As Cognition Slips, Financial Skills Are Often the First to Go DESCRIPTION “Research has also shown that even cognitively normal people may reach a point where financial decision-making becomes more challenging.” This article begins and ends with a few anecdotes regarding older individuals who have cognitive impairment and focuses on the problems of handling their… Read more »
Posts By: David Berg
PSYCHOLOGY UPDATE — 3 ARTICLES REGARDING THE APA AND TORTURE PROGRAM
3 ARTICLES REGARDING THE APA AND TORTURE PROGRAM #1 American Psychological Association Bolstered C.I.A. Torture Program, Report Says SOURCE New York Times, April 30, 2015, by James Risen LINK TO RESOURCE http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/report-says-american-psychological-association-collaborated-on-torture-justification.html?&moduleDetail=top-news-0&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion®ion=Footer&configSection=article&isLoggedIn=false&module=TopNews&pgtype=article (shortened URL) http://tinyurl.com/qcbv6ow #2 PENS REPORT: ALL THE PRESIDENT’S PSYCHOLOGISTS: The American Psychological Association’s Secret Complicity with the White House and US… Read more »
Psychology Update — When ‘Deshawn’ And ‘Greg’ Act Out In Class, Guess Who Gets Branded A Troublemaker
When ‘Deshawn’ And ‘Greg’ Act Out In Class, Guess Who Gets Branded A Troublemaker DESCRIPTION It is well known that there are disparities found in the discipline of students of differing ethnic and racial differences in public schools. The authors, Okonofua and Eberhart performed two simple experiments that examined stereotype and bias among teachers. In… Read more »
Psychology Update — MIT Researchers Think They Can Spot Early Signs of Parkinson’s in the Way People Type
MIT Researchers Think They Can Spot Early Signs of Parkinson’s in the Way People Type DESCRIPTION Researchers at MIT have begun a research project that observes and records how individuals type on a standard keyboard. The analysis of patterns of keystrokes has provided evidence for physical state of the individual such as fatigue, drunkenness, and… Read more »
Psychology Update — An overthinking brain can complicate simple tasks
An overthinking brain can complicate simple tasks DESCRIPTION Researchers Danielle Bassett, Muzhi Yang, and others, scanned the brains of their subjects while they learned to play a simple game. It was found that those who had most brain activity in certain areas were slower to learn the game. The authors state, “Comparing the neural activity… Read more »
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK — How to Work the Lecture Hall in Vitae in Chronicle of Higher Education
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK — Vitae in Chronicle of Higher Education TITLE (for the professor) How to Work the Lecture Hall | Vitae URL https://chroniclevitae.com/news/970-how-to-work-the-lecture-hall?cid=VTEVPMSED1 (shortened url) http://tinyurl.com/mpa5ylq DESCRIPTION Chronicle of Higher Education advice on working with large lecture sections.
Psychology Update — Dr. Frieda Fromm-Reichmann: Creativity in Psychotherapy
TITLE Dr. Frieda Fromm-Reichmann: Creativity in Psychotherapy DESCRIPTION Dr. Frieda Fromm-Reichmann stands as a giant in the history of Psychotherapy. Though a psychoanalyst, she pioneered therapy at the famous Chestnut Lodge hospital in the Washington, DC area. She brought her genius to bear in her cases and was not bound by the rigidity of the… Read more »
Psychology Update — Art Therapy — Two articles related to treatment of Jihadists
Art Therapy — Two articles related to treatment of Jihadists Articles #1 Art Therapy for Al-Qaeda and ISIS Aspirants #2 Treating Saudi Arabian Jihadists With Art Therapy DESCRIPTION The articles describe a program in Saudi Arabia wherein young men who have jihadist, Al-Qaeda and Isis leanings under reeducation, rehabilitation, religious training, as well as vocational… Read more »
APP OF THE WEEK — TeacherKit
APP OF THE WEEK TeacherKit (Developer’s website: http://www.teacherkit.net/) iOS & Android (free — click on your platform)) DESCRIPTION From Google Play Store and iTunes Store Over a million educators worldwide trust TeacherKit with managing their time and activities. TeacherKit helps you organize classes and students easily. Record attendance and log behavior all with few taps…. Read more »
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK — The 7 Fundamental Conditions of Learning
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK — (for the professoriate) TITLE The 7 Fundamental Conditions of Learning URL Chronicle Of Higher Education, April 13, 2015, by Rob Jenkins http://chronicle.com/article/The-7-Fundamental-Conditions/229275/?cid=wb&utm_source=wb&utm_medium=en (shortened url) http://tinyurl.com/pv27hyr DESCRIPTION “Our quest is not so much to figure out how to teach best as to figure out how students learn best. “ Rob Jenkins… Read more »
Psychological Science: The Curious Mind
Abnormal Psychology, 15th Edition DSM-5-TR Update
Behavioral Neuroscience
Personality, 15th Edition
Cognition, 11th Edition
