Today's post continues our recent tradition of excellent guest blogging: James Telesford (the author of this particular guest post) is ...
I’ll be watching you: Religion and kindness
Today we have another great guest post from guest blogger Olga Antonenko Young! Source Does religion make us better people? Social science...
Friday Fun: Holiday Edition
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Happy Holidays Everyone! As many of us head home for the Christmas weekend, we can look forward to rel...
Modern Day Freudian Slips
Source George H. W. Bush once made the following classic Freudian slip in a public speech: "For seven and a half years I've worked ...
Advance Your Career This Holiday Season
We all wait for the holidays! Whether it’s Eid Al-Adha, Christmas, New Year’s, these are seasons for relaxation with friends and family, a t...
The Power to be Me
The Power to be Me We certainly have a wealth of anecdotes about what having power does to people: Power has led political figures like Herm...
Friday Fun: Are you a good "mind-reader"? Take the test!
Can you read my mind? Do you think this guy is: (a) playful (b) comforting (c) irritated (d) bored Being able to "mind-read" is a ...
I'm sorry: Sometimes not enough, sometimes too much
Source "I'm sorry" is infamous for its inadequacy. It often seems flippant, insincere, or incomplete, as in "I'm sorr...
Stuck in a rut: Is boredom the silent relationship killer?
Stuck in a rut? What does it mean for your relationship when you find yourself stuck in a rut? A group of researchers decided to answer this...
Friday Fun: At the Movies With A Psychologist (Twilight Edition)
source This past weekend I was among the fortunate viewers of Twilight: Breaking Dawn (part I). Now, you might be asking yourself, "Mic...
Mind over meat: How we justify eating animals
Source Most people like animals and have no desire to hurt them. An estimated 63% of American households own at least one pet, and many lo...
Campus Career Centers Struggling
Why it's tough to be a campus carer center today Tweet It doesn’t take much looking around online to see colleges and their career...
Psi Your Mind?
source Earlier this year, Daryl Bem, a Professor at Cornel University, published a paper on Psi phenomena (also known as psychic phenomena)....
Akhtaboot as one of the Fastest Growing 500 Companies
Akhtaboot – the career network is proud to announce that it has been included in the “Arabia Fast Growth 500” List , a project of AllWorld...
Time, Space, and Synesthesia
Source When we talk about time, we often use metaphors related to space. For example, "I'm looking forward to this weekend." ...
College Grads Urged to Use Time Wisely
Job seekers' time ticking Reprinted with permission from news-register.net . Tweet BETHANY - A number of 2011 Bethany College grad...
An unending supply of willpower? All it takes is believing
Need willpower? When you have to work hard on a task that requires a lot of concentration, do you find yourself losing concentration after a...
A Gene for Empathy?
We hope you had a great Thanksgiving yesterday, I know I ate more than my share of pumpkin pie and apple pie! Today, we have another awesom...
Why you might not like when others like you.
Source Take a moment to think carefully about the answers to these questions: Do you prefer when others dislike you? Do you feel bad whe...
The Happiness Chronicles, Part II: Does Money Buy Happiness?
This is the second installment of an occasional series on Psych Your Mind examining the pursuit of happiness. Last time we considered the da...
The probability of your existence: Basically zero
Source At some point after first learning about the birds and the bees as a child (possibly after watching the opening credits of Look Who...
Akhtaboot to Power PepsiCo Jordan’s Recruitment
Akhtaboot - the career network is proud to announce the launch of PepsiCo Jordan’s Career Connect solution , “Powered by Akhtaboot ”, which...
Akhtaboot Launches Its Own URL Shortner Akht.bt
Akhtaboot – the career network has announced the launch of its own URL shortener Akht.bt that will be used for posts that link to official...
Intelligence: It’s all in your head
How'd you earn your A+? Which do you think is more predictive of success: innate ability or hard work? Do you think anyone can rise up t...
Cutting up flags and kissing your sister – what is morality?
Today's post comes from another great guest blogger. Olga Antonenko Young is a graduate student in the social-personality psychology pro...
How to get to the gym when you would rather sit on the couch.
source This was originally posted back in May. We thought some of our newer readers might be interested in this topic! Enjoy! For months now...
Go Tigers! The Southern Culture of Honor
source This weekend college football fans were treated to one of the most highly anticipated football games in the recent history of the spo...
Friday Fun: A Healthy Skepticism About Science?
"There are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data, so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects....
Akhtaboot Unveils Smart Recommendations Feature
Akhtaboot - the career network recently launched Akhtaboot SmartJob Recommendations feature, which entails sending a weekly SmartJob Recomm...
Can sweets make you sweeter?
Source This week, kids around the nation are scarfing down bucket loads of Halloween candy, and the rest of us are likely sneaking in some e...
What do Halloween and Social Psychology have in common? Deindividuation, of course
Cute trick-or-treaters or mahem-makers? As the children take to the streets tonight in search of a trick-or-treat, you might be wondering th...
Akhtaboot TAG-Knowledge Host Their Second Successful Job Fair
Under the patronage of Jordan's Ministry of Labor, H.E. Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization inau...
Improving memory - (retrieval) practice makes perfect
Today we would like to present you with the another (terrific) guest blogger. Joseph Williams is a graduate student in the cognitive psycho...
College Grads Facing Tough Choices
Job seekers that need to work even harder Reprinted with permission from thedaonline.com . Tweet As the Class of 2011 graduates from c...
The power of red
source Like most teenagers in suburbia I took a driver’s education class shortly after I earned my learner’s permit. Though I picked up crit...
Not so fast, aspiring nurses
Nursing school students encounter unexpected difficulty in finding work after graduation. Armine Khudanyan left college in 2009 ready for a ...
Three Myths About Power
Does Power Corrupt? source The reign of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi came to an end last week at the hands of a combination of rebel and...
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