How the Classics Changed Research Ethics – Association for ...
2022年8月31日 · Social scientists have long contended that the Common Rule was largely designed to protect participants in biomedical experiments—where scientists face the risk of inducing physical harm on subjects—but fits poorly with …
The Psychological Study of Smiling
2011年2月11日 · A smile begins in our sensory corridors. The earcollects a whispered word. The eyes spot an old friend on the station platform. The hand feels the pressure of another hand. This emotional data funnels to …
Myth: We Only Use 10% of Our Brains
2018年8月29日 · SUGGESTED LESSON PLAN. This notion seems firmly rooted in popular culture despite many efforts to debunk it (Hughes, Lyddy, & Lamb, 2013). It was the basis of the movie Lucy (2014), which depicted what supposedly would happen if a person actually used all 100% of her brainpower. It has been used to justify belief in pseudoscientific psychic powers …
Why Wait? The Science Behind Procrastination
2013年3月29日 · People say that procrastination reduces the productivity. But scientifically it actually increases the productivity. People tend to work more and try to be more productive in the last few hours before the deadline.
The Littlest Linguists: New Research on Language Development
How do children learn language, and how is language related to other cognitive and social skills? For decades, the specialized field of developmental psycholinguistics has studied how children acquire language—or multiple languages—taking into account biological, neurological, and social factors that influence linguistic developments and, in turn, can play a role in how children learn …
The Science of Swearing – Association for Psychological Science – …
2012年4月25日 · Why would a psychological scientist study swearing? Expertise in such an area has different practical significance inside and outside the community of psychological science. Outside the scientific community, expertise on taboo language is justification for …
Carol Dweck on How Growth Mindsets Can Bear Fruit in the …
2019年10月29日 · APS William James and James McKeen Cattell Fellow Carol S. Dweck has pioneered the study of the mindsets that influence students’ academic achievement. Teachers’ mindsets play a big role in students' success as well, she says.
How Many Seconds to a First Impression?
2006年7月1日 · You’ll never get a second chance to make a great first impression.” We’ve all heard that an interviewer, or a stranger at a party, will form an impression of you, your character, your personality — an impression that is nearly indelible …
How Technology Shapes Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions
2018年7月17日 · Aging and Tech. Rates of technology use ranging from smart phones to the Internet are significantly lower among older adults compared to younger generations, University of Miami psychological scientist Sara J. Czaja pointed out.
Studying First Impressions: What to Consider?
2018年1月31日 · About the Author. Irmak Olcaysoy Okten is a fifth-year PhD student in the social psychology program at Lehigh University. She examines issues relating to the roles of biases in the processes of person perception, impression formation, and memory during interpersonal interactions as well as the effect of perceivers’ goals on these processes.