Friday, March 30, 2018

We tested the hypothesis that we humans feel disgust when reminded of our animal nature. Some disgusting things may remind us of our animal nature, but they are not disgusting because they do so

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Kollareth, D., & Russell, J. A. (2018). Even unpleasant reminders that you are an animal need not disgust you. Emotion, 18(2), 304-312. ...

Retaliation on a voodoo doll symbolizing an abusive supervisor restores justice

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Righting a wrong: Retaliation on a voodoo doll symbolizing an abusive supervisor restores justice. Lindie H.Liang et al. The Leadership Quar...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Not using smartphones in the bedroom increases happiness and quality of life; risk of smartphone addiction decreases when smartphones are left outside the bedroom; sleeping without smartphones improves sleep, relationships, focus and wellbeing

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Sleeping with the frenemy: How restricting ‘bedroom use’ of smartphones impacts happiness and wellbeing. Nicola Hughes, Jolanta Burke. Compu...

Adolescents Who Experienced Negative Alcohol-Related Consequences Are Willing to Experience These Consequences Again in the Future

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Wicki, M., Mallett, K. A., Delgrande Jordan, M., Reavy, R., Turrisi, R., Archimi, A., & Kuntsche, E. (2018). Adolescents Who Experienced...

Willpower theories predict outcomes across domains of academics, health, goal progress, interpersonal relationships, and well‐being. Generally, limited willpower theorists' belief in their limited capacity results in poorer outcomes, particularly during times of high demand

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Lay theories of willpower. Zoë Francis, Veronika Job. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12381 Abstract...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The Unresponsive Avenger: More Evidence That Disinterested Third Parties Do Not Punish Altruistically

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Pedersen, Eric J., William B McAuliffe, and Michael E McCullough 2018. “The Unresponsive Avenger: More Evidence That Disinterested Third Par...

New Zealand Psychologists Board - Guidelines on the use of Psychometric Tests - February 2013, updated March 2015 --

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1 Guidelines on the use of Psychometric Tests February 2013, updated March 2015 The purpose of the Board’s “best-practice” guidelines Practi...