The marshmallow test – UPDATE
New twist on the Marshmallow test reveals someting uttely fasinating about humans and our unique ability to cooperate together.
psychology
Why do people embrace alternative medicine?
Why do some find alternative medicine quackery more attractive than well-proven mainstream medicine, and what can be done to address that?
Playing “Bad News” teaches Fake News awareness
There is an online game that you can play called “Bad News”. This however is not just any game, it has been specifically designed to psychologically train and inoculate those that play against Fake News and disinformation. How can this possibly work? The thinking behind this is research into what is known to some as … Read more
Modern Myth: The 5 stages of grief
It is a myth that there are 5 distinct stages to grief that we progress through. In reality things are a lot more complicated.
What does the Marshmallow Test really tell us?
The Marshmallow Test is all about delayed gratification and the potential impact that can have on our lives. It dates back to the late 1960s when psychologist Walter Mischel conducted a series of tests on very young children. It works like this. The child is presented with a marshmallow on a plate and told something like … Read more
Can we escape from the Stanford Prison Experiment?
In 1971 there was an attempt to explore the psychological effects of perceived power that is known as the Stanford Prison Experiment. It is perhaps one of the most well-know psychological experiments of all time and has entered popular culture as such, and yet what is perhaps not so well appreciated is that it was … Read more