Description: So why do we make New Year’s resolutions? We typically don’t stick to them and yet the beginning of a new year, a birthday, or even just a start of a new month are all possible times we might decide that we need to change. Why is that? Source: Can Psychology Teach us How… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Development of the Self
Think About Psychological Contagion
Description: For this blog entry I would like to suggest that you do things in a very specific order. First, click on each of the news coverage links below and read what each of them has to say about a news event that occurred in Calgary in early November, 2015. After you’ve looked at the… Read more »
Subjective Age and Employee Performance: Its all in how old they feel
Description: Have you heard anyone say that it is how old they feel that matters not how old they are? Well while you might have thought that was just wishful thinking on the part of an older person this study suggests that it also impact work performance and satisfaction and a company’s bottom line. Source:… Read more »
What goes on on your brain when you are not there? Induced out of body experiences
Description: Have you heard of anyone having an out of body experience? Well this article describes how some researchers produced the subjective experience of an out of body experience while people were in an MRI scanner to the researchers could see what parts of the participants’ brains were involved in the pout of body sensations…. Read more »
Early Roots of Empathy
Description: Figuring out how other people are feeling, especially when they are experiencing different emotions than we are is quite a challenge. When can preschoolers do this? Do they have to figure it out using some sort of cognitive emotional analysis or might they start by more simply empathically resonating with another’s emotional state? Source:… Read more »
Is Nature Critical to Positive Human Development? Project Wild Thing
Source: Project Wild Thing Website, see links below Date: November 24, 2014 Links: http://projectwildthing.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rJ260-JWcY The current generation of children is predicted to be the first generation in a VERY long time that is predicted to NOT live longer than their parents. David Bond, in this very engaging film Wild Thing, seeks to correct that… Read more »
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