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Older Really Can Mean Wiser
The New York Times: Behind all those canned compliments for older adults — spry! wily! wise! — is an appreciation for something that scientists have had a hard time characterizing: mental faculties that improve with age. Knowledge is a large part of the equation, of course. People who are middle-aged and older tend to know more than young adults, by virtue of having been around longer, and score higher on vocabulary tests, crossword puzzles and other measures of so-called crystallized intelligence. Still, young adults who consult their elders (mostly when desperate) don’t do so just to gather facts, solve crosswords or borrow a credit card.
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How accepting your ‘bad’ moods can actually make you happier
The Washington Post: We all say we want to be happy. But that isn’t the right goal, argues Todd Kashdan, professor of psychology and a senior scientist at the at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University. Kashdan is co-author with Robert Biswas-Diener of The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why being your whole self – not just your “good” self – drives success and fulfillment. He explains: Q: Just what IS the upside of our dark side? Kashdan: One of the most important things that we’ve discovered – the message that we should always feel good and try not to feel bad, ends up being a toxic message that doesn’t work well as a strategy for going through life.
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Sheryl Sandberg teams up with LeBron James to get men to #LeanIn
CNN: In the two years since "Lean In" became a best-seller and sparked countless conversations about gender equality, author Sheryl Sandberg says she has gotten one question over and over from men: What can they do? Now the Facebook chief operating officer is giving them some specific answers by aligning with one of the most popular athletes on the planet. If LeBron James is encouraging men to lean in for women, don't you think some of his 19 million Twitter followers will get the message too?
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Using Technology to Outsource Human Memory
The Atlantic: Nostalgia has made a comeback. With all the #tbts and #fbfs—also known as Throwback Thursdays and Flashback Fridays—as well as that NewsFeed-topping Year in Review feature on Facebook, social networks seem intent on making its users remember the past. Even food-ordering app Seamless got in on the action late last year, sending out emails that relayed the (grimace-inducing) data of how many times users ordered Chinese takeout, probably at too late of hours.
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Children Less Likely to Come to the Rescue When Others Are Available
Children as young as 5 are less likely to help a person in need when other children are present and available to help.
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EPP-APS Dix conseils intemporels
Dix conseils intemporels pour rester à la pointe des technologies de l’enseignement Devereaux A. Poling[1] et Frank M. Lo Schiavo[1] Teaching of Psychology 2014 41: 69-72 DOI: 10.1177/0098628313514182 La version numérique de cet article se trouve ici: http://top.sagepub.com/content/41/1/69 Poling, D.A. &LoSchiavo, F.M. (2014). Ten timeless tips for keeping on top of teaching technology. Teaching of Psychology, 41, 69-72. [1] Ohio University–Zanesville, Zanesville, OH, USA Auteur à joindre pour la correspondance: Devereaux A. Poling, Department of Psychology, Ohio University–Zanesville, 1425 Newark Road, Zanesville, OH 43701, USA.
