The Daddy Chronicles: What Happened To My Testosterone?

Zoë at two weeks I'm not sure how many of you know this, but on March 19th of this year I became a new daddy. It's hard to describe ...

To Have and To Thank: Gratitude Helps us Hold onto our Relationships

I n honor of St. Valentine, today's post is the first in a two-part series on why gratitude may be a key ingredient in successful relati...

PYM: Holiday Edition

Looking for your perfect holiday? The holidays are upon us, which can mean family, fun, food, and cheer. But also, stress, anxiety, conflict...

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...

Is He Worth it? Six Questions to Ask When Sacrificing in Relationships

This is the second in a three-part post on sacrifice in relationships. In Part I , I talked about the pros and cons of sacrificing for the o...

Friday Fun: Birth Order and Romantic Compatibility

Source Research suggests  that the order in which you were born, relative to your siblings, plays a role in shaping your personality -- olde...

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...

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...

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...

Initial leanings: When names become destiny

Source Have you ever noticed that a person's name resembles their profession, their significant other's name, or some other importan...

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...