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When Is It OK To Use Deception in Psychology Studies?

When Is It OK To Use Deception in Psychology Studies?

There are white lies, there are truly harmful lies, and then there are lies told for the sake of science. Scientists don’t always agree on whether the latter are acceptable, or how ...
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/ / Deception, General Psychology, Research
Defining Greed

Defining Greed

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about a study on how childhood experiences potentially give rise to a later tendency to be greedy. The gist of the study was that only children ...
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/ / Children, General Psychology, Greed, Personality
4 Pressing Mental Health Needs College Students Have

4 Pressing Mental Health Needs College Students Have

College students are really stressed out. If you’re a college student, you already know that. If you’re not a college student, just take a look at a study I wrote about a ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology
Rats From Enriched Environments Make Better Drivers

Rats From Enriched Environments Make Better Drivers

Have you ever wondered if it would be possible to teach a rat to drive? Well, maybe not, but this is the kind of thing psychology researchers think about. In a new ...
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/ / Animals, Behavioral Psychology
Does Having a "Game Face" Improve Cognitive Performance?

Does Having a “Game Face” Improve Cognitive Performance?

One of the counterintuitive ideas in psychology that has become popular lately is that our body language isn’t just an expression of our attitudes but can actually change those attitudes. A 2010 ...
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/ / Cognitive Psychology, Gaming, Performance Psychology
Helping Others Is a Link Between Self-Control and Life Satisfaction

Helping Others Is a Link Between Self-Control and Life Satisfaction

Last week, I wrote about the health and mental health benefits of volunteering. Today brings us another study on the theme of helping others being a good way to help yourself. If ...
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/ / Altruism, Happiness, Positive Psychology, Relationships, Self-Control, Social Psychology
The Childhood Roots of Greed

The Childhood Roots of Greed

Being willing to share resources with each other is one of the things that keeps our society functioning. That’s why one of the lessons that we commonly teach children is how to ...
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/ / Children, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Greed
Older Adults' Perceptions of Volunteering Improve When They Try It

Older Adults’ Perceptions of Volunteering Improve When They Try It

Volunteering is an activity that seems to have as many benefits for the person doing it as for the people it’s intended to help. This seems to be true starting relatively early ...
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/ / Altruism, Developmental Psychology, Meaning, Older Adults, Positive Psychology
Peer Coaching and Supported Education

Peer Coaching and Supported Education

When students with psychiatric or substance use disorders arrive at college, they face additional obstacles that other students don’t. Supported education programs are an increasingly popular way to give these students tools ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, College, Treatment
Valuing Time Rather Than Money May Lead to Happiness

Valuing Time Rather Than Money May Lead to Happiness

Time is money, right? But in a literal sense, that’s not true. Time is time, and money is money. In fact, time might be more important than money, at least as far ...
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/ / Happiness, Money, Positive Psychology