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Professional Help: 5 Ways You're Influenced by Numbers Psychology
Marketers at Virginia Tech share stealthy new ways to control how people perceive numbers that go far beyond simple psychological pricing.
Giants vs. Patriots, Round Two: The Psychology of the Rematch
What will be going through Tom Brady's mind as he faces New York at Sunday's Super Bowl?
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini shows subtle psychology by claiming Everton defeat was his fault
Jim White: Italian cleverly diverted pressure from his players by claiming responsibility for the Everton defeat.
The Psychology of Groundhog Day: What the film says about us and our existence
"Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's coooold out there today!"Those are the words Phil Connors (Bill Murray) wakes to each and every morning over the course...
Psychology: Motivation and Goals
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
Professor defies odds to teach psychology course at county college
Some individuals living with disabilities might listen to the dissenting voices that tell them that reaching for their dreams might be futile. Not Yvonne Singer.
Corporate Murder, Income Inequity and the Social Psychology of Conflict
India factory workers revolt, kill company President is trending high at Forbes today because we're a business journal read by business people who know the truth of Romney's condescending observation that "corporations are people my friend."
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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