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Tuesday Trivia: Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Sigmund Freud's classic text, The Interpretation of Dreams, originally sold just 600 copies in the first eight years after it was published. Freud was paid approximately $210 dollars for writing the b...
What Is the Moon Illusion? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
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Instinct Theory - Psychology Definition of the Week 23 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Definition: The instinct theory of motivation suggests that human behaviors are motivated by underlying biological instincts. These instincts are unlearned and tend to be universal in expression. The ...
A Closer Look at Classical Conditioning 21 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Classical conditioning can be a powerful learning tool. Since it is such an important concept in psychology, many people might be surprised to learn that a physiologist first discovered it by accident...
Does Majoring In Psychology Require a Lot of Math? 19 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
At first glance, many prospective psychology students assume that their chosen major will require very little math. After all, psychology is the science of the mind and behavior, so what does math hav...
Bystander Effect - Psychology Definition of the Week 16 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Definition: What would you do if you saw someone in trouble? Would you rush in to help, or would you assume that someone else would likely come to the person's aid? While we like to think that we woul...
A Few of the Major Perspectives in Psychology 14 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
If you were trying to explain a behavior like shyness, what perspective would you take? Is shyness caused by genetics? By cultural influences? Or is it a learned behavior reinforced by environmental f...
What Are the Different Types of Psychologists and What Do They Do? 12 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
"Ok I'm still a high school student and I am planning to go into psychology in college. I just realized though that there is actually more than one type of psychologist! Can you please explain what th...
Cross Cultural Psychology - Psychology Definition of the Week 9 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Definition: Cross-cultural psychology is a relatively young field that looks at how cultural factors influence human behavior. Cross-cultural psychologists investigate a variety of topics including th...
Pioneers of Psychology: Clark Hull 7 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Despite facing considerable adversity, Clark Leonard Hull managed to overcome struggles with his health and finances in order to become one of the most important American psychologists of the 20th-cen...
