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tips for writing a blog post
The Technical The first step is to make sure that you have access to posting to the blogs here at Penn State. To do so, you need to get your webaccess ID. The second thing is to try out a test entry....
View ArticleMaking Changes to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint
I am sitting here brainstorming, thinking of a good environmental issue to write about and how applied social psychology relates to it. I could write about how human dependence on fossil fuels is...
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Challenging Energy Companies to Compete
by Amy Caraballo Since the dawn of time, humans have thrived on competition. Today, countries continue to compete for dominance in both the financial markets and for total power. Competition isn’t...
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Redefining core beliefs just in time
Crossfit: Redefining my core beliefs By: Robin It’s been almost two years since I started my Crossfit journey. I stalked our local box on Facebook for a month until I finally had the guts to go in…I...
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Fear appeal backfire?
February 1, 2015 marked the date of the annual Super Bowl which is hallmarked by the best television commercials of the year. The average cost for a 60-second spot was $8 million this year (Siltanen,...
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It Takes A Village
It’s a cliché, I know, but cliché’s are cliché’s for a reason, because there is truth behind them. Society today has moved so far from a village mind-set, we all walk around in a bubble of isolation....
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The Relationship Between Caregivers Should be the Focus Point of Family
In everyday life, boy meets girl, or in today’s world, boy meets boy, or girl meets girl. Regardless of the circumstance people meet everyday and decide to make a go at a relationship and eventually a...
View ArticleTalk Among Yourselves…
Talk therapy had never been something that interested me. I certainly assigned the stigma of “only crazy people go to therapy” to the concept. But when the wheels came off the proverbial bus, I knew I...
View ArticleMind If I Join You?
I love lists. I especially love “to-do” lists – not because I want to have many tasks, but because I get a certain thrill from crossing something off of my “to-do” list. I feel accomplished and a great...
View ArticleThe Agenda of the Media
Many of us look to the media for the latest political or social news. I know that I love listening to NPR on my way to work, or to have CNN running in the background when I am at home trying to...
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New POTUS job requirement: “A presidential look”
What, exactly, comprises the “presidential look” that according to Republican candidate Donald Trump, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton lacks? Although he demurs when asked for specifics, stating...
View ArticlePyramid Schemes and the American Dream
Pyramid schemes are a growing problem in the United States but why do people fall for them? What is so alluring about these so-called business opportunities? I would argue that the idea’s presented in...
View ArticleChanging Health Behavior: Smoking
One thing I’d really like to do this year is give up smoking. Now, how can I use Applied Social Psychology to help me in this resolution? One way is definitely by reading up on theories of changing...
View ArticleCulture: Hofstede, Individualism, and Collectivism
Let me start by giving a brief overview of my background. I consider myself a fairly multicultural person: I was born in a city in India, moved to suburban Detroit a year after, lived there for 10...
View ArticlePolice Investigations and High Stake Liars
Most police officers think avoidance of eye contact and fidgety movements are hallmark signs of a liar (Vrij & Mann, 2001). However, these are actually signs of nervousness (Vrij, 2000). Vrij...
View ArticleSchool Violence: Bullying and Shootings at Columbine
Sociological research about school shootings indicate that in the majority of the cases, the violence is in retaliation to bullying and harassment perpetrated by the school elite on the school outcasts...
View ArticleHow to Activate Your Brain’s Ability to Learn
Maintaining proficiency is having the ability to keep practicing a task even if you already perfected it. Relatively, over learning is a term that refers to continuously drilling yourself on a skill...
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Cause and Effect of Global Warming
As you may have already known, one of the biggest environmental issues that we are facing is global warming. When an individual hears the words global warming, a few things might come to mind....
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Bandura’s Observational Theory Influences Violent Behavior Through...
[Pictured above] is a “Bobo Doll” used in Albert Bandura’s experiment. Findings from the study revealed evidence that supported his Observational Learning Theory. Violent acts have spread like wild...
View ArticleLet’s have a heart-to-heart about stress.
How was your day today? Were you happy, angry, sad, stressed? Many of us would answer that we felt some stress. So, what made you feel stressed? Was it class work, money issues, health, family? Maybe...
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