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Anger Impairs People’s Cognitive Scope, Study Shows

Simon Moesgaard — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 16:21:34 +0000

The fact that anger can have adverse effects on behavior is evident. When people get angry, they behave in ways that they normally would not do. So, anger seems to impair or even block rational thinking. New experimental research by Gable, Poole, and Harmon-Jones (2015), published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, supports the idea that […]

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A 100-Year Old Word Repetition Technique is Effective in Reducing the Impact of (Negative) Words

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:28:27 +0000

Repeat the word milk for 45 seconds or more (remember to say it out loud), and you will find that the word begins to lose its meaning. It’s called the Milk Milk Milk exercise, and it is just one of many word repetition exercises. Try it yourself before you read any further… did the word milk lose its […]

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Does Your Pursuit of Self-Esteem Damage You?

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:55:00 +0000

How do we increase our self-esteem, and how do raise children with high self-esteem? Many self-help books try to answer questions like these. So, the pursuit of self-esteem is a central preoccupation in our modern culture. Self-esteem is a popular topic within psychology. Some psychologists believe that self-esteem is a universal human need (see Allport, Baumeister, Maslow, and Rogers). […]

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Are You In Control? Feelings of Personal Control Are Essential for Mental Health

Simon Moesgaard — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:34:59 +0000

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 control over their lives, and people who have a sense of personal control seem to be better off than those who haven’t. “A belief that the world is governed by […]

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What is the Evidence for Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences?

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:41:00 +0000

This post sums up the theory of multiple intelligences and considers it in the light of evidence. So, is it true that people have multiple intelligences? Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences is recommended for improving learning situations. We know that some people learn more easily by doing things, and others learn by reading books, which might […]

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The Focusing-Effect: Why We End Up Making the Wrong Decisions

Simon Moesgaard — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:22:00 +0000

When we make decisions, we often get very focused on certain aspects of the decision. This article describes this tendency (=the focusing-effect) in detail and the research surrounding it. The focusing-effect (bias) is the fact that people make decisions on the basis of the most pronounced and distinct information they have available in their working memory, […]

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