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The Importance of Fostering Emotional Diversity in Boys
You’re given a choice: Would you rather spend your day feeling happy versus happy interspersed with some moments of sadness, frustration, and anxiety? Most of us would choose the first option in a heartbeat. Psychologists, too, long championed the importance of cultivating positive emotions as one path towards optimizing well being, resilience to stressors, and salutary physical health outcomes. Not surprisingly, when people are asked what emotions they want to feel, we place a heavy emphasis on wanting to feel primarily positive emotions. However, research suggests the choice may no longer be a straightforward one.
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How Boring Roads Lead to Distracted Driving
A simulation study suggests that drivers’ minds wander more often when they travel on empty roads compared to busy routes.
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Which New Year’s Resolutions Are Most Likely to Stick?
Come Jan. 1, 40% of Americans determine to be nicer, eat healthier or quit smoking—and stick to that plan for months after. A majority don’t succeed. There’s even an unofficial holiday called Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day on Jan. 17 to acknowledge those failures. People may not follow through because they’re making the wrong kinds of resolutions. John C. Norcross, a distinguished professor of psychology at Pennsylvania’s University of Scranton, is the author of “Changeology: 5 Steps to Realizing Your Goals and Resolutions.” He explains the benefits of specific goals and why a pair of resolutions may lead to better rates of success.
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Depression may start much earlier than previously thought
Research suggests 1 to 2 percent of children 2 to 5 years old have depression, and that untreated depression in toddlers can lead to more depression later in life.
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How to Highlight Job Skills on a Resume
Your resume is not about you. Sure, it has your name at the top and it traces your career progression. But to serve its true purpose – securing you a great job – it can't be a mere autobiography. Instead, experts say, your resume should be a mirror, one designed to reflect the ideal candidate for the open position you seek. What hiring managers are looking for is evidence that applicants' skills will help meet the company's goals. So when considering what to include on a resume, don't just list a summary of qualifications like job titles, dates and duties.
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The lower your social class, the ‘wiser’ you are, suggests new study
There’s an apparent paradox in modern life: Society as a whole is getting smarter, yet we aren’t any closer to figuring out how to all get along. “How is it possible that we have just as many, if not more, conflicts as before?” asks social psychologist Igor Grossmann at the University of Waterloo in Canada. The answer is that raw intelligence doesn’t reduce conflict, he asserts. Wisdom does. Such wisdom—in effect, the ability to take the perspectives of others into account and aim for compromise—comes much more naturally to those who grow up poor or working class, according to a new study by Grossman and colleagues.
