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Social Isolation May Increase Susceptibility to Covid-19, Scientist Claims
The psychological stress of social isolation may make people more susceptible to severe Covid-19 infection, a US scientist has claimed. Dr Sheldon Cohen, who is a psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, said evidence from his previous research suggests social stressors are linked to an increased vulnerability to upper respiratory viruses, such as those which cause common cold. He believes there is a possibility that the psychological effect of stay-at-home measures, adopted by countries around the world to slow down the spread of the virus by minimising contact between people, might play a similar role by increasing a person’s susceptibility to Covid-19 illness.
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College Courses Online Are Disappointing. Here’s How to Fix Them.
APS Past-President/ Author: Lisa Feldman Barrett Millions of families with college-age children face a difficult choice. As school after school announces that it will welcome students back to campus this fall, many classes — perhaps most — may continue to be held online. A survey of college students in the spring found that about 75 percent were disappointed with the online learning experience during the lockdown. Is it worth paying as much as $30,000 per semester for that sort of education?
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The Challenges of Positive Parenting
Having a good relationship with our children is important. Research on attachment, for example, shows that the way parents connect to their children has wide-ranging consequences for their mental health, self-control and ability to create meaningful relationships with others. Today’s parents are encouraged to build a good relationship with their children by using explanations and offering choices instead of shouting, shaming or leveraging rewards and punishments. It’s an approach known as positive parenting, a method praised for hitting the sweet spot between a strict upbringing and allowing children to do whatever they want.
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How Showing Special Kindness To Some Can Have Moral Consequences
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When we talk about discrimination, we typically think of people denied something because of who they are, some defining trait. What we can overlook is a different kind of discrimination, which comes from love. NPR's Shankar Vedantam asks why good deeds, those we do on behalf of our spouses or our neighbors, can sometimes lead to injustice. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: Thought experiments in philosophy usually don't go viral, but there's one that has. JOSHUA GREENE: The trolley problem has become a kind of meme. VEDANTAM: This is Joshua Greene. GREENE: I'm a professor in the psychology department at Harvard University.
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Make Management (and Life!) Easier
In our twenties and thirties, two things happen to many of us as part of adulting: we become parents and we become bosses, or some kind of team leaders or managers. In some ways these are very different – no team member has ever spat up on me. In others they are very similar – there is always someone wanting your attention; if things are going wrong, fingers are pointed and tears may be shed. Ultimately, you become responsible in a way that you have never been challenged before. We Manage Based On Our Examples In both management and parenting, the most common approach taken is to mimic what you’ve seen and experienced. As a parent, you are likely to raise your child as you were raised.
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on the distinction between remembering and knowing, gender and social cognition, racial inequality in research, responses to bodily postures, goal-driven behavior, and the menstrual cycle and evolution.
