Welcome to Introductory Psychology Weekly Updates Every Monday through December, you will find wonderful resources to enhance your teaching and to engage your students in discussions. With each “published” edition, you will discover two or three interesting provocative articles to use as “triggers” to discuss important issues that relate to your teaching content, subject matter,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Psychology Update
Psychology Update — 3 Articles on Positive Applications of Mindfulness and Meditation
3 Articles on Positive Applications of Mindfulness and Meditation Article #1 Harvard neuroscientist: Meditation not only reduces stress, here’s how it changes your brain – The Washington Post SOURCE Washington Post, May 26, 2015, by Brigid Schulte LINK TO RESOURCE http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05/26/harvard-neuroscientist-meditation-not-only-reduces-stress-it-literally-changes-your-brain/ (shortened URL) http://tinyurl.com/mepz6ds Article #2 Mindfulness Training Improves Resilience Of Active-Duty Soldiers SOURCE… Read more »
Psychology Update — This Scientific Test Will Tell You How Addicted You Are To Your Smartphone
This Scientific Test Will Tell You How Addicted You Are To Your Smartphone DESCRIPTION Do your students have smartphone addiction? NOMOPHOBIA means no mobile phone phobia. “It refers to fear of not being able to use a smartphone … [and] it refers to the fear of not being able to communicate, losing the connectedness that… Read more »
APP OF THE WEEK — POCKET
APP OF THE WEEK POCKET iOS & Android (free — click on your platform) DESCRIPTION From Google Play Store and iTunes Store Read more. Watch more. Never be bored again. Pocket helps you find and save the best articles, videos, tweets, and links the Internet has to offer, so you can view them when… Read more »
Psychology Update — Habitual Gamblers See Patterns Where There Are None, Study Says
Habitual Gamblers See Patterns Where There Are None, Study Says DESCRIPTION Are habitual gamblers different from occasional recreational gamblers? Yes, is the answer according to research done in the field. “Our results suggest that gamblers are more willing to bet impulsively on perceived illusory patterns,” stated co-lead author Wolfgang Gaissmaier in a press release.” Gamblers… Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 ARTICLES ON KEEPING THE AGING BRAIN HEALTHY
3 ARTICLES ON KEEPING THE AGING BRAIN HEALTHY ARTICLE #1 The Changing Brain in Healthy Aging SOURCE National Institute on Aging LINK TO RESOURCE http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/publication/part-1-basics-healthy-brain/changing-brain-healthy-aging (shortened URL) http://tinyurl.com/koeyalx ARTICLE #2 As We Age, Keys to Remembering Where the Keys Are SOURCE New York Times, May 4, 2015, by Jane Brody LINK TO RESOURCE http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/as-we-age-keys-to-remembering-where-the-keys-are/?emc=edit_hh_20150505&nl=health&nlid=38200791&_r=0 (shortened… Read more »
Psychology Update — Stimulating Brain Waves May Boost Creativity And Ease Depression
Stimulating Brain Waves May Boost Creativity And Ease Depression DESCRIPTION “In a new study, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were able to measurably increase creativity by altering electrical activity in the brain — a finding that may have significant implications for the treatment of depression.“ Brain waves as measured by… Read more »
Psychology Update — Workers Seeking Productivity in a Pill Are Abusing A.D.H.D. Drugs
Workers Seeking Productivity in a Pill Are Abusing A.D.H.D. Drugs DESCRIPTION The article discusses what appears to be an epidemic of high functioning professionals as well as college students who push their physicians and psychiatrists for amphetamine based medications. “Researchers in the field are quick to caution that, despite stimulants’ reputation as “smart pills,” few… Read more »
Psychology Update — As Cognition Slips, Financial Skills Are Often the First to Go
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 »
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 »
Psychological Science: The Curious Mind
Abnormal Psychology, 15th Edition DSM-5-TR Update
Behavioral Neuroscience
Personality, 15th Edition
Cognition, 11th Edition
