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A Lack of Background Knowledge Can Hinder Reading Comprehension
Students may find a topic difficult to understand if their background knowledge doesn’t pass a certain threshold, but a quick test can help identify those students who are at risk of falling behind.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring perceived weight discrimination and physiological dysregulation, fear conditioning, motor-memory consolidation, and infants’ learning to reach to the self.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring the effects of worry in daily life, the role of learning capacity in CBT for depression, and self-injury and suicidal behavior in girls.
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Textbook Analysis Uncovers Erroneous Explanations of Statistical Significance
An examination of introductory psychology textbooks suggests that prospective researchers may learn to interpret statistical significance incorrectly in their classes.
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The Yale Happiness Class, Distilled
The most popular class in the history of Yale University was inspired by a paradox: Even when people, conventionally speaking, succeed—get into a top college, make lots of money, or accumulate prestige and accolades—they are
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring memory for repeated images, stability and change in implicit bias, and mixed emotions toward racial out-groups.