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Think ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You,’ When Dealing With Angry Person
U.S. News & World Report: Telling yourself that an angry person is just having a bad day and that it's not about you can help take the sting out of their ire, a new study suggests. This strategy of finding another way to regard an angry person is an approach commonly suggested in cognitive behavioral therapy. For example, you can tell yourself that the angry person has just lost his dog or received bad news and is taking it out on you. Stanford University researchers conducted two experiments to examine the speed and efficiency of this process of reappraising others' emotions. In one experiment, participants were upset when they were shown a picture of an angry face.
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Ignorance IS bliss! We don’t want to know about complex issues preferring to leave them to governments
Daily Mail: People who know less about challenging social issues, are more likely to want to avoid becoming well-informed about them, according to a new report. The study looked at people’s knowledge and willingness to learn about important complex issues such as the economy, energy consumption and the environment. And it revealed that the more urgent the issue, the more people want to remain unaware, according to a paper published online in the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Read the full story: Daily Mail
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Tips agar Otak Anda Tokcer
Metro TV News Indonesia: Beberapa kondisi lingkungan mampu merangsang otak menjadi lebih baik atau buruk. Dengan alasan itu, anda harus mengetahui segala hal yang berada di lingkungan yang dapat memperbaiki kemampuan dan kekuatan otak anda. Penglihatan, suara, tekstur,aroma, rasa dan sensasi lainnya yang dialami setiap hari dapat menjadi makanan untuk pikiran dan jiwa anda. Menciptakan sebuah lingkungan yang indah dan positif ternyata dapat juga meningkatkan kekuatan otak. Read the full story: Metro TV News Indonesia
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A defense for Thanksgiving
The Washington Post: Thanksgiving is under assault. Stores that once closed their doors in deference to the holiday are now touting Turkey Day deals starting as early as 9 p.m. Workers who should be on vacation are answering office e-mails on their smartphones. And those who plan on celebrating with a traditional dinner are finding that the cost of a bird is near its 30-year high, according to government data. “I think we have a sort of Norman Rockwell view of Thanksgiving,” said Kit Yarrow, head of the psychology department at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
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Dietary Supplements Instill Illusion of Invincibility
LiveScience: Imagine a pill that can make you invincible to the dangers of smoking, overeating or other hedonistic pursuits? Some people might think such a pill exists at the local pharmacy in the form of a daily vitamin, two new studies reveal. Researchers from Taiwan found that smokers instructed to take a daily multivitamin smoked more cigarettes than smokers not taking a multivitamin. These results appear in the December issue of the journal Addiction.
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The Psychological Science Behind an Oops Moment
Over the last week or so, the phrase “brain freeze” has taken on a new meaning and caused a bit of media frenzy – first over Rick Perry’s debate flub on television, followed immediately by Herman Cain’s floundering on a question. A moment like this can happen to the best of us, whether it is captured live on national television or in private. The media has focused extensively on these two politicians and their momentary lapses in memory, but perhaps it is time to examine the psychological science of these kinds of brain-freeze moments and why they occur.
