Clinical psychologist Patricia Peters Martin, PhD and Dr. Jody Helmus on the value of psychotherapy for many patients and the effectiveness of therapy in combination with medication.
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Categories : Health & Fitness
Psychology Professor Robert Feldman, Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UMass Amherst, discusses his paper “Liar, Liar, Hard Drive on Fire: How Media Context Affects Lying Behavior” and his finding that people are more likely to lie in instant messages and emails than in face-to-face interaction.
Categories : Public Affairs, Social Issues
Tags : email, instant message, Lying, lying online, media context, online behavior, Psychology, UMass
Clinical Psychologist Patricia Peters Martin, PhD discusses violence depicted on TV, movies, video games and its impact on society.
Categories : Public Affairs
Prof. Susan Krauss Whitbourne
UMass Psychology Professor Susan Krauss Whitbourne discusses her recent article “Can We Predict Who Kills from Knowing the Criminal Mind?” The article reacts and discusses the December 14, 2012 Newtown, CT massacre.
Categories : Public Affairs
June is the traditional month for weddings and psychologist Patricia Martin PhD will discuss what people should think about and take into consideration when choosing their “life partner”.
Categories : Simple Pleasures
Prof. Rebecca Spencer of UMass Amherst will discuss her sleep research and sleep’s impact on retaining bad memories.
Categories : Science & Environment
Prof. Robert Feldman
Psychology Prof. Robert Feldman, Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UMass Amherst, will discuss his paper “Liar, Liar, Hard Drive on Fire: How Media Context Affects Lying Behavior” and his finding that people are more likely to lie in instant messages and emails than in face-to-face interaction.
Categories : Social Issues
Prof. Harold Grotevant
Psychology Prof. Harold Grotevant, PhD U-Mass/Amherst and leader of the Rudd Adoption Research program, is a leader in the psychology of adoption. His work looks at relationships in adoptive families. There will be a Mar. 30 conference at UMass on adoption during the teen years.
Categories : Social Issues
Dr. Anthony McCaffrey
There will always be a wild and unpredictable quality to creativity and invention, says Anthony McCaffrey, a cognitive psychology researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, because an “Aha moment” is rare and reaching it means overcoming formidable mental obstacles. But after studying common roadblocks to problem-solving, he has developed a toolkit for enhancing anyone’s skills. He will speak with Carrie Saldo.
Categories : Social Issues
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