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Unhappy at Work? How to Plan Your Next Move
To find a job you actually enjoy, figure out what’s making you unhappy and move forward from there, says Tessa West, author of the new book Job Therapy: Finding Work That Works for You. West offers Visit Page
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Social Prescribing: Why Purpose Is Good for Your Health
In a bid to improve health and wellbeing, social prescriptions can cover everything from volunteering and art classes to support with household bills. But do they really work? … Perhaps counterintuitively, prescribing “service” is proving Visit Page
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A New Development in the Debate About Instagram and Teens
The teens are on Instagram. That much is obvious. A majority of teens say they use the app, including 8 percent who say they use it “almost constantly,” according to the Pew Research Center. And yet Visit Page
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Is it Weird to Talk to Your Dog Like a Toddler?
Our pets do experience sadness when we leave them, but there are things you can do to help them adjust. … “Dogs do experience fundamental emotions like happiness and sadness,” said Clive Wynne, professor of Visit Page
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What Students Need to Know About Names: When the Need to Belong Backfires
Teaching: A scenario exercise can help students understand wind the psychological costs that people from marginalized groups suffer when they change their names to fit in. Visit Page
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Scientists Look Beyond the WEIRD World of Happiness
Psychological scientists once equated happiness with well-being, but recent research suggests that there is significant cultural variation in the ingredients of a good life. Visit Page
