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What Do Letters of Recommendation Reveal About Gender Bias? – Amie Gordon (Psych Your Mind)

Posted on September 17, 2012 by | Comments Off on What Do Letters of Recommendation Reveal About Gender Bias? – Amie Gordon (Psych Your Mind)
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Over the past month I have been putting together materials to apply for professorships. Much like applying to college or graduate school, applying to jobs means updating your curriculum vitae, putting together statements summarizing your research and teaching experience, and gathering letters of recommendation to send out to hiring schools, all in time for a fall deadline that is fast approaching (gulp). This process is a bit stressful and comes with many questions and concerns (What type of school do I want to work at? Am I good enough? What am I going to do if I don’t get any interviews? What am I going to do if I DO get interviews?). One question that had never crossed my mind was “Might I be at a disadvantage because of my gender?” But then I read an article on gender differences in letters of recommendation in academia, and suddenly it was a salient question.

Growing up, being female never felt like a disadvantage. Both of my parents worked and maintained the household, I didn’t have any brothers to create comparisons, and I was in classes with smart motivated students of both genders. The year I entered college was the first year that there were more females in college than males. Gender comparisons just weren’t part of my everyday experience. To be honest, I had little awareness that there could be any type of glass ceiling for me because of my gender. What does any of this have to do with applying for jobs? Continue reading →

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Semen an Antidepressant? Think Again – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)

Posted on September 12, 2012 by | Comments Off on Semen an Antidepressant? Think Again – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)

Recent articles in The Daily Mail and The Sun have reiterated outlandish and far-fetched claims about the health benefits for women of semen. These claim are actually based on a decade-old study that made the extraordinarily bold claim that semen has an antidepressant effect in women (Gallup, Burch, & Platek, 2002).

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Emotional Intelligence not relevant to psychopaths – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)

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Psychopathy is a well-known personality disorder characterised by callousness, shallow emotions, and willingness to manipulate other people for selfish ends (Hare, 1999). Emotional deficits seem to be a core feature of psychopathy.

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Opening the Mind: Where Skepticism and Superstition Meet – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)

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Perhaps paradoxically, openness to experience is associated with less conventional religious belief but also more paranormal belief. Higher openness can be experimentally induced. The effects of this on supernatural beliefs have not been tested.

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Reason Versus Faith? The Interplay of Intuition and Rationality In Supernatural Belief – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)

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Recent papers (Gervais & Norenzayan, 2012; Pennycook, Cheyne, Seli, Koehler, & Fugelsang, 2012; Shenhav, Rand, & Greene, 2011) have suggested that religious and paranormal beliefs are supported by “intuitive” thought processes and that engaging in “analytical” thought processes can weaken these beliefs, at least temporarily.

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Psilocybin and Personality – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)

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Recent research suggests fascinating connections between the effects of the psychedelic drug psilocybin and personality traits related to inner experience. Personality appears to influence response to psilocybin and psilocybin can promote changes in personality, suggesting a reciprocal relationship.

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Is There Something Wrong With People Who Do Not Use Facebook? – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)

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Recent news stories have suggested that employers may be reluctant to hire people without a Facebook profile. But research suggests that not having a Facebook account is hardly cause for alarm.

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Can We Learn Psychology on the Martha Stewart Show? – Howard Friedman (Secrets of Longevity)

Posted on March 13, 2011 by | Comments Off on Can We Learn Psychology on the Martha Stewart Show? – Howard Friedman (Secrets of Longevity)

This week, I and my co-researcher Dr. Leslie Martin were featured on The Martha Stewart Show. We were invited to appear with Martha and her studio audience to discuss our just-published book, The Longevity Project, which has been attracting quite a bit of media buzz. That got me thinking about teaching psychology (and promoting health) through popular TV shows.

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Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions: They’re Not Good for Your Health – Howard Friedman (Secrets of Longevity)

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At this time of year, we naturally think back over the past twelve months and look ahead towards the future. Looking back at times gone by (auld lang syne) can be a good thing, especially if we focus on the stuff we've accomplished and the adventures we've had with friends or family.

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