One of my favorite websites is Our World in Data. This week, they posted a really interesting analysis of the people with whom we interact on a daily basis over our lifespans. In adolescence, our time is split between friends and family. Young adults and adults in midlife spend time Read more…
Over the past few years, I’ve given workshops and presentations at a number of teaching-related conferences on using the Big Problems activity found in the Appendix of the APA report on “Strengthening the Common Core of the Introductory Psychology Course.” I’m very fond of this idea, not just because it’s Read more…
As one of the three NYT articles I chose to review this week, I selected a piece by Spencer Greenberg and Seth Stephens-Davidowitz entitled “You Are Not as Good at Kissing as You Think. But You Are Better at Dancing.” Within the article is a link to Greenberg’s “Clearer Thinking” Read more…
At a recent conference, I had the pleasure to sit next to Kelly McGonigal of Stanford at lunch. Among other things, we talked about her role as the NYT psychology consultant for their inEDUCATION program. Kelly was about to start work on a new book, and thought she should pass Read more…
Psychology professors are often expected to be like the guru on the mountaintop–sources of all types of advice on how to be happy. We actually do know quite a lot about happiness, based on the work of scholars like Ed Diener and Martin Seligman, but I’m not sure we’re in Read more…