Not exact matches
Psychologist Angela Duckworth has
spent years studying kids and adults, and found that one characteristic is a significant predictor
of success: grit.
Among the dozens
of protest causes were transportation costs; Native Indian rights; government
spending on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics; corruption in state and local governments; and a bill in the Brazilian congress that would authorize
psychologists to try and «cure» homosexuals.
«You
spend three hours buying a $ 20 toaster,» says Barry Schwartz, a
psychologist at Swarthmore College and the author
of The Paradox
of Choice.
In
Spent, evolutionary
psychologist Geoffrey Miller says that regardless
of where you are on that spectrum, «those less open than you seem boring, dull, conventional, and conformist, whereas the more open seem eccentric bizarre, disruptive, threatening, or even psychotic.»
As it happens, in the»80s, the
psychologists Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley
spent years cataloging the number
of words spoken to young children in dozens
of families from different socioeconomic groups, and what they found was not only a disparity in the complexity
of words used, but also astonishing differences in sheer number.
Led by a
psychologist, the youth, teachers, and graduate students
spent most
of the weekends in confrontation groups
of fifteen.
As a retired
psychologist he
spends most
of his time reading and cooking, and his great joy is feeding people delicious food!
Psychologists also
spend their days contemplating the question
of human motivation, and they often come up with answers that are significantly more nuanced than the default explanations
of economists.
Evolutionary
psychologists have long suspected that the human perceptual system has an innate fondness for landscapes with wide, open views, thanks to the millions
of years our forebears
spent on the savannas
of Africa.
COMMENTING on Feedback's report on Jonathan Rowles's attempt to synthesise his reading
of New Scientist and The
Psychologist by invoking the concept
of «quantum psychology» (28 November), Jon Sutton, editor
of The
Psychologist, wrote to us (Letters, 9 January, p 27) recalling that he once
spent a few weeks on placement in New Scientist «s offices.
And it again, it brought home to me the way in which Martin Gardner was at the hub
of a vast universe
of brilliant, sparkling intellect — including people like Marvin Minsky [at] the M.I.T. artificial intelligence lab; and John Conway who at the time was in England and later came to Princeton and who invented so many deep and fascinating mathematical ideas, especially the Game
of Life, to which Martin devoted several columns and which was an incredibly important thing in bringing new ideas to the world
of computation and about the cellular automata; and Donald Knuth at Stanford, the great computer [scientist]; Perci Diaconis a statistician who is fascinated by paradoxes
of probability and a great magician as well; and Ray Hyman, a
psychologist who had a
spent a great deal
of his life debunking people such as [Uri Geller]; and James Randi, one
of the great magicians
of our era who also was one
of the most important debunkers
of pseudoscience in the world.
«I've always believed it's scientifically possible to enhance cognition, but society will have to decide whether it wants these drugs,» says Keith Wesnes, a
psychologist who
spent 10 years studying the effects
of nicotine on attention and memory at British universities and who now runs Cognition Drug Research, a Reading - based company similar to Crook's.
That idea seems likely, since hunter - gatherers
spend their lives deploying their sense
of smell to hunt and avoid danger, says
psychologist and clinical neuroscientist Johan Lundström
of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
The surrounding bath
of urban sound has mental as well as physical effects, according to environmental
psychologist Arline Bronzaft, who has
spent more than 30 years studying how people perceive and respond to noise.
But the field has
spent too long focusing on gathering information, says Steve Whittaker
of the University
of California in Santa Cruz, a
psychologist who has been studying lifelogging technologies for the last eight years.
Kato has
spent 15 years designing games, but initially trained as a
psychologist, first at Harvard and then at Stanford, while Bender studied health and behavioral sciences at the University
of Toronto.
This so - called «vigilance decrement» was first identified and measured in 1948 by
psychologist Robert Mackworth, who asked British radar operators to
spend two hours watching for errors in the sweep
of a rigged analog clock.
That's the question
psychologist Patricia Devine
of the University
of Wisconsin in Madison has
spent the past 4 years — and more than $ 1 million from the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland — trying to answer with an unusual experiment.
As a clinical
psychologist who has
spent a lot
of time working with cancer patients and survivors, I know that even though genetics may increase your chances, you do have control over the lifestyle you choose.
Richard Wiseman, a
psychologist at the University
of Hertfordshire,
spent a decade following a group
of people who claimed to be lucky and another
of those who believed they were less fortunate.
After all, a lifetime is a rather long time to
spend focusing on faults, and as
psychologist Salama Marine explains, «the basis
of a healthy relationship stems from the freedom to be yourself without fear
of the reaction from your partner» 2.
Psychologists have
spent years defining love, and have found 3 main traits
of a loving relationship.
With specific regard to the sex industry some
psychologists believe that it is the escapism element that drives consumers to
spend more at times
of economic hardship.
So, we
spent hundreds
of hours brainstorming and discussing with companies» leaders, education experts,
psychologists and IT leaders to express the desire to find a learning solution that could improve the reality.
In a 2016 study,
psychologist Karrie Godwin and a team
of researchers measured how attentive elementary students were during class, and discovered that they
spent over a quarter
of the time distracted, unable to focus on the teacher or the current task.
By way
of background, I'm a developmental
psychologist by training and
spent the majority
of my career designing and evaluating programs intended to enhance the cognitive development
of young children.
The National Association
of School
Psychologists applauds Congress for introducing an omnibus
spending bill that provides meaningful investments to help schools meet the needs
of all students.
That's what Sally Palaian, a licensed
psychologist and author
of Spent: Break the Buying Obsession and Discover Your True Worth, found with a recent client who felt she was becoming a shopaholic.
According to Dr. Moira Somers, a financial
psychologist, this more carefree money mindset occurs because normal routines change in the summer, causing you to become less conscious
of your
spending.
Stephan Lewandowsky, a
psychologist who has worked in the United States, England and Australia, has
spent years delving into the concept
of misinformation and false beliefs.
I
spent some time researching that notion and found not only the primary source — two Australian
psychologists — but a very enthusiastic Canadian promoter
of that characterization in Quebec Justice Yves - Marie Morissette.
Noted
psychologist David Kahneman has
spent years studying memory, and he has concluded that far from a recording device, memory is driven largely by a process
of sorting, weighing, valuing, and, often, construing, with preconceived notions and biases having a big effect on what we remember, and how much.
Rebutting stereotypes in a single decision could involve all
of, or any combination
of, identifying and hiring an expert witness like a
psychologist, psychiatrist or social worker qualified to address the range
of «ordinary» reactions to sexual misconduct; having that person write a report and testify;
spending hearing time disputing about expert qualifications and admissibility; and
spending hearing time where the expert is cross-examined.
Deciding that you don't want to be a
psychologist doesn't necessarily mean that the three years and thousands
of pounds
spent on a psychology degree was all for nothing — any university education teaches a desirable skill set.
Psychologists must have strong communication skills because they
spend much
of their time listening to and speaking with patients or describing their research.
The job titles that best matched a mom's definition
of her work are (in order
of hours
spent per week): housekeeper, day care center teacher, cook, computer operator, facilities manager, van driver,
psychologist, laundry machine operator, janitor, and chief executive officer.
John Gottman, a
psychologist at the University
of Washington and the founder
of the Gottman Institute, has
spent decades studying the science
of relationship satisfaction and stability.
The
psychologist will
spend the beginning
of the first assessment session getting to know your child and making sure they feel comfortable and secure by allowing them to draw, choose a game they would like to play, or simply chatting with them about their interests.
According to
Psychologist John Gottman, who has
spent the last 40 years
of his life conducting research on couples, most marriages that result in divorce are not because
of major differences in opinion but rather the inability to communicate differing opinions in a cordial manner.
Several experts have weighed in on the subject, including social
psychologist Barbara L. Fredrickson, who has conducted research on the health benefits
of positivity and gratitude; psychology expert Shawn Achor, who delivered a riveting TED Talk on the connection between positivity and success; and relationship expert John Gottman, who
spent 40 years researching how positivity is good for healthy relationships.
Social
psychologist Eli Finkel
spent a great deal
of time studying if dating sites actually do what they claim, especially those that say they can predict ahead
of time whether two people will be good romantic partners.
A Ph.D. level
psychologist in private practice in Calgary for the past 15 years, Tanja has the privilege
of spending her days working with couples who are motivated to create stronger and more intimate connections.
A number
of psychologists have described some forms
of love just as you have: like an addiction; there is intense desire to
spend time with the object
of our affection, we experience intense cravings, emotional dependence, mood swings, and even loss
of control and compulsive behaviors.1 In one study utilizing fMRI technology (brain imaging), subcortical reward systems in the brain were activated when adults viewed photographs
of someone who had rejected their love; 2 this part
of the brain is the same area that lights up when people experience intense, romantic love3 and is rich in dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter associated with rewards like pleasure.
After completing her doctorate at the University
of Southern California, she
spent the next fifteen years at Children's Hospital Los Angeles developing a specialty in the treatment
of children and adolescents, first as a post-doctoral fellow and then as staff
psychologist and program director.
If Australian targeted parents could identify even a few capable and competent
psychologists (Foundations) who would be willing to review the work
of other mental health professionals, then the targeted parents could request that the treatment records for their children be sent to one
of these capable and competent
psychologists for review (the targeted parent would have to pay for the time that their consultant
psychologist spent reviewing the case material; essentially they would be hiring a expert professional consultant).
She has
spent much
of her career as a renowned
psychologist and bestselling author studying those two most important words in the English language: «I'm sorry,» and the challenge
of healing broken connections in relationships.
I'm not a marriage counselor or a family therapist or a
psychologist, so feel free to take my words with a grain
of salt, but as a married mother
of two and having planned several cooperative parenting meetings for API
of Peoria, I've
spent a lot
of time thinking about this issue over the past five years.
When a child refuses to talk with or
spend time with the other parent, then in many cases, the use
of a child
psychologist or counselor would be necessary in order to assist in redeveloping that parent - child relationship, something known as reunification therapy.
The National Association
of School
Psychologists applauds Congress for introducing an omnibus
spending bill that provides meaningful investments to help schools meet the needs
of all students.
Although some marriage counselors,
psychologists and psychiatrists
spend years speculating about the unconscious causes
of a person's problem, Michele Lane prefers to use practical cognitive - behavioral interventions tailored to meet the individual's special needs.