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10 Interesting Psychology Twitter Accounts
Twitter is such an amazing platform because it allows you to be part of the biggest conversations in psychology, engaging with some of the top names in the field. Here are 10 interesting accounts...
Could you kill for your food?
The BBC has released a series of podcasts which are packed with interesting Psychology. Whether you're studying Eating Behaviour, Aggression or BioPsychology, these podcasts have something for...
7 Ways to Get Rid of Your Smartphone Addiction
If you’re anything like me, you probably use your smartphone too much! I often use the excuse that I
have to use
my phone for work, or that without Google Maps I wouldn’t be able to get anywhere,...
Is Spotify Successful Because of Behavioural Psychology?
Spotify is a music streaming app with over 37 million global subscribers, but is the key to Spotify’s success based on simple behavioural psychology.
A Classic Memory Experiment for the Classroom
A recent Guardian article questions the accuracy memory and provides a useful classroom strategy for testing memory.
What is reflection?
The word “reflect” is used more often now than it has ever been used before. Not only is it used in the teaching profession, where we are constantly advised to evaluate what we do in the classroom,...
Dads are to blame for over-cautious daughters
Researchers Lisa Hagan and Janet Kuebli recently researched the role of parental socialisation on their pre-school children’s behaviour, and found that it was fathers rather than mothers who...
Exploring the benefits of expressive writing
I started to explore the benefits of expressive writing in 2013, when I did my master’s at the University of Hertfordshire. But long before that, I had already been an "expressive writer". I truly...
Engaging reluctant writers - FREE resource inside
I love teaching psychology and have done so for a long time. It still saddens me that many of our students are choosing to study this subject under the misconception of it being a 'soft subject’....
Are you a glass half empty or a glass half full kind of person?
Are you a glass half empty or a glass half full kind of person? Sometimes it can be really difficult to maintain a positive attitude in life, as you face tricky situations at work or in your...
Reflecting on… mirror neurons
Mirror neurons were discovered in monkeys in the 1990s. They were activated in the pre-motor cortex when the monkeys performed a given action and when they saw another monkey, or a researcher,...
The Stroop test
If you are a Psychology teacher or student, some of you may have heard of this already. The Guardian newspaper science section recently ran an article on how to conduct the Stroop test, which might...
Pokémon: “gotta catch them all” & the craze behind it all
It wasn’t long ago that I wrote about smartphones and their use in the classroom, but now we have a new craze. It can be seen on the streets, in parks and even in the workplace! Looking around,...
Researchers have revealed that human brain has at least 180 different regions, which has not only confirmed the existence of 83 known regions, but also highlighted the addition of 97 new ones, but...
Thinking 'I can do better' really can improve performance
Professor Andrew Lane and his colleagues tested which psychological skills would help people improve their scores in an online game. With help from BBC Lab UK, they conducted a large experimental...
Press delete to erase your bad memories
A recent study by Manning et al (May, 2016) demonstrated that you don’t have to relive bad events or unhappy times through your memory. It is possible to delete them and intentionally forget. ...
A new take on the bystander effect
A new study by Thomas et al. (2016) provides evidence that when deciding whether to help, we take into account the perspective of the other bystanders – whether they know that help is needed,...
Is there any link between mental illness and violent crime?
Yes – people with mental health problems are more likely to be the
victims of violence that those who have not been diagnosed with such
problems. Not the connection you expected? This is...
4 New Psychology Bloggers
The tutor2u Psychology blog has been busy over the last week, with four new bloggers joining our team.
Using mindfulness in the classroom...
It’s a bit of a buzzword...but is mindfulness it really that great? I was introduced to mindfulness last May when I took part in a MBSR (Mindfulness based stress reduction). For me it's been one of...