Tag: psychology
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Jacob Hirsh, University of Toronto – Predicting Sustainability
Certain personality traits appear to have direct correlations with somewhat unrelated attitudes. Dr. Jacob Hirsh, a professor at the Rotman School of Management, is looking at these connections and analyzing them to make larger predictions about specific trends on a national level. Dr. Jacob Hirsh is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource…
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Jean M. Twenge, SDSU – A Corrision of Trust
As a population, it seems we’re growing less and less trusting. Dr. Jean M. Twenge, psychologist at San Diego State University, is studying our growing suspicions. Jean M. Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than 100 scientific publications and the books Generation Me: Why Todayβs Young Americans…
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Gary Small, UCLA – Teens and Screens
Smart phones are everywhere these days. It seems anywhere you turn, you’ll find someone with their head metaphorically buried in their mobile device. They may be checking their social media profiles, googling something or even looking up directions – but one thing is for sure: they’re not interacting with the people surrounding them. Gary Small,…
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Spike Lee, University of Toronto – Framing Love
Flowery depictions of transcendent love have inspired some of the finest art we have. But, is our conceptual idealization of love & romance perhaps hurting us? In today’s Academic Minute, Spike Lee, a marketing professor at The University of Toronto, frames the shared experience of love in a completely different way. Spike W. S. Lee…
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Behind The Scenes: Dr. Lawrence Ian Reed records at WAMC
Thanks very much to Dr. Lawrence Ian Reed of Skidmore College for coming down to WAMC Northeast Public Radio‘s studios to record his segment for The Academic Minute. Dr. Reed is a visiting assistant professor in Skidmore College’s Department of Psychology. His Academic Minute segment is about the nature and psychology of facial expressions. Learn…
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Michael Inzlicht featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this weekβs edition (#1260), Bob has selected…
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Andrew Gallup, SUNY Oneonta – Yawns are Cool
Yawns confuse scientists. We’re not exactly sure what they are or why we yawn. We know they’re contagious, but we’re still working out all the other details. Dr. Andrew Gallup, an assistant professor of psychology has a new theory. He posits that yawns are a mechanism designed to cool the brain. Dr. Andrew Gallup is…
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Robin Soster, University of Arkansas – The Bottom Dollar Effect
Is the satisfaction of one’s purchase dependent upon the money left after the transaction is complete? Dr. Robin Soster, professor in The Walton College‘s Department of Marketing at The University of Arkansas, discusses the bottom dollar effect. Dr. Robin Soster has three degrees from The University of South Carolina (BS, Management Science & Economics, 1997;…
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Hawley Montgomery-Downs, WVU – Sleep Disruption
The image of the sleep-deprived parent tending to a middle-of-the-night feeding is a common one when you think about caring for an infant child. However, as Dr. Hawley Montgomery-Downs, a psychologist at West Virginia University, will tell us, fragmented sleep patterns present serious risks. Dr. Hawley Montgomery-Downs earned her BA in Experimental Psychology from Humboldt…