Exploring-Psychology

Body Language

2012-05-09T02:46:00.000-07:00

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If you're interested in learning all about body language and non-verbal communication I'm delighted to announce that I have just launched a new website dedicated to the topic.

I had originally planned just to have a body language section on my psychology website but such is the scope and range of this fascinating topic it soon became clear that it needed a dedicated website to do justice to all the things we intend to cover. I say we because I am extremely fortunate to be developing the website in collaboration with Craig-James Baxter.

Craig is a master trainer in reading advanced micro expressions and is one of the most viewed body language decoders in YouTube’s history, having complied nearly 100 body language analysis videos featuring celebrities, politicians, musicians and high profile criminology cases.

If you're interested in learning more about body language the site already has plenty of information and resources available: Including:

Body language analysis videos
Body language guides
Body language tips
Body language Q & A
Body language articles

And that's just the beginning, we've got some amazing things lined-up, such as exclusive interviews with some of the leading body language experts in the world.

I really hope you enjoy exploring our new website which you can visit via the following link.

http://www.all-about-body-language.com/

Neural Plasticity (Open Access Journal)

2012-02-26T06:47:00.001-08:00

Excellent resource for anybody looking for free full text articles. Neural Plasticity is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of articles related to all aspects of neural plasticity, with special emphasis on its functional significance as reflected in behavior and in psychopathology.

Neural Plasticity publishes research and review articles from the entire range of relevant disciplines, including basic neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, biological psychology, and biological psychiatry.

See following link to access all the 493 articles published to date.

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/np/contents/

The Rubber Hand Illusion: Is Seeing Believing?

2012-02-25T00:48:00.001-08:00

Clip from a BBC documentary exploring the tricks illusions play on our senses and why they fool us.

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William James Quote

2012-02-23T00:13:00.000-08:00

This illustrated quote from William James forms part of an initiative to create a repository of psychology images that can be freely used for non commercial purposes. You can see the full collection of images available via the following link.

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Classic Psychology Articles on Kindle

2012-02-22T01:05:00.000-08:00

Concepts of Trait and Personality is the latest title to be added to the psychology on Kindle collection.

Originally published in 1927 this classic article by Gordon W. Allport highlights the ambiguity surrounding attempts to characterize personality traits. Having done this, Allport then outlines how the term "trait" can be rescued from the confusion in which he believes it to be embedded.

You can view the full psychology on Kindle collection via the following link.

Psychology on Kindle

The Power of Music

2012-02-21T04:30:00.000-08:00

Originally published in The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods in 1908, The Power of Music By Halbert Hains Britan is the latest addition to the psychology journal article collection. An initiative by the website www.all-about-psychology.com to make important, insightful and engaging publications freely available.

If you would like to read The Power of Music, you can do so via the following link.

Power of Music

See link below to access all the titles in the psychology journal collection.

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Learn About The Psychology of Music

There's a page dedicated to the psychology of music over at the main website, which you access via the following link.

Psychology of Music

The Bobo Doll Experiment

2012-02-09T01:25:00.000-08:00

Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models by Albert Bandura.

More commonly known as the bobo doll experiment, you can download a free full-text copy of this classic research article via the following link.

http://www.all-about-psychology.com/albert-bandura.html

Nightclubs as Research Labs

2012-02-06T02:01:00.000-08:00

Yale Fox researches social nightclub behaviour with a particular emphasis on music and how it affects people at an implicit level. With a background in biology, psychology, and sociology, Fox investigates such topics as how music can affect bar sales and people's ability to multitask, how it determines listening patterns, and how the stock market can affect mood, which in turn predicts the characteristics of popular music.

Fox's research has been published in international publications, documentaries, and textbooks. Additionally, Yale's position in the nightclub industry gives him access to a vast quantity of unique data, which has already led to some remarkable conclusions.

For more information on this fascinating research, check out Yale Fox's blog on the science of nightlife - http://www.darwinvsthemachine.com/

This is the latest video added to the "TED Videos" playlist on the Psychology YouTube channel.

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Thomas Szasz Quote

2012-02-05T05:30:00.000-08:00

This quote from Thomas Szasz forms part of an initiative to create a repository of psychology images that can be freely used for non commercial purposes. You can see the full collection of images available via the following link.

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The Myth of Mental Illness

This classic publication elevated Thomas Szasz into a position of international renown and controversy. According to Szasz, the concept of mental illness is fundamentally flawed because it is based on the premiss that it is caused by nervous system disorders; in particular brain disorders which manifest themselves via abnormal thought patterns and behavior.

To Thomas Szasz most cases of "mental illness" are routed within a social context, and are in fact problems of living, and should, therefore, be recognised as so.

If you would like to read "The Myth of Mental Illness," A free full-text copy of this Thomas Szasz classic is available via the following link.

http://www.all-about-psychology.com/the-myth-of-mental-illness.html

The Happy Secret To Better Work

2012-02-03T00:50:00.000-08:00

Psychologist Shawn Achor explores the idea that happiness inspires productivity.

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Learn More About Positive Psychology

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Psychology Terms: Morons, Imbeciles and Idiots

2012-02-02T01:41:00.000-08:00

Another classic example of psychology being sensitively employed to help inform public awareness campaigns!

This illustration forms part of an initiative to create a repository of psychology images that can be freely used for non commercial purposes. You can see the full collection of images available via the following link.

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Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud

2012-02-01T00:39:00.000-08:00

Brief clip of Carl Jung discussing his first meeting with Sigmund Freud.

I've added this video to the Sigmund Freud Playlist on the Psychology YouTube channel, which you can access via the following link.

Sigmund Freud Video Playlist

Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud

Psychology Student Survival Guide (2012 Update)

2012-01-31T00:55:00.000-08:00

I'm very pleased to announce that in conjunction with psychologist Michael Britt (http://www.thepsychfiles.com/), work is about to start on an updated edition of the Psychology Student Survival Guide.

The guide is currently available both as an iPhone/iPad app (http://bit.ly/PsychGuideApp) and a PDF text document (http://bit.ly/PsychGuidePDF)

Benefits of the updated version of the guide will include:

New/revised content, information and resources.

A more interactive iPhone/iPad version (drawing on Apples's new iBooks Author software).

Also available on Android smartphones and tablets.

As with the first edition of the guide, student/user feedback is very much appreciated. With this in mind, we'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the current guide and let us know what you would like to see in the updated version. There is a guide feedback form (half way down the page) over at the main website which can be accessed via the following link.

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Michael Gazzaniga Gifford Lectures

2011-11-23T03:35:00.000-08:00

For over a hundred years the Gifford Lecture series has been one of the foremost academic forums dealing with religion, science and philosophy. In 2009 Neuroscientist and professor of psychology Michael Gazzaniga delivered 6 lectures under the series title: The Science of Mind Constraining Matter.

Lecture 1: What We Are?

Lecture 2: The Distributed Cerebral Networks of Mind.

Lecture 3: The Brain Divided: Discovering The "Interpreter."

Lecture 4: The Meaning of Being Free.

Lecture 5: The Social Brain.

Lecture 6: We Are The Law.

All of these outstanding lectures are now available as a playlist on the Psychology YouTube channel. See following link.

Michael Gazzaniga Gifford Lectures

Michael Gazzaniga Gifford Lectures

The Psychology of Fear

2011-10-31T05:36:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween Everybody.

The Psychology of Fear is the latest addition to the psychology journal article collection. An initiative by the All About Psychology website to make important, insightful and engaging publications freely available.

If you would like to read The Psychology of Fear over at the All About Psychology website, you can do so via the following link.

The Psychology of Fear

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The Psychology of Fear

The Psychology of Fear

Can You Spot The Fake Smile?

2011-10-21T01:23:00.000-07:00

Based on research by Professor Paul Ekman, a psychologist at the University of California, this online experiment hosted by the BBC is designed to test whether you can spot the difference between a fake smile and a real one.

See following link to have a go.

Fake Smile Test

Can You Spot The Fake Smile?

The Tenth Level

2011-10-11T02:53:00.000-07:00

It's psychology Jim, but not as we know it!

The Tenth Level is a classic 1970's made for TV movie starring William Shatner A.K.A Star Trek legend Captain James T Kirk and is based on the in(famous) "Obedience Experiments," conducted by the late Stanley Milgram at Yale University.

If you would like to watch The Tenth Level in full you can do so via a playlist on The All About Psychology YouTube channel. See following link.

The Tenth Level

The Tenth Level

Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance by Leon Festinger & James Carlsmith (Free Full Text)

2011-09-12T05:12:00.000-07:00

Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance is the latest addition to the psychology journal article collection. An initiative by the All About Psychology website to make important, insightful and engaging publications freely available.

This robust theory suggests that a motivational state of inner tension is triggered by logically inconsistent ways of thinking.

Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance by Leon Festinger & James Carlsmith was the first of numerous studies to corroborate the theory of cognitive dissonance. The premiss for this classic piece of research was to test what happens to a person's private opinion if he is forced to do or say something contrary to that opinion.

If you would like to read Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance over at the All About Psychology website, you can do so via the following link.

Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance

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Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance

Literary Guide For Psychologists

2011-09-09T01:29:00.000-07:00

This (just for fun) literary guide for psychologists by Milton Hodge from the University of Georgia was originally published in 1962. Hodge explained the reason for the guide, along with a call to action as follows:

Recently, while visiting another science laboratory at my institution, I was given a glossary of phrases commonly used in scientific reports. Because I am sure that all psychologists who read and write research reports are interested in maximizing "communication," I cheerfully offer an abridged guide for use with psychological literature. Perhaps other psychologists can suggest additional definitions which will increase our enlightenment.

What Was Said

It has long been known that...

What Was Meant

I haven't bothered to look up the original reference but...

What Was Said

Of great theoretical and practical importance...

What Was Meant

Interesting to me.

What Was Said

While it has not been possible to provide definite answers to these questions...

What Was Meant

The experiement didn't work out, but I figured I could at least get a publication out of it.

What Was Said

The operant conditioning technique was chosen to study the problem...

What Was Meant

The fellow in the next lab already had the equipment set up.

What Was Said

Three of the subjects were chosen for detailed study...

What Was Meant

The results on the others didn't make sense.

What Was Said

Typical results are shown...

What Was Meant

The best results are shown...

What Was Said

It is suggested...It is believed that...It may be that...

What Was Meant

I think.

What Was Said

It is generally believed that...

What Was Meant

A couple of other people think so too.

What Was Said

It is clear that much additional work will be required before a complete understanding...

What Was Meant

I don't understand it.

What Was Said

Correct within an order of magnitude...

What Was Meant

Wrong.

What Was Said

Thanks are due to Joe Glotz for assistance with the experiments and to John Doe for valuable discussion.

What Was Meant

Glotz did the work and Joe explained what it meant.

Wonder if anybody can think of some more examples to add to the list?

Literary Guide For Psychologists

Conditioned Emotional Reactions (The Case of Little Albert) By John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner

2011-09-06T08:23:00.000-07:00

Conditioned Emotional Reactions is the latest addition to the psychology journal article collection. An initiative by the All About Psychology website to make important, insightful and engaging publications freely available.

In 1920 John B. Watson ("Father of Behaviorism") and Rosalie Rayner attempted to show how fear could be induced in an infant through classical conditioning.

Watson and Rayner published the results of their research in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. Entitled Conditioned Emotional Reactions their research became one of the most (in)famous psychology studies ever conducted and was soon to be known forever as "The Case of Little Albert".

If you would like to read Conditioned Emotional Reactions over at the main website, you can do so via the following link.

Conditioned Emotional Reactions

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Conditioned Emotional Reactions: The Case of Little Albert

What Happened to Little Albert?

Towards the end of Conditioned Emotional Reactions, Watson and Rayner included the following heading and text:

"Detachment" or removal of conditioned emotional responses.

Unfortunately Albert was taken from the hospital the day the above tests were made. Hence the opportunity of building up an experimental technique by means of which we could remove the conditioned emotional responses was denied us.

The fate of little Albert had remained a mystery for almost a century. Until Now.

Conditioned Emotional Reactions

Sigmund Freud Psychology Legend

2011-09-04T05:55:00.000-07:00

If you visit The Sigmund Freud page on the All About Psychology Website you will be able to access detailed information and resources relating to the man who is widely considered as one of the most influential and controversial minds of the 20th century. Information categories include:

Get To Know Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud Theories

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Psychotherapy Article: Are Psychologists Afraid of Therapy? (Free Full Text)

2011-09-01T01:34:00.000-07:00

The psychotherapy article Are Psychologists Afraid of Therapy is the latest addition to the psychology journal article collection. An initiative by the All About Psychology website to make important, insightful and engaging publications freely available.

This great article was originally published in 1950 and addresses the possible reasons underpinning what the author believes to be negative feelings towards psychotherapy among the wider psychological community.

Among the possibilities raised are an overattachment to mental testing; the intangible quality of dynamic psychotherapy in comparison to research and diagnosis; the misconception that therapy and diagnostic research are dichotomous and the problem of the interprofessional relationship between psychology and medicine.

If you would like to read Are Psychologists Afraid of Therapy over at the main website, you can do so via the following link.

Are Psychologists Afraid of Therapy

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Are Psychologists Afraid of Therapy? (Kindle Edition)

Psychotherapy Article: Are Psychologists Afraid of Therapy?

Heredity, Environment, and The Question How by Anne Anastasi (Free Full Text)

2011-08-25T23:45:00.000-07:00

A free full text copy of Heredity Environment, and The Question How by Anne Anastasi is now available over at the All About Psychology Website.

Heredity, Environment, and The Question How by Anne Anastasi was originally presented as an address of the President (Division of General Psychology) of the American Psychological Association in 1957.

This child psychology and nature nurture debate classic argues that the question "How?" offers a much more constructive approach to the heredity-environment problem; as opposed to the question "Which one?" or "How much?" typically posited by psychologists.

If you would like to read Heredity, Environment, and The Question How over at the website, you can do so via the following link.

Heredity, Environment, and The Question How

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Heredity, Environment, and The Question How by Anne Anastasi is also available on Kindle. See link below for full details.

Heredity, Environment, and The Question "How?" (Kindle Edition)

Heredity, Environment, and The Question How

Rational Psychotherapy and Individual Psychology

2011-08-22T23:42:00.000-07:00

A free full text copy of Rational Psychotherapy and Individual Psychology by Albert Ellis is now available over at the All About Psychology Website.

Rational Psychotherapy and Individual Psychology by Albert Ellis is one of the first published accounts of rational psychotherapy; a theory of personality and a system of therapeutic technique that would eventually develop into what is now known as rational emotive behavior therapy.

If you would like to read Rational Psychotherapy and Individual Psychology over at the psychology website, you can do so via the following link.

Rational Psychotherapy and Individual Psychology

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Top 10 Psychology Movies

2011-08-19T10:40:00.000-07:00

Best Psychological Movies Poll

I recently ran a poll on the All About Psychology Facebook page for the best psychology movie. Over 2000 people voted and the top 10 results were as follows:

A Beautiful Mind (593 Votes)

Official Film Review

Winner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind is directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard and produced by long-time partner and collaborator, Academy Award winner Brian Grazer. A Beautiful Mind stars Russell Crowe in an astonishing performance as brilliant mathematician John Nash, on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. Now only his devoted wife (Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly) can help him in this powerful story of courage, passion and triumph.

Official Trailer

A Beautiful Mind [Blu-ray]

The Silence of The Lambs (223 Votes)

Official Film Review

A psychopath nicknamed Buffalo Bill is murdering women across the Midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the FBI sends Agent Clarice Starling (Foster) to interview a demented prisoner who may provide clues to the killer's actions. That prisoner is psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins), a brilliant, diabolical cannibal who agrees to help Starling only if she'll feed his morbid curiosity with details of her own complicated life. As their relationship develops, Starling is forced to confront not only her own hidden demons, but also an evil so powerful that she may not have the courage or strength to stop it!

Official Trailer

The Silence of the Lambs [Blu-ray]

Shutter Island (194 Votes)

Official Film Review

When U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Teddy uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he learns there are some places that never let you go.

Official Trailer

Shutter Island [Blu-ray]

Black Swan (145 Votes)

Official Film Review

“You can’t tear your eyes away” (Entertainment Weekly) from this “wicked, psychosexual thriller” (Daily Variety) starring Academy Award Winner Natalie Portman and directed by Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler). Portman delivers “the performance of her career” (Vanity Fair ) as Nina, a stunningly talented but dangerously unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her driven artistic director (Vincent Cassel) and the threat posed by a seductive rival dancer (Mila Kunis), Nina’s tenuous grip on reality starts to slip away – plunging her into a waking nightmare.

Official Trailer

Black Swan [Blu-ray]

Fight Club (113 Votes)

Official Film Review

"'Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your prejudices, rocks your world and leaves you laughing" (Rolling Stone). Brad Pitt ("12 Monkeys", "Seven"), Edward Norton ("Primal Fear," "American History X") and Helena Bonham Carter ("Mighty Aphrodite," "A Room With A View") turn in powerful "performances of which movie legends are made" (Chicago Tribune) in this action-packed hit. A ticking-time-bomb insomniac (Norton) and a slippery soap salesman (Pitt) channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until a sensuous eccentric (Bonham Carter) gets in the way and ignites an out-of control spiral toward oblivion.

Official Trailer

Fight Club [Blu-ray]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (111 Votes)

Official Film Review

A nice rest in a state mental hospital beats a stretch in the pen, right? Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a free-spirited con with lightning in his veins and glib on his tongue, fakes insanity and moves in with what he calls the "nuts." Immediately, his contagious sense of disorder runs up against numbing routine. No way should guys pickled on sedatives shuffle around in bathrobes when the World Series is on. This means war! On one side is McMurphy. On the other is soft-spoken Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), among the most coldly monstrous villains in film history. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward. Based on Ken Kesey's acclaimed bestseller, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest swept all five major 1975 Academy Awards: Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas), Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman). Raucous, searing and with a superb cast that includes Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd in his film debut, this one soars.

Official Trailer

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [Blu-ray]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (65 Votes)

Official Film Review

From acclaimed writer Charlie Kaufman and visionary director Michel Gondry comes Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. An all-star ensemble cast shines in this comical and poignant look at breakups, breakdowns and breakthroughs.
Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson), to get the same treatment. But as his memories of Clementine begin to fade, Joel suddenly realizes how much he still loves her.

Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood co-star in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - a memorable film that The Wall Street Journal calls "a romantic comedy unlike any other!"

Official Trailer

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [Blu-ray]

Catch Me if You Can (59 Votes)

Official Film Review

Inspired by the extraordinary true story of a brilliant master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail.

Official Trailer

Catch Me If You Can

Good Will Hunting (56 Votes)

Official Film Review

A true motion picture phenomenon, this triumphant story was nominated for 9 Academy Awards - winning Oscars for Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor) and hot newcomers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay). The most brilliant mind at America's top university isn't a student...he's the kid who cleans the floors! Will Hunting (Damon) is a headstrong, working-class genius who's failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor (Williams), who might be the only man who can reach him! You'll find Good Will Hunting a powerful and unforgettable movie experience!

Official Trailer

Good Will Hunting [Blu-ray + Digital Copy]

Girl, Interrupted (51 Votes)

Film Description

Drama based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s., starring Winona Ryder, Brittany Murphy, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg and Vanessa Redgrave.

Official Trailer

Girl, Interrupted

Notable Psychological Movies Outside The Top 10

The Shining

Sybil

A Clockwork Orange

Ordinary People

12 Angry Men

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