My students are very aware that I have an unusually negative view of chemically altering the human nervous system (with, of course, the exception of my favorite drug of choice–caffeine). I think it’s just fair to let students know if you bring this type of bias into the classroom–sort of Read more…
As you may have noticed, I am experimenting with the use of Loneliness with my introductory psychology students. We’re doing a lot of out of class projects, but I also wanted to incorporate some in-class activities. Yesterday, we tried to apply one of the principles of improving social connection suggested Read more…
Once again returning to our political theme, we have a new study that suggests that optimism is an important part of the political process. According to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, the most optimistic candidates have won the U.S. presidency more than 80 percent of the Read more…