TITLE Does Listening to Music Stimulate Creative Thinking, or Stifle It? DESCRIPTION A number of fascinating studies examines the use of listening to music during creative and problem solving tasks. The results appear to be contradictory in the sense that the type of task and type of music may either be enhancing handling a task… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Motivation and Emotion
Psychology Update — Dreams: Here’s What Your Recurring Nightmares Actually Mean
TITLE Dreams: Here’s What Your Recurring Nightmares Actually Mean DESCRIPTION Given these difficult times during the pandemic, it is no surprise that many people have reported having an increase in bad dreams and nightmares. We all dream as part of our sleep cycle and label it as REM (rapid eye movement) stage of… Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 Articles Related to Eating Disorders, Food Addictions, & Stress Eating
3 Articles Related to Eating Disorders, Food Addictions, & Stress Eating (Though these articles are a recent few years old, they are more relevant now than ever through the pandemic.) ARTICLE #1 TITLE Here’s Why You Stress Eat — And How to Stop Doing It DESCRIPTION This interesting article details a number of… Read more »
Psychology Update — Living With O.C.D. in a Pandemic
TITLE Living With O.C.D. in a Pandemic DESCRIPTION Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a very disabling problem for many, and the covid pandemic has made it worse. In fact, many who don’t have OCD have developed similar symptoms due to the anxiety about contamination and exposure to the covid virus. Obsessions are thoughts and… Read more »
Psychology Update — What you need to know about willpower: The psychological science of self-control
TITLE What you need to know about willpower: The psychological science of self-control DESCRIPTION What an excellent series of articles that flow together to provide a broad picture of our commonly used concept of “will power.” When the term is discussed it is often used synonymously as “determination, drive, resolve, self-discipline, self-control.” There… Read more »
Psychology Update — Emotional Expressions are Part of Biology
TITLE Emotional Expressions are Part of Biology DESCRIPTION This article is an excerpt fromfrom Mama’s Last Hug by Frans de Waal: Emotional expressions are innate and part of biology. You may know de Waal’s work with bonobo monkeys, and how he has studied a number of facets including the idea of injustice. This… Read more »
Psychology Update — 21 Animals That Are Way Smarter Than You Thought
TITLE 21 Animals That Are Way Smarter Than You Thought DESCRIPTION The past definitions of Psychology included the study of animal behavior. The magazine Psychology Today lists reasons as “the study of animal behavior is a cornerstone of psychology for several reasons. Ethology, or the study of animals in their natural habitats, sheds light… Read more »
Psychology Update — Attitude Matters, a Lot
TITLE Attitude Matters, a Lot If you want to do your best work, bring your best attitude. DESCRIPTION Industrial (I/O) Psychology and Motivation linteract frequently when we think about the world of work. In terms of work we bring in our previous learning, experiences, skills, and attitudes. “No matter how narrow or mundane or… Read more »
Psychology Update — The Secret Psychology of Sneaker Colors
TITLE The Secret Psychology of Sneaker Colors DESCRIPTION How do we make choices? Are we aware of the influences that determine how we choose? This interesting article examines how sneaker companies determine the colors of the next choice their customers make. How does advertising key in to a particular demographic and… Read more »
Psychology Update — Read This If You Wake Up Hungry In The Middle Of The Night
TITLE Read This If You Wake Up Hungry In The Middle Of The Night DESCRIPTION What an interesting article! I think that many of us have on occasion awakened at some time through the night and felt hungry and then binged on toast, ice cream, a treat, or a snack. WHY? This fascinating… Read more »
Psychological Science: The Curious Mind
Abnormal Psychology, 15th Edition DSM-5-TR Update
Behavioral Neuroscience
Personality, 15th Edition
Cognition, 11th Edition
