Showing love for your nearest and dearest is a hallmark of Valentine’s Day, but research suggests that you may want to save some of that love and compassion for yourself.
APS Past President Morton Ann Gernsbacher designs her online psychology courses
to encourage students to engage with content more deeply than they might in traditional college classes.
Instructors should be prepared to listen for —and challenge — belief perseverance, and can use this myth to highlight how automatic and difficult belief perseverance can be to overcome.