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Mom’s Affection (Would’ve) Helped
Read more: Mom’s Affection (Would’ve) HelpedPsychCentral: Early Life Experiences Boost Adult Mental Health. A new study suggests infants who receive strong affection from their mothers are well equipped to cope with life stressors as adults. Although the sample is small, the research is meaningful. Most prior studies have relied on recall; few have tracked participants from childhood to adult life,…
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Anchoring Effect
Read more: Anchoring EffectNew at YANSS, the Anchoring Effect: The Misconception: You rationally analyze all factors before making a choice or determining value. The Truth: Your first perception lingers in your mind, affecting later perceptions and decisions.
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The Just World Fallacy
Read more: The Just World FallacyFrom the YANSS vaults, a look at the Just World Fallacy: The Misconception: People who are losing at the game of life must have done something to deserve it. The Truth: The benefactors of good fortune often did nothing to deserve it, and bad people often get away with their actions without consequences.
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Stereotypes v. Learning
Read more: Stereotypes v. LearningPsychCentral: Harmful Stereotypes Hinder Learning and Performance. Through a series of experiments involving Chinese characters and color judgment tasks, the researchers were able to show that actual learning had not occurred in the group of women who had been reminded of the negative stereotypes involving women’s math and visual processing ability.
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Dream Writing
Read more: Dream WritingNYT: Following a Script to Escape a Nightmare. In recent years, nightmares have increasingly been viewed as a distinct disorder, and researchers have produced a growing body of empirical evidence that this kind of cognitive therapy can help reduce their frequency and intensity, or even eliminate them. The treatments are controversial. Some therapists, particularly Jungian…