JOYCE COHENJeffry Trepp makes friends easily. He talks to people in the synagogue, on the subway, on the sidewalk.In fact, that is how Mr. Trepp found his new apartment in Flatbush, Brooklyn. He encountered a woman putting trash out and stopped to help, mentioning that he was on his way to see his rabbi. She asked him to pass the word along that she had a half-furnished basement apartment for rent.Well, he was interested. And that is where he currently lives, for $450 a month.Mr. Trepp, 20, manages...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Sowing Patriotism, But Reaping Nationalism? Consequences of Exposure to the American Flag
Markus KemmelmeierUniversity of NevadaDavid G. Winter University of MichiganABSTRACTThe American flag is a frequently displayed national symbol in the United States. Given its high visibility and importance, the present research examines the consequences of exposure to the flag on Americans' sense of national attachment. We hypothesized that the flag would increase patriotism, defined as love and commitment to one's country, and nationalism, defined as a sense of superiority over others. Two experimental...
Attentional processing of location and color cues during driving
RUTING XIA, MASATO FUKUSHIMA, SHUN'ICHI DOI Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kagawa University, JapanTAKAHIKO KIMURA and TOSHIAKI MIURADepartment of Applied Cognitive Psychology, Osaka University Yamadaoka, JapanABSTRACTStudies have shown that prior information concerning the spatial location of a subsequent target facilitates the selection of that target for further visual processing in three-dimensional (3-D) space. Using Posner's cuing paradigm, our work examined the reaction...
Windows of reflection: conceptualizing dyslexia using the social model of disability
Stephen. J. Macdonald School of Health, Natural and Social Sciences, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UKAbstractThe aim of this study is to develop perceptual knowledge of dyslexia from adults diagnosed with this condition. Historically, the dominant conceptual frameworks used to study dyslexia stem from psychological or educational practice. These disciplines predominantly draw on professional neuro-biological or educational knowledge that can be broadly summarized within a medical or educational...
Disseminating Incredible Years Series early-intervention programs: Integrating and sustaining services between school and home
Carolyn Webster-StrattonUniversity of WashingtonKeith C. Herman University of Missouri - ColumbiaAbstractThe Incredible Years (IY) Series is a well-established set of parent, teacher, and child programs for treating and preventing conduct problems and promoting social competence and emotional regulation in young children. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of this evidence-based series within the context of a prevention science framework. We first summarize the conceptual...
Between Peirce (1878) and James (1898): G. Stanley Hall, the origins of pragmatism, and the history of psychology
David E. LearyUniversity Professor, University of Richmond, Richmond, VirginiaAbstractThis article focuses on the 20-year gap between Charles S. Peirce's classic proposal of pragmatism in 1877-1878 and William James's equally classic call for pragmatism in 1898. It fills the gap by reviewing relevant developments in the work of Peirce and James and by introducing G. Stanley Hall, for the first time, as a figure in the history of pragmatism. In treating Hall and pragmatism, the article reveals a...
Pornography and attitudes supporting violence against women: revisiting the relationship in nonexperimental studies
Gert Martin Hald, Neil M. Malamuth, Carlin YuenUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CaliforniaUniversity of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkNew York University Law School, New York City, New YorkAbstractA meta-analysis was conducted to determine whether nonexperimental studies revealed an association between men's pornography consumption and their attitudes supporting violence against women. The meta-analysis corrected problems with a previously published meta-analysis and added more recent findings....
Monday, December 14, 2009
Global Warming Effects to Mental Health
Climate change has been knock down across the world. Some examples: the increasing frequency of storms, glacier melt quickly, crop failure and rising sea level. Major states of the United States, California, one of the countries that have experienced this misery, from global warming, droughts, heat waves, reduced snow in mountainous areas, etc.Climate...
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Tiger Woods, Sex and Schizophrenia
Dr. Mark GoulstonAccording to the Wall St. Journal, it appears that Tiger Woods has put his golf career on hold to focus on his family.This entire Tiger Woods/sex scandal issue reminded me of something I hadn't thought about in more than 35 years.In 1973 I was clerking as a medical student at the Topeka State Hospital. One of the psychiatrists there told me that he felt it was a pity to have to seclude any of the schizophrenics who were having sex with other patients.When I asked him why he said,...
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Taking a “Hands On” Approach to Diversity in Higher Education: A Critical-Dialogic Model for Effective Intergroup Interaction
Nicholas SorensenUniversity of MichiganBiren (Ratnesh) A. NagdaUniversity of WashingtonPatricia Gurin and Kelly E. MaxwellUniversity of MichiganABSTRACTThis article reviews divergent empirical evidence on interracial contact. While research on diversity in higher education provides ample evidence for the educational benefits of engaging with diversity in informal interactions or courses, experimental and naturalistic studies in social psychology on interracial interactions reveal a complicated picture,...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at gus.wal82@gmail.com.At 1stpsychologyarticles.blogspot.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by 1stpsychologyarticles.blogspot.com and how it is used.Log FilesLike many other Web sites, 1stpsychologyarticles.blogspot.com makes use of log files. The...
Conceptualizing Mental Health Care Utilization Using the Health Belief Model
Erin J. Henshaw and Carol R. Freedman-DoanDepartment of Psychology, Eastern Michigan UniversityAddress correspondence to Erin J. Henshaw, Denison University, Department of Psychology, 100 South Loop, Granville, OH 43023. E-mail: henshawe@denison.edu.ABSTRACTThis article uses the Health Belief Model (HBM; Health Education Monographs, 1974, 2:409)...
Saturday, November 28, 2009
The psychology of the sign off
By David BabiczThe sign off is sometimes pursued and valued as though it were some kind of ancient idol. (The opening scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark comes to mind.) It's taken for granted that it's a necessary part of the processes we use to produce product. But what does the sign off really mean? When you get that signature on the document (or...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
What if a Recovery Is All in Your Head?
By ROBERT J. SHILLERis professor of economics and finance at Yale and co-founder and chief economist of MacroMarkets LLC. Published: November 21, 2009www.nytimes.com Beyond fiscal stimulus and government bailouts, the economic recovery that appears under way may be based on little more than self-fulfilling prophecy. Consider this...
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