Educational psychology: are there effective alternatives to "yelling and scolding"? A recently published meta-analysis, in which quite a few studies were summarized and analyzed, provides impressive evidence: Leijten, P., Gardner, [...]
For decades, scientists have been searching for differences in the bodies of depressed and healthy people. For many years, however, the hoped-for breakthrough failed to materialize. However, a flood of [...]
Many people who suffer from sleep disorders try to force themselves to sleep by taking sleeping pills. In doing so, they accept the side effects of medication, although there is [...]
The research is clear: the more we embrace fear (exposure, confrontation), the more it will release us from its grip. But how can therapeutic anxiety confrontation be made even more [...]
Psychologists (especially social psychologists) have been researching manipulation techniques for decades. It is becoming increasingly apparent that sometimes it only takes a single phrase to increase the likelihood that another [...]
By now, almost everyone has understood: We pay for the free use of services like Facebook, Tiktok, Google and Co. with our personal data. But what can the big tech [...]
No matter if we are in the supermarket or shopping online: Every day we are manipulated by strategies from sales and price psychology. Extensive research has shown how we are [...]
Even though our lives would certainly be dull and boring without emotions, everyone has probably wished at some point that he or she no longer had to bear a negative [...]
What can be done when children simply do not listen? Are there effective alternatives to yelling and scolding? Educational psychology provides a variety of effective tips (supported by intensive research) [...]
Is personality irrelevant? - The Big Five and Career Success (Psychology, Personnel Selection, Business Psychology, Recruitment) More than 100 years of research have impressively shown: Based on the Big Five [...]
