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Posts Tagged ‘psychology’
"It's the speed of mind that counts."
Great discussion on the (un)reality of multitasking and how our uses of new media might be affecting our ability to concentrate even when we aren’t plugged in. Rebecca Roberts speaks with Lee Rainie, Founding Director of Pew Internet & American Life Project, and Clifford Nass, Stanford Professor and Founder and Director of the Communication between [...]
Cross-cultural differences in happiness: East and West
Came across an interesting report via MindHacks on the different conceptions of happiness between East Asians and European-Americans. I’m always happy to see research that closely and thoughtfully considers the impact of culture on pretty much any behavior or concept often taken as universal. As an anthropology and psychology student I always approached psychological research [...]
Edward T. Hall on education
From Beyond Culture Citing Washburn (1973) on the importance of play in learning “Through play (emotional, repetitious, from within) children prepare for the adult life of their culture. Separation of education from life…is new in the history of primates. In the American school there is no view of adult life…In schools discipline is substituted for [...]
Computer-based games and knowledge acquisition and retention
Do Computer -Based Games Facilitate Knowledge Acquisition and Retention? Katrina E. Ricci, Eduardo Salas, and Janis A. Cannon-Bowers Military Psychology, 8(4), 295-307 The motive of the present research was to augment the breadth of literature in the field of computer-based gaming. At the time of this study, the majority of literature in this area either [...]
The state of higher education
Ok, so I have to vent about this. Test grades were posted today for my cognitive psychology class. I didn’t do as well as expected. In fact, in terms of my own standards I did poorly. Considering I made a point to study for this test almost everyday (no there is no hyperbole there) for [...]
Presence of blood in video games related to aggression in males
Wow, two posts in one night. Look at me go! I just finished reading a study done by one of my psychology professors. I won’t go into too much detail, but the study sought to measure the effect of blood in violent video games (Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, pretty decent game although nothing beats the [...]
