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New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sampling of recent content covering Large Language Models & AI, statistical methods, culture and more.
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Edna Foa, Who Pioneered Exposure Therapy to Treat PTSD, Dies at 88
Edna Foa, an Israeli American psychologist who pressed her field — and her patients — to more directly confront fear and anxiety, revolutionizing the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, died on March 24 at a hospital in Philadelphia. She was 88.
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‘Moon Joy’ and the Overview Effect—How Views from Space Change Us
“The moon we are looking at is not the moon you see from Earth whatsoever.” That’s how Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch described our natural satellite as the mission’s spacecraft drew closer to the moon on April 4. ... During these experiences, our perspective of the world seems to zoom out or to flip to a different angle, adds Michelle Shiota, a social psychologist at Arizona State University. This feeling tends to make us feel small and to put our daily problems in perspective. The “zoom out” of going to space is probably “the greatest version of that experience that humans are capable of,” Shiota says.
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How a Scary Diagnosis Taught Me to Cope With Stressful Uncertainty
... Studies have shown that exerting control over your situation proactively can help relieve the stress associated with waiting. As helpful methods for quelling anxiety, research participants waiting for medical-test results have cited familiarizing themselves with their insurance policies, researching the best doctor to see, and investigating what clinical trials are available, even before they received a diagnosis. It can also be useful to look for silver linings in bad news before it arrives.
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The Hidden Forces Shaping Your Choices
Every day, we make countless choices—but are these decisions guided by desire or design? This hour, TED speakers on what shapes the food we eat, how we power our homes, and how we communicate. Guests include food systems expert Sarah Lake, infrastructure engineer Deb Chachra, cross-cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand, urban planner Jeff Speck, and Tempe resident Ignacio Delgadillo.
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Why Talking Behind Someone’s Back Isn’t Always Bad
Frank McAndrew has heard it more times than he can count. Someone finds out he studies gossip and says, with great indignation: “I never gossip.” His first thought, every time? “You must be the most boring person in the world.” McAndrew, an evolutionary psychologist at Knox College in Illinois who’s spent decades studying the science of talking behind people’s backs, has a message for the self-appointed gossip-free among us: You’re almost certainly wrong about what gossip is, and you’re definitely wrong about whether it’s bad. Most of us think of gossip as a character flaw—petty, mean-spirited, something to be ashamed of.
