vineyards, flying lessons and skateboarding gear. In New York City, you're more likely to see huge discounts on music lessons, theater tickets and interesting restaurants. In most cities, you're likely to spot lots of deals for spas and cosmetic surgery, which hints at the upscale female customers who constitute Groupon's biggest buyers.</p> <p>In suburban Connecticut, where I live, I saw offers like "$10 for $20 worth" of Italian food at a restaurant nearby, "$15 for $30 worth of dry cleaning," and "$10 for $20 worth" of goods at <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/barnes-and-noble-inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Barnes & Noble Incorporated" class="meta-org">Barnes & Noble</a>. Since that's all stuff I'd buy anyway, I took the plunge. I bought the Barnes & Noble coupon and the restaurant coupon.</p> <p>A few hours later, I received my coupons by e-mail. They pointed out that I could avoid printing the coupons if I used the free Groupon app for <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/iphone/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival news about the iPhone." class="meta-classifier">iPhone</a> or Android phones.</p> <p>At the bookstore, I picked out a couple of books totaling $23. I showed my phone to the cashier, who had been trained to enter the Groupon codes. I was the ninth person that day to cash in.</p> <p>I paid the $3 overage, and that was it. I loved it. I'd just gotten $10 worth of books free. It almost felt as if I'd shoplifted.</p> <p>More psychology, of course. It's absurd that I should have felt so giddy. I mean, is saving $10 such a landmark event? The last time you bought a house, a car or even a night at a hotel, did you haggle for another $10 off? You probably could have gotten it. But you didn't.</p> <p>Somehow, though, in the Groupon context, it feels like a steal. There's something about the simple phrase, "$10 for $20 worth of stuff" that gets you.</p> <p>Furthermore, your coupon is good for anything in the store. It's not the same as a Half-Off Sale, where the store chooses what goods to discount.</p> <p>That "tipping point" business — the minimum number of takers an offer has to have before it becomes valid — is part of the psychology, too. Sure, this element was created to protect the merchant's interests. But let's face it, the tipping-point requirement adds a certain thrill to the proceedings. You're invested in the outcome.</p> <p>Even the scarcity of deals — one each day — plays on your feelings. It adds to that sense of exclusivity and of serendipity.</p>  <div class="authorIdentification" readability="7"> <p>E-mail: pogue@nytimes.com</p> </div>  </div><p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="3" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.journal-advocate.com/ci_17351039?source=most_viewed">'Psychology' behind proposed permit for Jumbo, Prewitt users</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 10 Feb 2011 03:33 PM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <div class="articleViewerGroup c10" id="articleViewerGroup"><div class="articlePosition1 c9" readability="34"><div class="articleImageBox c8" readability="38"><span class="articleImage"><a href="http://www.journal-advocate.com/portlet/article/html/imageDisplay.jsp?contentItemRelationshipId=3584432" target="_new"></a></span> <p>Wildlife technician Jeff Mekelburg, right, gestures to an area on the map of the Julesburg Reservoir, also known as Jumbo, during a Division of Wildlife meeting Tuesday regarding proposed changes at the Jumbo and Prewitt state wildlife areas.</p> </div> </div> </div> <strong>STERLING</strong> -- Staff from the Division of Wildlife Tuesday met with a large group of hunters, fishers and other members of the public interested in proposed changes at local state wildlife areas. <p>During the meeting at the Ramada Inn, the DOW employees sat with small groups who responded to the proposals, which would create a permit for using the Jumbo and Prewitt as well as ban all alcohol at the reservoirs.</p> <p>The permit would be required of anyone age 19 to 64 who does not have a hunting or fishing license. At the meeting, it was recommended that the fee be about the same as a hunting or fishing permit -- it could be offered as an alternative to those licenses.</p> <p>Wildlife technician Jeff Mekelburg</p> <div class="articlePosition2 articleImageBox c11" readability="35"><span class="articleImage"><a href="http://www.journal-advocate.com/portlet/article/html/imageDisplay.jsp?contentItemRelationshipId=3584431" target="_new"></a></span> <p>Staff from the Division of Wildlife heard from hunters, fishers and other members of the public about proposed changes to regulations at the Jumbo and Prewitt state wildlife areas Tuesday at the Ramada Inn. (Sara Waite/Journal-Advocate</p> </div> said the reason for the proposals is that since the requirement for a habitat stamp ended in 2009, non-wildlife use of the state wildlife areas has risen. Along with that has been a rise in problems, such as overcrowding in the camping areas, noise control, and people not following the law. <p>"They want to bring it back into compliance with the mission," Mekelburg said.</p> <p>It was explained at the meeting that the reason they are looking at individual permits to use the SWA's is psychological. People are more apt to follow the rules when their name is on a piece of paper, said Jack Wieland, district wildlife manager for Phillips and Sedgwick counties.</p> <p>"You can do a lot of things if you're anonymous," Wieland said.</p> <p>In general, the consensus seemed to be that all users should contribute to funding for the SWA's, which is now supported by fishing and hunting license fees. However, the majority did not want to see a complete ban of alcohol, preferring to have DOW staff or law enforcement handle any alcohol-related problems that might arise.</p> <p>The public's comments will be accepted until Feb. 22, for those who were unable to attend the meeting. To provide feedback on the proposed regulation changes, please go to Proposed Changes for Jumbo Reservoir on <a href="http://www.wildlife.state.co.us/Fishing/">http://wildlife.state.co.us/Fishing/</a> and fill out the public input form, or e-mail responses to <a href="mailto:Jennifer.churchill@state.co.us">Jennifer.churchill@state.co.us</a> or mail to the DOW in care of Jennifer Churchill, 6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216.</p> <p>Tom Kroening, area wildlife manager, said the district office will gather the input and send it up the chain of command. The Division of Wildlife will make a recommendation to the state Wildlife Commission, which could be the plan as proposed or could be altered based on public feedback. The commission will make the final determination on the regulation changes on March 10.</p> <p><em>Sara Waite: (970) 526-9310;</em> <em><a href="mailto:swaite@journal-advocate.com">swaite@journal-advocate.com</a></em></p> <p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="border-top:1px solid #999;padding-top:4px;margin-top:1.5em;width:100%" id="footer"> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size:11px;margin:0 6px 1.2em 0;color:#333;">You are subscribed to email updates from <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8">Psychology - Yahoo! 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<h1>“It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology.” plus 1 more</h1>
<p>2011-02-09T15:19:00.001-08:00</p>
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It’s the Psychology.” plus 1 more</a> <br /> <a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/YahooNewsSearchResultsForPsychology">  </a> </h1> </td> <td width="1%" /> </tr> </table> <hr style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:0;margin:0" /> <table id="itemcontentlist"> <tr xmlns=""> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="1" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/technology/personaltech/10pogue.html">It’s Not the Online Coupons. It’s the Psychology.</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 09 Feb 2011 02:11 PM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><div readability="31.91061452514"> <p>You might think that this column is about <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/groupon_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Groupon." class="meta-org">Groupon.com</a>, the white-hot Web site whose coupons save you 50 to 90 percent at local businesses. But it's not. It's about psychology.</p> </div><div readability="147.62688244549"> <p>Each day, Groupon offers for sale a deep-discount coupon from a business in your town. It might be a $25 coupon that buys you a $50 bike tune-up, or a $40 coupon for a $90 massage, or $25 for $100 worth of fitness classes. The coupons aren't actually distributed until a critical mass of people (50, for example) have clicked "Buy." After all, shopkeepers can't afford discounts that steep unless there's something in it for them.</p> <p>If not enough people express interest, the deal dies. No coupons are issued, and nobody's out a cent.</p> <p>Groupon is, therefore, a huge win-win-win. You save eyebrow-raising amounts of money. Local businesses pick up a landslide of new customers overnight without doing a lick of marketing on their own (a Phoenix aquarium, for example, sold 10,000 tickets in 24 hours). And Groupon collects half the money from those coupons. No wonder it became profitable after only seven months.</p> <p>Now, this concept — Internet-organized group buying — has been tried many times before. Remember MobShop? Mercato? LetsBuyIt? They all worked, in principle, the same way.</p> <p>But Groupon is suddenly everywhere you look — in the headlines, on <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/facebook_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Facebook." class="meta-org">Facebook</a>, in dinnertime conversations. The company says that it operates in 175 North American cities and 500 overseas, has 54 million members and has saved them $1.6 billion so far. In fact, Groupon is the fastest-growing Web company in history, having attained a $1.5 billion value in only 18 months.</p> <p>(On the other hand, not all of the dinnertime conversation about Groupon is positive. The company's SuperBowl TV ads last weekend backfired. One seemed to belittle the oppression of Tibetans under Chinese rule — "The people of Tibet are in trouble. Their very culture is in jeopardy. But they still whip up an amazing fish curry!"— and struck many viewers as juvenile and insensitive.)</p> <p>Frankly, I couldn't understand the big deal about Groupon. Why is it such a superstar when so many competitors labor in obscurity?</p> <p>The answer: clever psychology.</p> <p>First of all, Groupon's sales staff tries to cultivate deals that suit the audience in each city. If you're in San Francisco, you get offers for Segway tours of vineyards, flying lessons and skateboarding gear. In New York City, you're more likely to see huge discounts on music lessons, theater tickets and interesting restaurants. In most cities, you're likely to spot lots of deals for spas and cosmetic surgery, which hints at the upscale female customers who constitute Groupon's biggest buyers.</p> <p>In suburban Connecticut, where I live, I saw offers like "$10 for $20 worth" of Italian food at a restaurant nearby, "$15 for $30 worth of dry cleaning," and "$10 for $20 worth" of goods at <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/barnes-and-noble-inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Barnes & Noble Incorporated" class="meta-org">Barnes & Noble</a>. Since that's all stuff I'd buy anyway, I took the plunge. I bought the Barnes & Noble coupon and the restaurant coupon.</p> <p>A few hours later, I received my coupons by e-mail. They pointed out that I could avoid printing the coupons if I used the free Groupon app for <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/iphone/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival news about the iPhone." class="meta-classifier">iPhone</a> or Android phones.</p> <p>At the bookstore, I picked out a couple of books totaling $23. I showed my phone to the cashier, who had been trained to enter the Groupon codes. I was the ninth person that day to cash in.</p> <p>I paid the $3 overage, and that was it. I loved it. I'd just gotten $10 worth of books free. It almost felt as if I'd shoplifted.</p> <p>More psychology, of course. It's absurd that I should have felt so giddy. I mean, is saving $10 such a landmark event? The last time you bought a house, a car or even a night at a hotel, did you haggle for another $10 off? You probably could have gotten it. But you didn't.</p> <p>Somehow, though, in the Groupon context, it feels like a steal. There's something about the simple phrase, "$10 for $20 worth of stuff" that gets you.</p> <p>Furthermore, your coupon is good for anything in the store. It's not the same as a Half-Off Sale, where the store chooses what goods to discount.</p> <p>That "tipping point" business — the minimum number of takers an offer has to have before it becomes valid — is part of the psychology, too. Sure, this element was created to protect the merchant's interests. But let's face it, the tipping-point requirement adds a certain thrill to the proceedings. You're invested in the outcome.</p> <p>Even the scarcity of deals — one each day — plays on your feelings. It adds to that sense of exclusivity and of serendipity.</p>   </div><p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> featured article: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=598:collateral-damage-wikileaks-in-the-crosshairs&catid=24:alerts-2011&Itemid=68">Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs</a>.</em></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="2" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/02/09/CAPS_doctoral_cuts_.aspx">PSU programs may face cuts</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 09 Feb 2011 01:51 AM PST</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;">  <h3 class="date">February 9, 2011</h3>     <p>The counseling psychology doctoral program is facing possible cuts as a result of a recommendation from the university's Core Council — and Penn State officials said similar cuts are expected elsewhere in the future.</p> <p>The college is no longer admitting students into the program and is directing them toward other doctoral programs such as school psychology or clinical psychology, in anticipation of the program being eliminated, said College of Education Dean David Monk.</p> <p>Monk said the Core Council recommended merging programs offered in the Cedar Building, but the budget wasn't sufficient to support this, so the program is now up for elimination.</p> <p>"I'm disappointed we're not able to continue the program because it has a distinguished history," Monk said. "But the pressure is on the college to rethink its offerings, and it seemed the most prudent path for us to pursue."</p> <p>Monk said the program serves an average of six students per year.</p> <p>But the impact goes beyond the students enrolled in the academic program, said Associate Director of Training at Counseling and Psychological Services Joyce Illfelder-Kaye.</p> <p>Students from the program provide more than 100 hours per week of counseling services to the CAPS program — which offers counseling services to Penn State students, Illfelder-Kaye said. If the program is cut, those hours will be reassigned or lost.</p> <p>Students from the Clinical Psychology program have been employed at CAPS in the past, and Illfelder-Kaye said this</p> <p>may continue, but it's not certain.</p> <p>"Over time we have to sort out what we're going to do about it," Illfelder-Kaye said. "We will spend the next year or two exploring what our options are."</p> <p>The Counseling Psychology program isn't alone, though — in January, the Core Council also recommended cutting Penn State's Science, Technology and Society program, and the council is in the process of sending letters to deans with recommendations of more program cuts to every college and campus, Penn State spokeswoman Annemarie Mountz said .</p> <p>Mountz did not identify any specific recommendations that may surface in the future.</p> <p>"A decade of cuts in our appropriation has consequences," Mountz said, also noting that the program cuts align with recommendations in Penn State's current Strategic Plan. "We can no longer be all things to all people."</p> <p>The recommendations aren't "done deals," though — Mountz said they are strong, but they must go through the Faculty Senate and the Board of Trustees to be approved.</p> <p>"Going into this process, Penn State is a very strong, diverse academic institution and coming out of it, we are still going to be a top university with a diverse academic institution," Mountz said.</p> <p>But not everyone is sold on the idea of consolidation — including Mary McClanahan, a 1994 graduate of the counseling psychology program and a current adjunct faculty member.</p> <p>McClanahan said if the program is cut, it will be a huge loss for the university at large.</p> <p>"Most students already have a difficulty with the wait at CAPS," McClanahan said, in reference to the demand for the psychological services provided by the doctoral program. 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<h1>“Psychology of a win” plus 1 more</h1>
<p>2011-02-08T15:43:00.001-08:00</p>
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               color:#CC0000;                                 font-weight:bold;                                 text-decoration:none;                         }                                 img {border:none;}                   </style> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="emailbody" style="margin:0 2em;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <table style="border:0;padding:0;margin:0;width:100%"> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top" width="99%"> <h1 style="margin:0;padding-bottom:6px;"> <a style="color:#888;font-size:22px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss;_ylt=A9j8eu0Ig2JLx2kAORrQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MTBsZGZsBHNlYwNhZG0-?p=Psychology&amp;amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;amp;eo=UTF-8" 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style="margin:0;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"> <span class="headlines" id="storyText"/> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">As die-hard Packers fans welcomed home their team on Monday, fans across the state are still basking in Sunday night's euphoric win.</span></p> <span class="headlines" id="storyText"/> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">Great news for Packers fans, a psychiatrist we talked to tells us that feeling of euphoria is good for us, because it unites us together.</span></p> <span class="headlines" id="storyText"/> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">Everyone we talked to across town Monday says the Packers win, brightened up what would otherwise be just another blustery February Monday.</span></p> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">"It just puts a positive spin on everything," Joe Sonsalla says.</span></p> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">"It just added a lot, made me feel better in general," Dick Johnson tells us.</span></p> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">"As I walk around today and as I do my work I felt noting but good vibes," Elliot Light explains.</span></p> <span class="headlines" id="storyText"/> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">And those good vibes aren't imaginary, they're real says Sacred Heart psychiatrist Kevin Hess.</span></p> <span class="headlines" id="storyText"/> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">"We're always looking for positives, life is this series of ups and downs and we have to be able to survive and whether through the difficult times, so it's exceptionally sweet when something positive happens and we can ride on that euphoria," Hess explains.</span></p> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">While the blissful feelings are not particularly long lasting, Hess says they're an important part of the cyclical nature of ups and downs we all go through in life.</span></p> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">But for right now, Packers fans can keep on enjoying that euphoria together.</span></p> <span class="headlines" id="storyText"/> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">"I think it does bring people together and I think that commonality is good, we do need help as we go through life and this is one of those sweet extra things that happen," Hess adds.</span></p> <span class="headlines" id="storyText"/> <p><span class="headlines" id="storyText">Hess says because Packers fans are in a league of their own, their euphoric high's may be even more pronounced than normal fans.<br/></span></p> <hr size="4" color="#000000"/> <p><em>This entry passed through the <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/">Full-Text RSS</a> service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at <a href="http://fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php">fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php</a><br /><a href="http://fivefilters.org">Five Filters</a> 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telling me they've "had enough." They look defeated, not just bothered and inconvenienced – it's as if they have battled the elements individually—and been overpowered.</p> <p>Weather extremes can do that to people, for a few different reasons.</p> <p>First, repeated blizzards or rainstorms or, for that matter, scorching hot days of drought during the summer, almost perfectly mimic the laboratory experiments on "learned helplessness." In learned helplessness experiments, researchers arranged to shock rats either on a schedule—say, every 30 minutes—or randomly, with shocks being delivered, for example, an hour apart, then again in five minutes, then in 20 minutes, then in 10 seconds.</p> <p>The rats shocked on a scheduled and, hence, predictable, basis did OK. They weren't thrilled or anything, but they didn't give up or stop eating. They seemed to know they had freedom between shocks and could hunker down when shocks were due. The rats shocked on a random basis ultimately just lay down on the wire grid floors of their cages and gave up all meaningful activity.</p> <p>They became despondent. They were worn out psychologically.</p> <p>We don't know when the next winter storm in a lineup of storms is coming, so the relatively minor emotional impact it might have on us is magnified. We carry with us the cumulative impact of being shocked randomly by storm after storm. And we feel like giving up and lying down.</p> <p>The second reason repeated storms can take a big, psychological toll on people is that they can recall events in our lives that caused us distress and over which we had no control. Snow that keeps coming, no matter what, can literally cause angst in an adult woman who unconsciously link today's storms with unpredictable fights between her parents that she witnessed as a girl, and had no power to stop. At this very moment, even if people haven't yet made the connection (and most won't), this winter weather is stirring up feelings about illnesses that afflicted friends and relatives, bullies who couldn't be vanquished, loved ones lost in war.</p> <p>In its psychological essence, a storm is a storm is a storm.</p> <p>So, how can we overcome feelings of helplessness this winter?</p> <p>The key is deciding to defeat each storm and noticing when you're winning. Think about this next storm and the one coming up after it as battles—you against nature. Obviously, no one can stop snow or sleet or freezing rain from coming, but outsmarting it by getting the right shovel, salt, sand, firewood and brushes and stocking up on food can ward off helplessness.</p> <p>Allow yourself to appreciate having the intellectual capacity to plan or the physical power to move some snow out of your way.</p> <p>Don't just "make it" to work, consider it a victory when you get there. Look around at the lights in your house and smirk about the fact that electricity is still flowing to them. Listen to the wind whipping against the house and notice that you are still warm inside.</p> <p>Also, don't run away from your memories. Actually invite yourself to think about events in your life you wish you wish you could have had control over, but didn't. Don't be afraid to dwell on them. It's far better to consciously consider the times you felt helpless than to be depleted by them unconsciously.</p> <p>You've survived every storm in your life. Take some joy in that fact. It might just warm you up.</p> <p><em>Dr. Keith Ablow is a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team. He is a New York Times best-selling author, and co-author, with Glenn Beck, of the book "The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life". 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