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There was one good thing about everyone being cooped up in their houses for months during the pandemic. No one was feeling any FOMO!  What Is FOMO?  FOMO is a slang term that stands for “fear of missing out.” It’s an anxiety that many people feel when they think about potential rewards that they aren’t … Read more

The impact of many treatments can only be confirmed after their effect has been verified in a double-blind study. What Is a Double-Blind Study?  A double-blind study is an experiment where both researchers and participants are “blind to” the crucial aspects of the study, such as the hypotheses, expectations, or the allocation of subjects to … Read more

Relationships are all about giving and taking. We often have to make sacrifices for the people we love. Parents may take a second job (or quit their job) to provide for their children. A partner may move across the country to be with another partner. You can probably think of sacrifices, big or small, that … Read more

In June of 1666, the King’s Players debuted a comedy of manners by Molière called “The Misanthrope.” The play follows the journey of Alceste, a man who hates mankind. He says, “How strange the human heart is, and how far / From rational we sorry creatures are.” Although Alceste does have a love interest throughout … Read more

There are over 7.5 billion people alive today. We live different lifestyles, have different opinions, and follow different rules in our different societies. But there are things that remain true for all 7.5+ billion people around the world. We are all born. We all grow. We all die. Being human means we love, struggle, hope, … Read more

One of the greatest debates in psychology is that of nature vs. nurture. Are skills, traits, and behaviors the result of something within our genes? Or are we simply influenced by the environment we grow up in and the experiences we have? Noam Chomsky’s universal grammar offers an opinion on this debate! What Is Universal … Read more

Fallacies in their various forms play an important role in the way we think and communicate with others. A fallacy is any reasoning that contains flaws which make an argument invalid. Formal fallacies occur due to a fault in the argument’s logical structure, whereas informal fallacies are a result of reasoning errors. One of the … Read more

Do you have a bias toward one group of people? It could be millennials, Muslims, or white people. Most people are going to say no – they treat and see everyone equally. But tests like the Implicit Association Test may prove otherwise.  What Is the Implicit Association Test?  The Implicit Association Test proves that the … Read more

What makes someone want to be a doctor? What drives someone to commit crimes? Why would someone choose to wear a dress instead of pants? Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory may just have the answer for you. Social psychology attempts to answer all of these questions and more, in one way or another. Some psychologists believe that … Read more