Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Real World Psychology

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Real World Psychology is the latest section to be added to the All About Psychology Website.

What is Real World Psychology?

Real World psychology, is relevant to people's lives, it makes you think, it challenges your assumptions and makes you curious.

Each topic featured on the Real World Psychology will begin a trigger i.e. something that will hopefully elicit a response along the lines of "Well I never", "I didn't see that coming" "Now there's food for thought" etc.

The psychology behind the topic will then be outlined along with resources that can be accessed for anybody who wants to learn more e.g., full text psychology journal articles.

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Real World Psychology



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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Psychology Classic: They Saw A Game: A Case Study by Albert Hastorf & Hadley Cantril (Free Full Text)

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This classic study in selective perception demonstrates how an Ivy League football game was perceived differently by opposing fans, particularly in relation to their opponents "blatantly unsportsmanlike play". This simply designed psychology classic stimulated additional research into concepts such as social cognition and cognitive bias.

You can read and download this classic psychology journal article for free via the following link.

Selective Perception

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Tal Ben-Shahar

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A leading practitioner in the field of positive psychology, Tal Ben-Shahar currently teaches the most popular course at Harvard University. Influenced by the pioneering work of Dr. Martin Seligman, Tal Ben-Shahar states that his goal in teaching positive psychology "is to create a bridge between the Ivory Tower and Main Street, to bring together the rigor of academia and the accessibility of self-help.

You can find out more about this influential expert in positive psychology via the following link.

Tal Ben-Shahar

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Positive Psychology



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