Elderly Drivers (How can we deal with the hazards of aging drivers? -- 10/13/96)

"Will you Still Love Me When I'm Old and Gray?" (Facts about sexuality and sensuality in old age -- 11/3/96)

Are Women More Emotional? (How the sexes differ in the way they express various emotions -- 9/20/92)

Empathy, A Major Component for Survival (How having empathy helps us to survive -- 3/15/98)

English Only (Evaluating the English only movement in the United States -- 1/21/91)

Ethics in Teaching (Student views on teacher ethics -- 7/27/97)

The Trouble with Tenure (Although tenure helps to guarantee academic freedom in teaching, it has some negative aspects -- 2/22/98)

A Spectrum of Ethics (How absolutist and relativist world views influence our perception and attitudes, especially in relation to sexuality -- 3/1/92)

Evaluating Media Psychology (Methods of evaluating media psychology, including this article -- 3/14/99)

Resolving to Exercise (Techniques to increase the likelihood that you will stick with your resolutions to exercise -- 12/26/93)

Expressing Your View (Examples of how expressing deviant points of view can change the status quo -- 4/30/95)

"No Sweat!" (The process of sweating, what it does and how to deal with it -- 8/29/93)

Novice vs. Expert (How metacognition differentiates novice from expert -- 9/1/88)

"I saw it with my own eyes!" (Eyewitness perceptions and misperceptions -- 7/14/96)

"That isn't fair!" (Three different ways to judge fairness -- 6/28/93)

"You gotta have faith!" (Faith as a factor in the placebo effect -- 7/25/99)

Female Fear of Success? (Cultural stereotypes cause fear of success, especially with women -- 10/29/90)

Fear of Flying (Mere knowledge of what is happening on flights can reduce aerophobia -- 1/29/95)

Causes of Cravings (How food cravings and aversions develop -- 9/6/92)

The Overweight Society (To combat obesity, a lifestyle change is needed -- 1/15/95)

Findings on Forgiving (How inability to forgive effects all parties involved -- 3/22/98, Revised 6/25/03)

"Frustrating, isn't it?" (Factors that cause or increase feelings of frustration -- 3/23/97)

Dealing with Frustration (Ways in which people can react when they are frustrated -- 3/30/97)

Frustration and Revolution (How political revolutions are initiated by a frustration-expectancy gap -- 9/9/91)

"What's so funny?" (Some explanations why some things are funny and others are not -- 6/29/97)

"Laughter is hazardous for your disease." (How humor and laughter can improve one's health -- 10/5/97)

"What are you laughing at?" (More on the social functions of laughter and humor -- 5/9/99)

Learning Your Gender Role (How society's expectations influence the ways boys and girls behave -- 1/28/88, Revised 8/16/02)

Gender Roles in Our Genes? (Exploring the genetic factors of gender role emphasized by sociobiologists -- 5/13/91, Revised 11/1/02)

Gender Differences in Math (How math and science proficiency is influenced by gender roles -- 2/25/96)

"Would you really want to know your future?" (Would you want to know what genetic disorders you were likely to have? -- 5/2/99)

Two Sides of Deadly Genes (Some genes that are now deadly once had positive functions -- 4/8/91, Revised 10/31/02)

In Our Genes (Gender differences as viewed by sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists -- 3/29/98)

Perception of Genius (Misperceptions and stereotypes related to gifted children -- 9/5/84, Revised 11/5/01)

Islands of Genius (Discussion of savants, retarded people who excel greatly in one small ability -- 8/25/88)

Talk to Someone Who Can Help (When and how to seek psychological help -- 3/17/96)

Better to Give Than to Receive (Positive and negative aspects of giving -- 6/29/97)

Choosing Between Good and Evil (How human characteristics can be used to positive or negative ends -- 1/24/99)

In-Groups and Out-Groups (How even the smallest factors cause us to separate "us" from "them" with the extreme of paranoia -- 4/16/95)

"Good" Fat and "Bad" Fat (How Cholesterol and fat effect your health -- 4/10/85, Revised 12/26/01)

When Grandparents Become Parents (Different ways grandparents are involed in raising their grandchildren -- 3/5/95)

What's Right Is Right (Causes and effects of handedness -- 11/23/83, Updated 5/5/01)

The Pursuit of Happiness (Factors that influence how happy we are -- 11/19/87)

Should You Have a Child? (Weighing positive and negative aspects of having children -- 9/29/96)

"Oh, my aching head!" (Different types of headaches and ways of treating them -- 9/21/97)

"What did you say?" (Why hard-of-hearing people find it so hard to adjust -- 9/21/97)

Helping and the Holidays (Factors other than seasonal norms that effect helping behavior -- 12/19/93)

Getting Others in the Mood to Help (Factors that increase the likelihood of others providing help -- 2/23/97)

"I knew it all along!" (How uncertainty becomes so very certain with hindsight bias -- 6/29/97)

Holiday Season Pitfalls (Common problems of the holiday season and some ways to avoid them -- 12/24/90 & 12/31/90, Revised 11/1/02)

"No Place Like Home" (How young mothers and children have increased in the ranks of the homeless -- 8/28/94)

"Hurrah for the Home Team!" (How a high density of cheering fans is usually an advantage in sports -- 8/28/94)

Sexism in Household Tasks (How gender influences assignment of children's tasks in the home -- 2/12/86)

Hyperactive Children (How ADHD is diagnosed and treated, including erros in diagnosis -- 10/29/95)

Supersensitive Hypochondriacs (How people develop hypochondria -- 8/30/92)

The Mystery of Hypnosis (What Hypnosis can and cannot do -- 11/26/86 and 12/3/86, Revised 8/6/02)

Living Up to Your Ideal (A method to determine if you are living up to your own ideals and meeting your own goals -- 8/9/98)

Dealing with Life-Limiting Illness (How to deal with the impending threat of death due to illness -- 2/19/95)

Having a Hardy Heart (Inoculating your heart against both physical and mental stresses -- 12/13/98)

Silence and Illness (How medical anthropology determines that somatoform disorders are related to unspeakable dilemmas -- 12/10/95)

Antecedents of Influence (How the precursors of persuasion are very important -- 12/11/94)

More Influence Principles (The factors of scarcity and credibility in persuasion -- 12/18/94)

Still More About Persuasion (The influencing factors of consensus, liking, consistency, compliments and the "foot-in-the-door" method -- 1/8/95)

The Illusion-Delusion Confusion (Distinguishing clearly between illusion, delusions and hallucinations -- 4/24/94)

Incest Taboo (Possible reasons why the incest taboo is almost universal -- 9/14/83, Updated 6/20/01)

Accepting Infertility (How accepting infertility is like mourning children that never can be -- 11/6/94)

The Insanity Defense (A short history of the insanity defense -- 5/28/90)

Dealing with Insomnia (Methods to reduce the effects of insomnia -- 6/5/94)

Ten Rules to Avoid Intimacy (Pitfalls in obtaining intimacy -- 3/24/88)

An Intimate New Year (Factors that lead to developing and maintaining intimate relationships -- 12/28/88)

Barriers to Intimacy (Factors that keep us from developing intimate relationships -- 1/4/89)

Intimacy Quotient (Factors that help us to maintain an intimate relationship plus a measuring tool for intimacy -- 2/14/93 and 10/24/93, Revised 12/7/02)

Improving IQ (Factors that increase IQ and the effectiveness of related behavior -- 2/25/91, Revised 10/29/02)

"Book Smarts" vs. "Street Smarts" (Distinguishing between the relation of IQ to academic and practical intelligence -- 12/24/95)

Hot and Cold (Factors that influence our perception and the effects of temperature -- 9/6/98)

Tangled in the Net (Why some people become addicted to Internet usage and what can be done about it -- 8/25/96)

Knock Before Entering (Nonverbal communication related to control of territories -- 4/20/83, Updated 5/6/01)

Sticky Labels (Rosenhan's classic study demonstrates how labeling individuals changes our reactions toward them -- 1/7/87)

Surviving a Layoff (Strategies used by those workers who remain after a layoff -- 10/15/95)

In the Learning Womb (Facts and fallacies about fetal learning -- 1/18/98)

Learned from Living (Lessons a person has learned after living for an extended period -- 9/20/98)

Requirements for Learning (Three basic requirements for almost any learning -- 10/21/91, Revised 11/2/02)

"Learn for the Gusto!"(From SQ3R to ACE) (Expansion of basic methods of effective learning -- 2/16/92, Revised 11/16/02)

Motivating Students to Learn (Qualities of teachers and teaching that motivate students to learn -- 8/30/89)

Learning from Mistakes (The difference between a mastery and helpless perspective in building success from previous failure -- 2/2/97)

The Lie Detector -- Does It Really Work? (Advantages and shortcomings of lie detectors -- 4/9/86, Revised 8/5/02)

The Normal Lie (Learning how to lie is part of normal development -- 9/27/92)

Live Long and Prosper (Steps people can take to live longer, healthier lives -- 10/22/90)

Looking-Glass Self (Effects of self image influenced by actions of others -- 5/18/83, Revised 5/6/01)

Have You Ever Been Lonely? (What causes loneliness and how to reduce it -- 8/4/96)

Alone During the Holidays? (More about loneliness -- 12/31/86, Revised 8/7/02)

Love Triangles (Three main factors in Sternberg's Triangular theory of love -- 2/11/91, Revised 10/28/02)

The Many Faces of Love (More on Sternberg's Triangular theory of love -- 12/20/98)

"Hooray for Love!" (Romantic love has a place in ancient history -- 5/15/94)

Advertising for Love (How single people try to find partners through various communication media -- 5/12/96, Revised 5/19/03)

Lots to Learn about Lupus (Understanding more about the autoimmune disorder of Lupus -- 11/8/98)

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