Posted Conformity to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
Asch Experiment An Important Concept In my opinion, the concept of conformity is one of the most interesting things that I have learned so far in Psych 1001. It was something that I have always wondered about, but never had...
Posted Walking Through a Doorway Wipes Out Memory to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
Walking Through a Doorway Wipes out Memory An experiment done by a Notre Dame psychologist named Gabriel Radvansky shows that there really is a correlation between walking through a doorway and forgetting something that you were thinking about in the...
Posted Are Credit Scores and Personality Linked? to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
Link Are Credit Scores and Personality Linked? The article states that many employers now use credit reports as a screening tool before hiring. This goes back to a myth that many employers believe. They think that there is a correlation...
Posted Men Get More Laughs Than Women to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
Link MEN GET MORE LAUGHS THAN WOMEN A recent study done in the journal of Psychonomic Bulletin & Review proves that found that men are funnier than women. The margin between the humor of women and men is quite small,...
Posted Americans love songs about sex, shows study to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
A new study done by Dawn R Hobbs, who is a psychology professor at the State University of New York, shows that many of the popular songs of 2009 contain some sort of sexual slurs in them. Researchers scanned the...
Posted Embarrassed could lead to trustworthiness? to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
Link The article states that people who get embarrassed easily, not to be confused with anxiety or a feeling of shame, can be more generous, trustworthy, and desirable in social situations. There was a study done in the Journal of...
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