Bandura and Bobo

In 1961, children in APS Fellow Albert Bandura’s laboratory witnessed an adult beating up an inflatable clown. The doll, called Bobo, was the opposite of menacing with its wide, ecstatic grin and goofy clown outfit. More>

      

Timing Can Affect Whether Women and Minorities Face Discrimination

Timing can affect whether females and minorities experience discrimination -- says a study published today in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

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Marketing Is More Effective When Targeted to Personality Profiles

Advertisers spend enormous amounts of time and money attempting to tailor their advertising campaigns to the needs of different demographic groups. After all, the concerns of first-year college students are… More>

Sharpen Your Skills in Chicago

You’ve been meaning to brush up on OpenMX but just haven’t gotten around to it; that free tutorial on the R programming environment hasn’t budged from the bottom of your… More>

Facebook and Smartphones: New Tools for Psychological Science Research—News Brief

Whether you’re an iPerson who can’t live without a Mac, a Facebook addict, or a gamer, you know that social media and technology say things about your personality and thought… More>

Parents Are Happier People

Contrary to recent scholarship and popular belief, parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning in life than people without children, according to researchers from the University of California, Riverside,… More>

People See Sexy Pictures of Women as Objects, Not People

Perfume ads, beer billboards, movie posters: everywhere you look, women’s sexualized bodies are on display. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science,… More>