This blog post from Scientific American, 4 Things Most People Get Wrong About Memory, gives a good summary of the misconceptions most people and students harbour about memory. What perplexes the author is that these misconceptions about human memory persist even...
A recently published book by Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, raises some provocative ideas about the subject. The major ideas of her argument are outlined here. Do you see her argument as credible? Sign up to...
Writing in response to Short Answer Questions is challenging. Not only do you have to understand the content, but you also have to meet the demands of the command term and keep within a tight word limit. Learning to write like a psychologist takes time and to reach...
The famous Darley and Latané (1968) study of the bystander effect is an important study in understanding human relationships. To provide some historical context for this experiment, watch this interview with one of the investigators, and this re-appraisal of the...
Professor Chew’s presentation on how learning occurs, and what can be done to facilitate your own, can be found here. The information is organised into 10 Principles of Effective Studying that you should understand if you wish to maximize learning by developing an...
Brain Pickings present a wide range of posts on psychology. Its founder, Maria Popova, likens her blog to a Lego treasure chest: Brain Pickings is your LEGO treasure chest, full of pieces across art, design, science, technology, philosophy, history, politics,...
