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Capella University, an Accredited Online University, Offers Unique Opportunity to Earn PsyD in School Psychology
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capella University, an accredited online university* that has built its reputation by providing high-quality online degree programs for working adults, has announced a new PsyD in School Psychology degree program, the first and only such program available online. This advanced practitioner-oriented doctoral program is designed for licensed school psychologists seeking academic, clinical, research, or administrative leadership positions in the school psychology field |
Cell Phone Psychology: Personal Training by Phone
The promise of a gold star can get grade school students to read more and even take on extra-credit projects. But encouraging positive behavior in adults is more complex, right? Not necessarily, according to recent studies of a mobile phone application called UbiFit. The program, designed by researchers at Intel Research Seattle and the University of Washington, taps into the psychology of motivation by offering seemingly insignificant rewards--graphics of flowers--that people end up striving to attain. UbiFit gathers information from a small, wearable accelerometer to chart an individual's daily physical activity, tracking various kinds of motion with little input or logging required. Depending on the user's activity level, flowers of different sizes and colors begin to appear on his or her phone's background display. In a study conducted this past winter, participants with this "garden" feature from UbiFit had more success maintaining their fitness regimens over the holidays than those whose software simply tracked activity without offering rewards. [More] |
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