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Your mood swings may give you an evolutionary advantage

Psychology, Blog | November 21, 2015
Hmmm really? Let us do some critical thinking here.  You are studying evolutionary psychology and the claims that many human behaviours have evolved over time to ensure the survival of the best adapted to our environment.  While this theory, based on Darwin’s...

Mindfulness and performance

Psychology, Blog, Student posts | October 7, 2015
What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the ability to pay attention to one thing at a time, to be present in one moment at a time. This might be feeling the sun’s warmth on your face when walking, smelling the freshly grounded coffee, hearing birds singing in a city full...

Education and technology

Psychology, Blog | August 8, 2015
As online Psychology students, you will continuously be engaging with technology to support your learning in this course. Doubtless, you are aware of some of the debates regarding technology and education: Are the internet and video games a distraction from learning?...

Reciprocal Altruism

Psychology, Blog | January 9, 2015
Prosocial behaviour is behaviour that is of benefit to another person (or persons). Wispe (1972) defined prosocial behaviour as a behaviour that has positive social consequences and contributes to the well-being of another person. It includes helping behaviours (i.e.,...

Why we love

Psychology, Blog | December 22, 2014
The study of human relationships has an incredibly long history and prior to the birth of modern psychology as we know it today, many attempts have been made to analyse intellectually the factors that characterise our relationships.  Philosophers in classical Greece...