TITLE American Psychological Association Bans Members From Military Interrogations DESCRIPTION This report, in the Chronicle Of Higher Education on the APA 2015 Convention in Toronto, restates the problem discovered in the APA’s collusion with the military to participate in activities related to torture. The APA site lists a number of articles including the Hoffman Report… Read more »
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Psychology Update — Psychopaths May Be Immune To Contagious Yawning
TITLE Psychopaths May Be Immune To Contagious Yawning DESCRIPTION “In the study, which will be published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences in November, psychologists from Baylor University in Texas showed that people who are more coldhearted are less likely to engage in the natural behavior of “catching” yawns.” In this research, students were… Read more »
Psychology Update — Can Music Help People With Epilepsy?
TITLE Can Music Help People With Epilepsy? DESCRIPTION Can music help those with epilepsy? Researchers using randomized trials of music and silence found that brain waves of those with temporal lobe epilepsy synchronized with the music suggesting that a possible treatment (along with other therapies) might be developed. The researchers found significantly higher levels of… Read more »
Psychology Update — Team advances therapy preventing addiction relapse by erasing drug-associated memories
TITLE Team advances therapy preventing addiction relapse by erasing drug-associated memories DESCRIPTION “Scientists have made a discovery that brings them closer to a new therapy based on selectively erasing dangerous and tenacious drug-associated memories.” In this exciting research on animal models of addiction, particularly methamphetamine, scientists were able to target and erase the memories associated… Read more »
Psychology Update — Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection
TITLE Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection DESCRIPTION This article discusses two students at an ivy league school, whose distorted perceptions of themselves as failures, clashed with the high expectations placed upon them from their family life; theses students felt the “pressure of perfection.” Though the students were bright, athletic, popular, they focused… Read more »
Psychology Update — The Weird Link Between E-Cigarettes and Mental Health Disorders
TITLE The Weird Link Between E-Cigarettes and Mental Health Disorders Use of e-cigarettes by individuals with mental health conditions DESCRIPTION “Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that people living with depression, anxiety or other mental health conditions are twice as likely to have tried e-cigarettes and three times as likely… Read more »
Psychology Update — Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets
TITLE Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets DESCRIPTION Coca Cola has funded a group of research scientists (grants and research funds) regarding the topic of obesity in children and adults. The scientists have stated basically that “exercise” was a better way to manage weight and that consumers need… Read more »
Psychology Update — Habitual Gamblers See Patterns Where There Are None, Study Says
TITLE Habitual Gamblers See Patterns Where There Are None, Study Says DESCRIPTION In a study that compared/contrasted habitual gamblers vs non gamblers, the researchers found that the gamblers were more likely to make impulsive bets in situations that they judged to be perceived patterns even though the events (slot machine probabilities) were random. “Researchers have… Read more »
PSYCHOLOGY UPDATE — 3 Articles Related to Social Psychology and Recently Released Films of Two Famous Events
3 Articles Related to Social Psychology and Recently Released Films of Two Famous Events Article #1 Philip Zimbardo Thinks We All Can Be Evil – DESCRIPTION This is a brief interview with Dr. Zimbardo regarding the film “The Stanford Prison Experiment.” In the interview, he conveys some of his perspective on the experiment. When asked… Read more »
PSYCHOLOGY UPDATE — 3 Articles Regarding the APA Final Report on Torture
3 Articles Regarding the APA Final Report on Torture Article #1 Report of the Independent Reviewer regarding APA and allegation of collaboration with CIA in Torture, APA and Ethics Codes DESCRIPTION James Risen, of the New York Times, April 30, 2015, reported that “The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George… Read more »
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Abnormal Psychology, 15th Edition DSM-5-TR Update
Behavioral Neuroscience
Personality, 15th Edition
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