Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts
Jan 6, 2011
Cognitive Psychology for Hackers
Experience firsthand some of the most interesting, surprising, and perspective-changing findings from cognitive and social neuropsychology. With perceptual illusions, priming, biases, heuristics, and unconscious influences, humans have tons of firmware "bugs". All have exploits; some even have patches.
Learn how to improve your own thinking, use others' bugs to your advantage, and gain new perspective on the unconscious and often illusory processes involved in your perceptions.
This interactive talk goes through as many interesting, surprising, perspective-changing findings from the cognitive sciences as I can fit in one hour while ensuring that as much as possible has a real, live demonstration that the audience participates in (rather than merely being told about).
It's not just a collection of 'stupid human tricks' (though I'll be using lots of those for examples); this is a coherent narrative about surprising ways in which humans are flawed, how these aren't just things that happen to "other people", and how one might go about improving the situation at least for oneself. Every point will be supported by good science, with references to papers for those who care to read up more about them.
Dec 12, 2009
Many Persons are Confused about the Difference Between Psychiatry and Psychology. The Following Discussion, Therefore, Offers an Objective, Concise, and Simply-Stated Description of the Difference.
Psychiatry
A psychiatrist has attended medical school and is a physician and therefore holds an M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) degree. In residency, he or she received specialized training in the field of psychiatry, in addition to all the rigorous training of medical school in general. And, just like other fields of medical practice such as internal medicine, psychiatry tends to focus mainly on the use of medications for treatment. Moreover, although psychiatric training may require some training in psychotherapy, psychiatrists are not required to complete any personal psychotherapy. Nevertheless, many psychiatrists have, for personal reasons, pursued training in psychotherapy. Historically, this training has most often been in the area of psychoanalysis.
Psychology
A psychologist usually holds a doctoral degree (a Ph.D., which means Doctor of Philosophy; a Psy.D., which means Doctor of Psychology; or an Ed.D., which means Doctor of Education) from a university or professional school. Generally Click anywhere in this sentence to continue reading...
Sep 27, 2009
"Elevator" Psychology
This is a very interesting demonstration of the power of peer pressure and maintaining one's individuality.
Aug 23, 2009
Aug 19, 2009
Nonverbal Behavior
Nonverbal behavior is an area of psychology that receives stacks of media attention. There are endless popular psychology pieces claiming to teach you how to tell if someone is lying or whether they like you or not. All well and good, these things are really useful to know. But where popular accounts often fail is they tend to be simplistic.
This series takes a look at some of the more novel and sophisticated approaches to research in non-verbal communication. We start with a study on the 'temporal dynamics of smiling' followed by an investigation of gender differences in reading nonverbal behaviour. Click anywhere in the sentence to continue reading...
Aug 1, 2009
Psychology Blogs
Link To 40 Superb Psychology Blogs
"Forty of the best psychology blogs, chosen to give you a broad sweep of the most interesting content being produced online right now.
The list is split into three sections: first are more general psychological blogs, followed by those with an academic slant, followed by condition specific and patient perspective blogs. "...click anywhere in this sentence to continue reading.Via PsycheBlog: Understand Your Mind
Jul 21, 2009
Psychology Basics
By Kendra Van Wagner, About.com Guide to Psychology
Before you begin studying psychology, you need to gain a clear understanding of exactly what psychology is. When did psychology originate? What do psychologists study? Explore this section to learn the answers to these questions and build a good foundation for further study of this vast and fascinating subject. Click anywhere in this sentence for a link to much much more.
Jul 18, 2009
A Very Thoughtful Study Distinguishing Shame and Guilt
June Tangney, professor of psychology at George Mason University, delves into shame and guilt by looking into various facets of our society such as the criminal justice system, children, families, incarcerated offenders, teachers and parents. Shame and guilt are often mentioned in the same breath as moral emotions that inhibit destructive, socially unacceptable behaviors, but how similar are these two emotions? Recent research indicates that guilt is the more adaptive emotion and can motivate people to behave in a moral, caring, socially responsible manner. In contrast, feelings of shame (about the self) can easily go awry. Discover more about this intriguing research, what it reveals and how it relates to our society...
Learn Psychology For Free Page
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Welcome to the learn psychology for free page. From here you will be able to access an incredible array of psychology related learning materials e.g., video lectures, MP3 recordings, lecture notes etc. The reason that you can now learn psychology for free is that an increasing number of psychologists, psychology lecturers and academic institutions are disseminating their ideas, research and course materials through a creative commons license. The aim of this page, therefore is to showcase only the very best and most comprehensive freely available educational materials.
With this in mind, this main page presents an outstanding Introduction to Psychology course delivered by Professor Paul Bloom from Yale University. Whether you teach psychology, are new to psychology, currently studying or thinking about studying psychology, you will find the material featured below as interesting as it is invaluable.
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A Free & Comprehensive Guide To The World of Psychology
All About Psychology website (Link)
Written and regularly updated by a lecturer in psychology, this website was launched in March 2008 and is designed to help anybody looking for informed and detailed information on psychology.
Definitions, history, topic areas, theory and practice, careers, debates, course directories and study skills will all be covered in detail here.
The website will also highlight and explore the most fascinating and compelling psychology related news and research.
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