Your Thanksgiving Table - The Political Metaphor

Source This week, I'd like to follow up on Michael's post about the ways that our parents' attitudes shape our political ideals...

Kids, school, and play: A look at what today’s youngest students are (and are not) doing in the classroom

source Now that kids across the country are putting away their swimsuits and flip-flops and heading back to school, a new cohort o...

Neighborly Love: The Psychology of Mr. Rogers

Source Mr. Rogers is undoubtedly one of the most beloved cultural icons in American history. His TV show, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood , ran...

Friday Fun: A few simple tricks for healthier eating

Who could resist? Confession: Today I ate three cookies. Not because I particularly wanted them, but because they were there. I could be a c...

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...

Want to become a wizard? Just read Harry Potter

source I will never forget when the final installment of the Harry Potter series came out. Myself and a few of my closest friends from coll...

What you expect is what you get: The "Pygmalion Effect"

Source "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford A couple of Fridays ago I ...

Understanding Mean Girls

Regina from Mean Girls "She's fabulous, but she's evil," social outcast Damian famously says about queen bee Regina Georg...

Friday Fun? See a clip of the classic Bobo Doll experiment

source Introductory psychology courses almost always include a lecture or two on Albert Bandura ’s Social Learning Theory . This theory pro...

One cookie or Two: Part 3

source Today I will wrap up this mini-series on delay of gratification . What have you learned from parts 1 and 2 ? Delay of gratification ...

One cookie or two: Part 2

source Last week I introduced you to work on delay of gratification – the ability to forgo an immediate, but less desirable reward, in or...

One cookie or two?

source In early life we fixate on the here and now. We're driven solely by pleasure (e.g. food, social contact), and have no sense of t...

No dessert until you eat your vegetables!

source As a child I had a love of sweets. Well maybe not just sweets, but junk food more generally. In fact one year I begged Santa for a bo...