Category: Articles
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The Psychology of Power
Read more: The Psychology of PowerJonah Lehrer looks at the “paradox of power” in the WSJ. Contrary to the Machiavellian cliché, nice people are more likely to rise to power. Then something strange happens: Authority atrophies the very talents that got them there.
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College Anxiety and Depression Upswing
Read more: College Anxiety and Depression UpswingPsychCentral: More College Students with Depression, Anxiety More college students are grappling with depression and anxiety disorders than they did a decade ago, according to research presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association. And with greater diagnoses of depression and anxiety has come a related rise in the number of college students on psychiatric…
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Trust
Read more: TrustScienceDaily: Trusting people make better lie detectors Trusting others may not make you necessarily a fool or a Pollyanna, according to a study in the current Social Psychological and Personality Science. Instead it can be a sign that you’re smart…
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Does Venting Anger Help?
Read more: Does Venting Anger Help?Does venting anger help? YANSS looks at the research. The Misconception: Venting your anger is an effective way to reduce stress and prevent lashing out at friends and family. The Truth: Venting increases aggressive behavior over time. Related: Angry People Want To Be Rewarded (PsychCentral).
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But Will It Make You Happy?
Read more: But Will It Make You Happy?Stuff v. Happiness in the NYT: A two-bedroom apartment. Two cars. Enough wedding china to serve two dozen people. Yet Tammy Strobel wasn’t happy. Working as a project manager with an investment management firm in Davis, Calif., and making about $40,000 a year, she was, as she put it, caught in the “work-spend treadmill.” So…