4 Ways to Develop Self-Efficacy Beliefs
Have you ever wondered whether you have a strong self-efficacy belief or not? Or perhaps you are curious about how people develop their self-efficacy beliefs? …
Are You In Control? Feelings of Personal Control Are Essential for Mental Health
The belief that one can exert control over stressful events has long been known to help people cope with stress (Taylor, 2012). People like to have …
Study: Sleep Disturbances Predict the Course of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders
In a study by Van Mill and colleagues (2013), the authors examined the impact of sleep disturbances on the course of anxiety and depressive disorders. …
The Impact Bias: Why We Overestimate the Emotional Impact of Future Events
People often overestimate the intensity and duration of their emotional reactions to future events. This tendency is called the impact bias, which is just one of …
Consider This Before You Clean Up Your Room (Messy Rooms Encourage Creativity)
Sometimes, we prefer convention such as order, rules, and tradition. Other times, we prefer to break free from convention. Both order and disorder are present …
Your Childhood Environment Predicts Whether You Spend or Save in Times of Economic Scarcity
What is the most adaptive response when resources are scarce? Is the best response to save money for the future or to spend it for …
Do Women Beat Men in Multitasking?
Are women really better ‘multitaskers’ than men? To answer this question, we need to understand what multitasking is, or the so-called simultaneous capacity.