
| Psychobabble Newsletter Archive |
| The Psychology Students' Association newsletter Psyched! Issue #7 is now available online. |
WEB URL: http://psanewsletter.wordpress.com/ [121122] Date Posted: 11/22/12 |
| Larry Walker and Jeremy Frimer, postdoc alumni in Voice of America: Liberals and conservatives share a surprising level of common moral ground. |
| Larry Walker and Jeremy Frimer, postdoc alumni in Voice of America: Liberals and conservatives share a surprising level of common moral ground. |
WEB URL: http://www.voanews.com/content/us-pol-common-ground-8nov12/1541798.html [121108] Date Posted: 11/21/12 |
| Stan Coren in The Columbia Daily Tribune: A battery of six tests allow pet owners to evaluate canine intelligence. |
| Stan Coren in The Columbia Daily Tribune: A battery of six tests allow pet owners to evaluate canine intelligence. |
WEB URL: http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/nov/11/tests-let-pet-owners-evalua te-canine-iq/ [121111] Date Posted: 11/21/12 |
| Catherine Rawn in The Ubyssey: Is "active learning" in the classroom helping you learn or wasting time? |
| Catherine Rawn in The Ubyssey: Is "active learning" in the classroom helping you learn or wasting time? Asking students to discuss ideas and problems with people around them, participate in demonstrations, privately write a summary of what they just learned or engage in a team test are some techniques of active learning. |
WEB URL: http://ubyssey.ca/opinion/rawn-active-learning456/ [121017] Date Posted: 11/21/12 |
| David Klonsky in the Georgia Straight: High-profile media coverage may create risk for youths. |
| David Klonsky in the Georgia Straight: High-profile media coverage may create risk for youths. |
WEB URL: http://www.straight.com/article-812451/vancouver/headlines-create-risk-yout h [121107] Date Updated: 11/09/12 Date Posted: 11/09/12 |
| UBC Psi Chi, our local chapter of the International Honour society, welcomed 37 new members in Fall 2012. Learn more about what Psi Chi can do for you! |
WEB URL: http://psichi.psych.ubc.ca/ [121109] Date Posted: 11/09/12 |
| Julian Levy and Alan Kingstone in artsWIRE and Discover Magazine: 12-year-old Dungeons & Dragons player co-authors with his psychologist dad, "Monsters are people too". |
| Julian Levy and Alan Kingstone in artsWIRE and Discover Magazine: 12-year-old Dungeons & Dragons player co-authors with his psychologist dad, "Monsters are people too". |
WEB URL: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/10/30/12-year-old-u ses-dungeons-and-dragons-to-help-scientist-dad-with-his-research/ [121105] Date Posted: 11/06/12 |
| Grad student Ashley Whillans, Honours students Jenn Ferris and Breanna Morrow and Dr. Souza won the Psi Chi Thelma Hunt Research Grant to study how to further improve the undergrad experience here in UBC Psychology. |
WEB URL: http://www.psichi.org/awards/data_sheet.aspx [121106] Date Posted: 11/06/12 |
| Larry Walker and Jeremy Frimer, postdoc alumni in UBC Public Affairs: Common ground on the common good: Republicans and democrats can agree on some moral issues. |
| Larry Walker and Jeremy Frimer, postdoc alumni member in UBC Public Affairs: Common ground on the common good: Republicans and democrats can agree on some moral issues. |
WEB URL: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/11/02/common-ground-on-the-common-good -study-finds-republicans-and-democrats-can-agree-on-some-moral-issues/ [121102] Date Updated: 11/02/12 Date Posted: 11/02/12 |
| Sheila Woody in The Globe and Mail: When fear holds you tightly in its grip. Fear can trigger a bizarre alternate response of freezing up. |
| Sheila Woody in The Globe and Mail: When fear holds you tightly in its grip. Fear can trigger a bizarre alternate response of freezing up. |
WEB URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/when-fear-hol ds-you-tightly-in-its-grip/article4756230/ [121030] Date Updated: 11/02/12 Date Posted: 11/02/12 |
| Sandra Robinson in The Vancouver Sun: Witnesses to workplace bullying can have an even stronger urge to quit than the victims. |
| Sandra Robinson in The Vancouver Sun: Witnesses to workplace bullying can have an even stronger urge to quit than the victims. |
WEB URL: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Older+workers+particularly+vulnerable+ bullying+expert/7426376/story.html [121022] Date Posted: 11/02/12 |