Accentuate the Positive (Normalcy means looking at the brighter side of life, whether it is reality or not -- 3/14/90)

Self-Actualizers -- Making the most of Life (Characteristics of self-actualizers -- 6/6/99)

Becoming Self-Actualizers (Steps ordinary individuals can take to start self-actualizing -- 6/13/99)

Adolescence -- Developing Independence (Why Teens should be allowed more independence -- 7/9/90)

What If Your Partner Commits Adultery? (Factors in adultery that help partners to decide whether to maintain the marriage or not -- 2/14/99)

How to Age Successfully (How to make the most of elderly years -- 4/28/96)

Perceptions of Aging (Mistaken perceptions about the elderly -- 3/19/86)

Does Aging Lead to Depression? (Mistaken connection between the elderly and depression -- 9/10/90)

Aging and Mental Decline (How aging may or may not lead to dementia -- 3/12/95)

The Aging Revolution and Cultural Lag (How our cultural ways of viewing the elderly lags behind changes in their potentials -- 3/1/98)

Job Performance and Aging (Elderly people can be just as productive in their occupations, even though they are slowing down -- 8/17/98)

Disease-Free Aging (Besides disease processes, aging can be relatively free of disabilities -- 1/13/92)

Observing Aggression (How social lerning and modeling influence expression of hostility -- 5/7/95)

Children's Aggression (How children can be shown less violent ways to express their anger -- 4/12/98)

Growing Old or Merely Older? (Theories of aging -- 11/21/84, Updated 10/27/01)

Geriatric Sex (What you can expect your sex life to be like, when you are 70 or 80 -- 10/7/91)

Controlling Aggression (Causes of aggression and some ways to deal with it -- 5/14/90)

AIDS and Teenagers (How teenagers can be made less vulnerable to AIDS and other STDs -- 5/17/89)

"I Almost Made It!" (Why people are more frustrated when they almost achieve a goal -- 5/10/98)

Altruism and the Holiday Spirit (Factors that influence altruism including the holiday spirit -- 12/25/85 and 1/1/86, Updated 7/17/02)

Sexy Altruism (Evidence that altruism is not always so selfless -- 12/17/87)

Anxiety About Alzheimer's Disease (Rather than concentrating on what is lost through dementia, it is better to emphasize what remains -- 4/11/99)

"The 100% American" (National pride can cause us to forget our roots -- 3/5/86, Updated 8/2/02)

Reducing Anxiety (Causes of anxiety and ways to deal with it -- 11/5/90)

The Fiction of Astrology (Why people believe in astrology -- 6/20/99)

Hidden Assumptions (How our frame of reference influences assumptions that we make about the world -- 1/1/95)

Attribution Theory -- Explaining Behavior (How we attribute various behaviors to persons or situations -- 3/20/85, Updated 8/1/02)

Errors in Attributing Behavior (Biases in attributing causes to behavior -- 1/17/90)

Errors in Explaining Behavior -- Why Psychologists Are So "Liberal" (How attributing causes to behavior leads many people to label psychologists as liberal -- 1/17/90)

The Economics of Attraction (How determining costs and benefits effect our relationships -- 2/9/92)

The ADHD Student Scam? (How colleges walk the line between real attention deficits and those who are unwilling to study -- 10/12/97)

Fear Causes Romance? (General physiological arousal alone can lead to sexual attraction -- 4/19/92)

Pseudo-Psychologies -- from Palms to Planets (Different "sciences" that falsely try to pass themselves off as psychology -- 1/16/85, Updated 7/16/02)

Ban the Book! (Reasons for censorship and why it is ineffective -- 2/11/96)

Birth Order (How being first-born or later-born children effects personality -- 3/22/89)

Blaming Others or Yourself (Insight into Rosenzweig's intrapunitive, extropunitive and impunitive responses to frustration -- 10/22/95)

Why Donate Blood? (Reasons why people donate blood -- 6/14/98)

History of Donating Blood (History and process of donating blood -- 2/27/85, updated 11/5/01)

The Human Brain (Locations of general functions of the human brain -- 6/20/84, Updated 11/1/01)

Breaking Bad Habits (Effective methods to break bad habits -- 11/10/96)

"Bully-Proofing" Your School (Causes of bullyingand some way to deal with it -- 10/27/96)

Let the Buyer Beware (How super shopping might lead us to avoid more important personal relationships -- 9/24/95)

Reducing Bystander Apathy (What causes bystander apathy and how to reduce it -- 2/28/99)

Don't Be A Bystander (Problems that are caused or worsened by bystander inaction -- 3/6/94)

Cheating in College (Causes and effects of cheating in college -- 9/1/96)

Speak Softly to Preschoolers (How very young children do not perceive commands that way older children do -- 4/7/96, Revised 5/18/03)

Enriching Your Child's Life (How to challenge your children to help them fulfill their potentials -- 8/24/98)

You Don't Need to Sing the Postpartum Blues (A few women become extremely depressed after the birth of their children -- 9/28/97)

Parents Promote Eating Patterns (How parents can model eating patterns for their children -- 5/4/97)

Coping with Cancer (Methods to increase lifspan and quality of living when a person has cancer -- 9/22/96)

"You've Come a Long Way, Baby" (Colorado's U.S. Representative Patricia Schroeder discusses what is need to maintain women's rights -- 12/8/96)

Psychology Is More Than "Common Sense" (A comparison of psychology to common sense clichés -- 4/5/98)

Making Sense of Psychology (How to be more critical in evaluating psychological information -- 3/6/85, Revised 7/16/02)

Charismatic Leaders (Factors that lead to charismatic and other types of leadership -- 11/11/91, Revised 11/3/02)

The Depths of Communication (Causes of unclear communication and a possible remedy -- 8/11/96)

Gender Biases in Communication (Gender differences in the way people communicate -- 1/9/94)

A Sense of Community (How a sense of community affects crime and vandalism -- 10/23/94)

"Why should I use a computer?" (How even word processing makes using a computer worthwhile -- 8/14/94, Revised 2/1/03)

"What if I'm Dissatisfied?" (Four diffent ways to respond to persistent dissatisfaction -- 9/12/93)

"I just can't stop it!" (Comparing compulsions to impulsive behavior -- 7/9/86)

Locus of Control (Characteristics of people who have predominantly external or internal locus of control -- 3/15/89)

Who Controls Your Life? (Is you locus of control mainly internal or external? -- 10/11/98)

Risk Taking vs. Contraception (How risk taking is related to avoiding the use of contracpetives -- 1/21/90)

Creating Credibility (How to get others to believe what you say -- 12/10/90)

Crowding (Factors that lead to the discomfort of crowding -- 5/16/84, Updated 11/1/01)

Cults and Conversion (What type of people join cults? -- 7/19/89)

Cautions on Conversion (How cults convert and how to recognize their dangers -- 7/26/89)

You, I and Cults (How any one of us can become victims of a cult -- 9/7/97)

Death from a Child's View (How young children understand death -- 6/19/95)

Helping Your Children to Deal with Death (How to reduce the stress of a death on your children -- 6/26/95)

Children in Disasters (How to help your children to deal with natural disasters -- 8/15/93)

Children and Untimely Parental Death (How to help children to deal with the early death of a parent -- 2/4/91)

When Someone Dies (Responses of people to the death of others -- 7/17/95)

My Death, Your Death (Steps in accepting one's own emminent death -- 7/24/95)

Miscarriage (Factors related to miscarriage and how to deal with it emotionally -- 10/3/93)

Traps of Widowhood (Problems of widowhood and some help in dealing with them -- 11/28/93, Revised 12/23/02)

Letting Go of Life (Problems of accepting the inevitability of death, especially with terminally ill children -- 5/11/97)

Defeating our Decisions (How we handicap ourselves to protect uncertain self-esteem -- 7/26/92)

Dealing with Depression (Symptoms and some solutions to depression, especially among college students -- 3/8/89)

Vicious Cycle of Depression (How depression is related to social skills and the self-fulfilling prophecy -- 9/17/95)

Therapy for Depression (Psychotherapy and chemotherapy for depression -- 3/4/91)

The Art of Arguing with Yourself (To avoid depression, how to convince yourself that you are not merely a victim -- 11/15/98)

Love Is Not Enough (Beside being loved, children need to be guided with effective discipline -- 3/21/99)

Guidelines for Discipline (More effective methods for child discipline -- 4/4/99)

Parenting -- The World's Most Important Job (How to communicate more effectively as a parent -- 4/17/85, Updated 12/30/01)

Bonding with Caregivers (Factors in parenting that make children feel more secure -- 3/16/97)

Effective Discipline (Styles of child discipline in parenting -- 4/17/85, Updated 12/30/01)

"Please, I can do it myself!" (Allowing children and adults with disabilities to fulfill their potentials -- 8/31/97)

What Dreams Reveal (Another way to interpret dreams -- 11/12/95)

Daydreaming -- Land of Make Believe (Positive and negtive aspects of daydreaming -- 3/13/85, Updated 12/26/01)

Social Drinker or Alcoholic? (How discriminate between social drinking and the beginning of alcoholism -- 12/12/84, updated 11/5/01)

Too Much Holiday Cheer? (The abuse of alcohol and other drugs over the holiday season -- 12/6/89)

Roots of Alcoholism (The various factors that contribute to alcoholism -- 11/1/89)

Drugs -- Medicine vs. Law (The contrasting drug ideologies of medicine and law enforcement -- 2/18/91, Revised 10/29/02)

The Nicotine Habit (Methods to break the nicotine habit -- 8/22/93)

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