AllPsych Psychology Articles

It's Monday. Of course it's Monday. In a study published this month in Anxiety, Stress & Coping, researchers from Macquarie University in Australia looked at how workplace incivility fluctuates over the course ...
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If I asked you why you believe the things you do, your first response probably wouldn't be "because of TV." But TV is a way we get information about the world, even ...
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Guilt and shame often get lumped together, but there's an essential difference between the two: guilt is about what you did while shame is about who you are. Feeling bad about your ...
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Old cliches notwithstanding, people often seek out partners similar to themselves in many ways. Researchers call this phenomenon "assortative mating." Perhaps mercifully, people are more likely to end up with partners who ...
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Getting an Instagram like is basically the same as winning a dollar or eating an Oreo as far as your brain is concerned. At least, that's what a study by a team ...
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A little shopping can be a healthy pick-me-up. For some people, though, the desire to buy becomes an outright compulsion that causes serious problems in their lives. It's estimated that about 5 ...
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That moment when part of you wants another chocolate chip cookie and part of you knows it's probably time to call it quits. One one hand: that smooth chocolate and that soft ...
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Sitting in a gray room with no windows isn't anyone's idea of a good time. And according to some new research published in PLoS ONE, it's not anyone's idea of a productive ...
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Well, no kidding! Of course people who are more sensitive to rejection are going to get depressed more easily – I don't need a study to tell you that! But here's the ...
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Max Eastman once wrote that "a smile is the universal welcome," but it turns out the universal welcome might not be so universal. Although previous research has suggested that smiling can make ...
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