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Learned Helplessness – Learning About it!

Shafali Anand wrote 15 hours ago: Learned Helplessness, they say, is the driving force behind depression. Depression feeds over our te … more →

Tags: Adult Learning, Motivation, a beautiful mind, avoid feeling helpless, Depression, helplessness, I feel helpless, John Nash, Learned Helplessness

The Real Santa I Believe In3 comments

JJ wrote 3 days ago: Cool science with which I am making merry: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus — and Here … more →

Tags: belief in gods, Creative Class, Culture, Ethics and Philosophy, Family Values, From the Mouths of Babes, Human Networking, identity, Institutions and Individuals

Self-Concept II

Shafali Anand wrote 3 days ago: Self-concept is a product of our interactions with our environment, which would include our families … more →

Tags: Sloth & Froth, Froth, self-concept, Sloth

Cultural Attention Deficit Disorder and the 'Cup of Stupor'

John Uebersax wrote 4 days ago: Cultural Attention Deficit Disorder and the ‘Cup of Stupor’ For several months I’v … more →

Tags: Cultural psychology, Renewing America

Russell Poldrack: Are "Learning Styles" Important In Teaching Methods?

chiefvirus wrote 6 days ago: 학습자들이 비쥬얼 또는 버벌 중 어떤것에 더욱 익숙하느냐에 따라 이들을 구분짓고 그에 따른 효과적인 교수법을 처방하는게 그동안의 정설—하지만 과학적인 근거는 없이—을 메타분석을 통 … more →

Tags: Psychology, desirable difficulty

What is Self-Concept?

Shafali Anand wrote 6 days ago: Do you know that adults have a high degree of self-concept? Of course you do. You’ve heard it numero … more →

Tags: Adult Learning, Sloth & Froth, self-concept, what is self-concept, self-concept in adults, Trait, Likes, Dislikes

Holiday Fun in TV Family Dys-fun-ction 3 comments

JJ wrote 1 week ago: Favorite Daughter and I have been watching Christmas movies, lots of them. Hilarity ensues. We grade … more →

Tags: Books and Movies, Bullying and control, Culture, Cynical Stuff, Discipline-behavior, Dominionists, Family Values, Framing, health

Walk this way... Look this way

ezaiser wrote 2 weeks ago: You know those moments when you are walking and someone else seems to be coming straight towards you … more →

Tags: social cognition, Social Influence, automatic responses, Eye tracking, Gâze, Gaze Following, Intentions, motivational response, Navigation

Yes, your team really do need to concentrate

organizationalscientist wrote 2 weeks ago: A personal vindication for me, this one: Pop-ups and email alerts significantly slow down work by br … more →

Tags: In the media, Psychology at Work, attention, Concentration, focus?, organizational psychology, Pop-ups, Research

Video game design through perceptual, cognitive and learning development (Harmon, 2009)

Wai Yen Tang wrote 3 weeks ago: So, I have completed my TOEFL because some grad schools aren’t giving exemptions about my bein … more →

Tags: Education, Video Games

Latest Palin Lies Exposed: The Aunt Was a Peacock5 comments

JJ wrote 3 weeks ago: Couldn’t resist the scholarly book pun, for yet another Republican/conservative calling out th … more →

Tags: belief in gods, Bullying and control, Cynical Stuff, Discipline-behavior, Dominionists, Education, Ethics and Philosophy, Family Values, God

Jettison the Negative: It's Time to Shake and Shine

Mick Turner wrote 3 weeks ago: L.D. Turner Starting with Freud and moving forward in its history, the practice of psychotherapy and … more →

Tags: Affirmative Prayer, Apostle Paul, Applied spirituality, Christian Living, Christian optimism, Christianity, Conscious Cognition, Discipleship, divine mind

Motivated Judicial Reasoning

The Situationist Staff wrote 4 weeks ago: In her recent book, Law, Politics, and Perception: How Policy Preferences Influence Legal Reasoning … more →

Tags: Abstracts, book, Choice Myth, Ideology, Law, Legal Theory, judicial ideology, motivated reasoning

Noteworthy nugget: Eye to brain to computer screen

Jo Jordan wrote 1 month ago: As we approach the end of 2008, yes, Japanese neuroscientists are able to recreate what we see from … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, MRI, Neuroscience, future of psychology, brain scans

Do Media Refs Do This Too? It Would Explain a Lot

JJ wrote 1 month ago: If “winning” and not good governance is all the most vicious partisans care about, their … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Discipline-behavior, Research and Science, Liberties and Rights, Family Values, Ethics and Philosophy, Trends

On Cognitive Psych2 comments

themunk wrote 1 month ago: I’m typing this in a Cognitive Psychology lecture.  There’s a bit of technical difficult … more →

Tags: Fall 09, Spring 10

Pure Dead Brilliant -- Jon Stewart Channels Glenn Beck5 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: more about "Pure Dead Brilliant — Jon Stewart Ch…", posted with vodpod … more →

Tags: Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Learning, Discipline-behavior, Liberties and Rights, Ethics and Philosophy, Movies/TV, Thinking Parents, Creative Class

Rice Krispies No Health Food, Much Less Medicine Magic 14 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: And that goes for Cocoa Krispies too, no matter what outrageous corporate “colors” the F … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Power of Story, Discipline-behavior, Research and Science, Family Values, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents, Trends

Capitol Hill Mad Hatters Show Up for More Tea Partying18 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: Tea Partiers Hit Capitol: They arrived as early as 8:30 a.m., by bus, car and plane — from Bluffton, … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Discipline-behavior, Family Values, Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Ethics and Philosophy, Pro-life, Pro-choice, Trends


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