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SAGE Resources on Structural Racism and Police Violence
APS’s partners at SAGE Publishing provide a range of resources based on social and behavioral science for researchers, instructors, students, policymakers to educate, inform, research, and learn.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on fake news and aging, emotion regulation in psychopathology, brain structures, information search, and spouse’s death.
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on machine learning and measurement errors, executive function development, negative academic experiences, colorism in Asia, a meta-analytic investigation about the HEXACO model of personality, the use of tools and the human mind, and birthing consciousness as an altered state of consciousness.
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on life coaching vs. psychotherapy, ecological validity and neuroscience, the negative consequences of being tolerated, and a meta-analysis on the ironic effects of thought suppression.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on aging and prosocial behaviors, using context to explain the success of interventions for behavioral change, and supports for managing work and family.
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Use Social Isolation As A Time To Create Good Habits
Most of us don't consciously recognize when we are creating a habit. Habits are automatic ways of doing, seeing and acting. It's a subconscious routine. Psychologist Wendy Wood, author of Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick, suggests that "a habit is a sort of a mental shortcut to repeat what we did in the past that worked for us and got us some reward." According to Wood's research, about 43% of what we do in a day is repeated automatically in the same context. Habits can be good for us, like brushing our teeth, but they can also be bad for us, like venturing to the refrigerator too many times. How long does it take to create a habit?
