Yes, Violent Video Games Trigger Aggression, but Debate Lingers
Intuitively, it makes sense Splatterhouse and Postal 2 would serve as virtual training sessions for teens, encouraging them to act… More
Aggression
New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring: pain and opioid misuse in children; meta-awareness of emotional attention; complicated grief and posstraumatic growth; intolerance of uncertainty and aggression; and central sensitization. … More
Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“How Psychological Science Can Influence Climate-Change Attitudes and Actions“
by David G. Myers and “Individual Differences in Navigating“ by Gil Einstein and Cindi May… More
Myth: People With Mental Illness Are More Prone to Violence
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. … More
New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring callous-unemotional traits and anxiety, mediators and mechanisms in psychotherapy research, executive function and depressive symptoms across development, and core deficits in borderline personality disorder… More
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring cognitive factors in intergroup biases, object-based attention on social units, height and dominant behavior, and sameness as a natural concept… More