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Mental Illness Movies

2008-09-27T02:20:00.000-07:00

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Following on from the psychology movies blog post the other day, I thought you would like to know about a project being conducted by Brooke J. Cannon, Ph.D., of Marywood University.

This project is designed to determine perceptions of the accuracy of portrayal of mental illness and its treatment in popular film. Participants are simply asked to vote for the top movie in four specific categories i.e., Best and Worst Portrayal of Mental Illness and Best and Worst Portrayal of Mental Illness Treatment/Professionals.

If you would check out the nominees and cast your vote now, you can do so by clicking Here

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Military Psychology

2008-09-23T01:14:00.000-07:00

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I've just added a military psychology page (see following link) to the types of psychology section of the main website.

Military Psychology

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Psychology Movies

2008-09-16T12:55:00.000-07:00

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The latest page on the All About Psychology Website explores the different levels at which psychology in the movies has been examined, researched and discussed. Among the topics under review are movie therapy and the accuracy of film representations of psychologists and psychological disorders.

Make sure you watch the video on why we love movies - bet you can't name all the films!

You can visit the psychology movies page by clicking on the following link.

Psychology Movies

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Psychology Experiments

2008-09-15T06:14:00.000-07:00

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Jenna Roberts a research assistant at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) is currently recruiting research participants for an experiment into the psychophysiological effects of mental effort. The study requires right handed male and female volunteers aged between 18-35.

Participants will be expected to complete a memory task on a computer whilst a number of physiological measures are recorded, and to complete several questionnaires designed to measure such things as personality and mood state.

After completing the experiment participants will receive £40 in vouchers to compensate them for any out of pocket expenses.

For more information on this and other experiments requiring research participants, just click on the following link.

Psychology Experiments

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A Level Psychology

2008-09-09T00:51:00.000-07:00

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There is now an A level psychology page on the main website. The page has been designed for anybody studying pre undergraduate psychology i.e. A level psychology, AS level psychology and A2 level psychology.

A level psychology courses are mostly undertaken in the UK; However, the links and resources featured on the page will be of interest to anybody wanting to learn more about psychology, particularly those who are relatively new to the subject.

To visit the A level psychology page, just click on the following link.

A Level Psychology

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Psychology Podcasts

2008-09-07T02:59:00.000-07:00

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Just added the inner talent interviews to the psychology podcasts page. This very interesting series of podcasts includes a number of psychologists discussing the emotional and psychological aspects of personal growth and creativity.

If you would like to listen to these interviews; or any of the other featured psychology podcasts, just click on the following link.

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50 Psychology Classics

2008-09-03T01:54:00.000-07:00

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50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books by Tom Butler-Bowdon has been chosen as the September 2008 psychology book of the month.

For full details just click on the following link to visit the psychology book of the month page.

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Music Psychology

2008-08-30T01:32:00.000-07:00

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Anybody interested in the psychology of music should head over to the Royal Philharmonic Society/Classic FM website. Here you'll find a series of articles by members of the Music Psychology group at Keele University (UK).

Dr Alexandra Lamont, Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Music discusses the emotional impact of music and why it means so much to people. Andreas Heye looks at the use of MP3 players while travelling. Annelies van Goethem examines how whether consciously chosen or not, music often influences our moods. And Alinka Greasley highlights findings from her in-depth studies of musical preference and listening behavior.

You can read these fascinating music psychology articles in full by

Clicking Here.

More Music Psychology Resources

There is a page dedicated to music psychology on the All About Psychology website, which you can access via the following link.

psychology of music

And don't forget to listen to the contenders in the search for the ultimate match between a song and a famous psychologist, branch of psychology, psychology study etc; which you can do by clicking on the following link.

music psychology chart.

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Psychology Experiments

2008-08-28T06:56:00.000-07:00

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A very useful way to understand the concepts, issues and variables that researchers examine in relation to the study of psychology is to participate in their investigations and the latest page on the All About Psychology website allows you to do just that.

The psychology experiments page provides links to a variety of psychology experiments and psychology research projects that require participants. The page also includes details of academic institutions that actively recruit research participants for psychology experiments and psychological research, some of whom even pay their research participants for their time.

For full details just click on the following link.

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Psychology Writing

2008-08-21T14:51:00.000-07:00

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Just added the Psychology Writing Center to the student resources page on the main website. The Psychology Writing Center was established in 1991 in order to help psychology students learn to write about science and to use scientific writing as a way of understanding the scientific method. The Center has produced over 20 very useful writing guides, all of which can be downloaded for free.

Topics covered within these guides include:

Writing An APA Empirical Lab Report

Writing A Psychology Literature Review

Summarizing A Research Article

Reporting Statistical Results in APA Format

APA Guide To Citing Electronic Media

To access all the writing guides and to check out all the other free psychology resources, just click on the following link.

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Psychology Light

2008-08-13T06:39:00.000-07:00

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Whatever your connection with psychology it's important to remember that there is Funny Ha Ha, as well as Funny Peculiar and that's where psychology light comes in; your illuminating guide to the less serious side of life. From the psychology light page you can:

Check out the very best psychology jokes, cartoons and comedy sketches.

Listen to the contenders in the search for the ultimate match between a song and a famous psychologist, branch of psychology, psychology study etc.

Play quality free online murder mystery games.

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Psychology Newsletter

2008-08-03T13:25:00.000-07:00

I've just published the first edition of the All About Psychology Newsletter. If you would like to read it, you can do so by clicking on the following link.

The All About Psychology Newsletter, Issue 1

All the very best

David

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Psychological Wellbeing

2008-07-28T02:48:00.000-07:00

You can always rely on the BBC for engaging content and their latest campaign on psychological wellbeing is no exception. Designed to encourage people to look after their psychological and mental wellbeing, the campaign entitled headroom provides information on how to cope with the stress of everyday life.

This comprehensive service also includes wellbeing guides arranged within the following topic areas.

Depression & Anxiety

Drinks & Addictions

Food & Fitness

Social Life

Self-esteem

Conditions e.g. OCD & ADHD

This is very useful resource for people in genaral as well as anybody studying psychology.

Visit The BBC Headroom

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Sports Psychology

2008-05-22T00:54:00.000-07:00

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Just a quick post to say that a sports psychology page has been added to the All About psychology website. To access the page, just click on the following link.

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Psychology on The BBC

2008-04-23T02:22:00.000-07:00

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The always excellent BBC website has a number of very good pages dedicated to psychology. In addition to getting an overview of psychology, you can do some intriguing personality and individuality surveys such as "what sex is your brain?" and "Spot the fake smile".

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The Psychology Music Chart

2008-04-02T00:06:00.000-07:00

The latest page on the All About Psychology Website aims to find the ultimate match between a song and a famous psychologist, branch of psychology, psychology study etc.

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Psychology Classics: Albert Bandura & Poor Old Bobo

2008-03-31T08:19:00.000-07:00

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Albert Bandura is widely regarded as the greatest living psychologist. As the originator of social cognitive theory, he helped shift the emphasis of psychology away from psychodynamic and classic behaviorist perspectives. In the early 1960's Bandura began investigating aggression through imitation, research that gave rise to one of the most famous psychology experiments of all time.

Bobo Doll Experiment: A Study of Aggression

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Thanks to Christopher Green's classics in the history of psychology website, you can read some of Bandura's original research that was first published in the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology in 1961.

Click Here To read Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models.

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Book Description

This book is a dialogue with one of the seminal contributors to American psychology. Albert Bandura: The Man and His Ideas will introduce the reader to Bandura's major ideas and points of view, conveying through the extemporaneousness of the dialogue style a feeling for his personality.

Posing questions which focus on Bandura's research and published works, editor Richard Evans gives the reader an overview that traces Bandura's career from early training onward. With an introduction by noted psychologist Ernest R. Hilgard and a complete bibliography of Bandura's published work, this book will prove an invaluable resource for students and scholars.

The book begins with an examination of Bandura's early training and how he was influenced by the logical positivism and behavioralism which pervaded during the Kenneth Spence era at Iowa. He talks about his early work on modeling and how he developed and applied an empirical theory based approach to psychotherapy.

In subsequent chapters Bandura discusses his theories and research in the area of aggression and how the results from his research have become an issue in public policy regarding such issues as the role of mass media in generating violence. He talks about his conceptions of moral development and moral disengagement. He discusses his views on the role of competency and skills in the individual and how they relate to the individual's level of self-efficacy.

Finally, Bandura reacts to some of the criticism of his work. See following link for full details.

Albert Bandura

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New Psychology Website

2008-03-10T15:50:00.000-07:00

Dear All

I've just launched a new psychology website designed to help anybody looking for informed and detailed information on psychology. Definitions, history, topic areas, theory and practice, careers, debates and study skills are all covered in detail.

With free and comprehensive coverage, information and resources, you should find the All About Psychology Website useful and engaging whatever your connection with psychology - student, educator, professional or general interest.

All the best

David

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The Psychology of Social Networks

2008-02-25T06:52:00.000-08:00

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Throughout its history psychology has been applied as a way of exploring new aspects of human behaviour and the latest field of enquiry it would seem is research into social networking.

For instance, a recently published study found that Facebook usage was found to interact with measures of psychological well-being, suggesting that it might provide greater benefits for users experiencing low self-esteem and low life satisfaction.

You can read this study in full by Clicking Here

There's is no doubt that as the World Wide Web has evolved it has revolutionalised how we communicate and interact; the affect and impact of which is now being studied on a number of levels.

If you're a psychology student looking for an interesting an engaging topic for a research dissertation, the psychology of social networking might be just the thing.

Be careful though, because as this video shows, once you Facebook, there's no going back!

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Exploring Psychology on SlideShare

2008-02-13T02:06:00.001-08:00

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I've just discovered SlideShare, which is said to be the world's largest community for sharing presentations on the Internet.

There are currently over 900 presentations related to psychology, like the following slides from a 1st year undergraduate psychology lecture by James Neill which gives an overview of the field of social psychology.

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Exploring Psychology: What is your relationship style?

2008-01-31T07:17:00.000-08:00

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With Valentine's day just a couple of weeks away, now might be a good time to explore the psychology of love to find out more about your relationship style.

You can do this by taking part in an online experiment which employs the latest developments in psychometric and psychological testing to help further our understanding of how and why we love.

The test is introduced as follows:

WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP STYLE?

Ever wondered what kind of relationship you have? Your personality plays a big part in shaping your romantic preferences and psychologists have come up with a "syntax of love" to classify people on the basis of their romantic relationship style.

This experiment was designed by Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (Goldsmiths) and Prof. Adrian Furnham (UCL) and takes only 5-minutes. If you answer all the questions you will find out about your personality and relationship profile. If you are not currently in a relationship, you can still take the test: Just answer the questions on relationship thinking of your previous or most important past relationship.

When you finish you will receive instant feedback on your scores.

Fancy Doing The Test?

Click Here to give it a go.

In case you're wondering, yes I did do the test, and no, I won't be sharing my results here on the exploring psychology blog!

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Exploring Psychology: Outstanding Psychology Resources

2008-01-06T03:41:00.000-08:00

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A very Happy New Year to you all.

I thought it would be appropriate to use my first exploring psychology blog of 2008 to draw your attention to an excellent online psychology resource. If you have decided to get serious about psychology this year or want to further your understanding of the subject then The Psych Files is one psychology resource that you should resolve to visit on a regular basis.

Hosted by psychologist Michael Britt The Psych Files addresses a wide range of psychological issues in a fresh, engaging and highly accessible manner. With its innovative use of audio and video it's easy to see why Michael Britt has been a pioneer of how technology can be utilized in the teaching and learning process.

As a case in point take a look at this video from The Psych Files, wonderfully entitled The Psychology of Your Bowling Style. Learning about Behaviorism has never been so much fun!

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Exploring Psychology: Saying Thanks Will Make You Happier

2007-12-14T05:44:00.000-08:00

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Particularly at this time of year, we are often reminded that it is better to give than receive but according to latest research into positive psychology, receiving can be just as good for the soul providing you remember to say thanks.

In a very interesting blog interview I came across, Alvaro Fernandez talked to Dr. Robert Emmons, who studies gratitude for a living as Professor of Psychology at University of California (UC) Davis and is Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology.

According to Dr. Emmons Gratitude is a positive emotion that has only recently been subject to serious scientific study and the findings are very interesting. It is claimed that the practice of gratitude can increase happiness levels by around 25% and this increased well being is not difficult to achieve. A few hours writing a gratitude journal over a 3 week period is said to create an effect that lasts 6 months and brings with it other health benefits such as longer and better quality of sleep.

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Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier by Robert Emmons

Book Description

As editor-in-chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology, Dr. Robert Emmons is uniquely qualified to put Albert Schweitzers famous dictum Gratitude is the secret to life to a rigorous scientific test.

In a book that will appeal to readers of Stumbling on Happiness and Martin Seligmans classic Learned Optimism, Emmons draws on the first major scientific study of the subject to show how the systematic cultivation of gratitude can measurably change peoples lives.

Emmons also reaches beyond science to bolster the case for gratitude by weaving in the writings of philosophers, novelists, and theologians. Like no other book has before, Thanks! inspires readers to embrace gratitude and all the benefits it can bring into our lives.

For more details and/or to get hold of this psychology book, just click on the following link.

Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
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Exploring Psychology: The 12 Neuroses of Christmas.

2007-12-05T07:27:00.000-08:00

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Tis the season to be merry, so for a less serious look at the world of psychology I thought you might want to take a look at an article published in psychology today. Entitled "A White-Knuckle Christmas: This holiday season, sugarplums won't be the only things dancing in our heads", author Bruce Kluger identifies a range of holiday specific psychological disorders.

Among the disorders are Ho-Ho-Phobia (HHP) which is described as follows:

"A profound fear of rotund, bearded men in red suits and black boots. HHP outbreaks usually surface in late November, when sufferers begin to report frequent sightings of their most feared apparition on street corners, in shop windows and on TV commercials for local car dealerships. Often referring to these men as Santa Claus, St. Nick or "chortling fatboy," the afflicted appear most unsettled by what they call "department store Santas," whom they insist "are constantly surrounded by cranky little men in green outfits who keep glancing at their watches."

You can read the article in full by Clicking Here

Have A Stress Free Holiday Season Everybody!

Exploring Psychology: The 12 Neuroses of Christmas.

Exploring Psychology: Recommended Reading

2007-11-19T05:21:00.000-08:00

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Every now and again I intend to feature some recommended reading for anybody interested in exploring psychology. Each book will have appreared on the essential/recommended reading list I gave out to my undergraduate psychology students, and it will be one that I own, have read and found thoroughly engaging. The first book in this exploring psychology series is:

Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research by Roger R. Hock

Book Description

This unique book closes the gap between psychology books and the research that made them possible. Its journey through the “headline history” of psychology presents 40 of the most famous studies in the history of the science, and subsequent follow-up studies that expanded their findings and relevance.

Readers are granted a valuable insider's look at the studies that continue to be cited most frequently, stirred up the most controversy when they were published, sparked the most subsequent related research, opened new fields of psychological exploration, and changed most dramatically our knowledge of human behavior. For individuals with an interest in an introduction to psychology.

For more details and/or to get hold of this psychology book, just click on the following link.

Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research

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Exploring Psychology: Recommended Reading