Psychology

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A place for articles, discussions and questions about psychology – the science of mind and behavior. It is a multidisciplinary field, covering behavioral, cognitive, developmental, educational, neuro-biological, personality, and social studies (and more!).

Rules:

  1. Do not take or give direct medical advice in your posts or comments.
  2. Absolutely no bigotry, hate speech or discrimination. That includes (but is not limited to) ableism, antisemitism, islamophobia, queer*- and LGBTQIA*-phobia, racism, and sexism.
  3. Keep discussions in good faith and be respectful.
  4. Posts should be related to academic, applied or clinical psychology in some way.
  5. Titles should be relevant to the content and not misleading.
  6. Do not post links to your own surveys, spam or self-help tips/videos.

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Under new management (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by nBee@lemmy.ml to c/psychology@lemmy.ml
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The current mod @Eli hasn't been active since last July, so I have requested to be modded (thx @dessalines).

Edit: I have added rules and a new community image. If you find any news regarding psychology, its fields, or you want to ask/discuss something, please do so :D And if you have any more ideas for this community, please share them here!

Looking at /r/psychology, it seems that restricting the content to only scientific news/papers might stop an inflood of low-quality submissions that are just unscientific at best; but many of the articles over there are often just the results of one/two studies taken at face value.

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What would you suggest if you were helping design a healthier social network? (lemmy.eco.br)
submitted 6 days ago by subhomesickalien@lemmy.eco.br to c/psychology@lemmy.ml
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For example, would removing infinite scrolling help make it less addictive? Would you keep the upvote/downvote system, remove it, or classify posts differently to foster better discussions? How about adding a countdown timer to log the user out after a certain number of hours of use?

If psychological research can be used to keep users engaged on a social network for as long as possible, I believe it can also be applied to help prevent excessive use, improve the quality of discussions, and create a more empathetic environment. That’s why I’d love to hear suggestions from those in the field.

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The Way In: Psychotherapy Demystified (soundcloud.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Thewayinpod@lemmy.world to c/psychology@lemmy.ml
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I made a podcast! It's meant to be an audio introduction to the worlds of psychotherapy, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis. I'd love to hear any feedback you have.

You can find the show on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most podcast directories.

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Gabor Maté: In the Munro family revelations, I see the familiar story of trauma (www.thestar.com)
submitted 4 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/psychology@lemmy.ml
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'Askers' vs. 'Guessers' (www.theatlantic.com)
submitted 7 months ago by MelonYellow@lemmy.ca to c/psychology@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/19879638

'Askers' vs. 'Guessers'

Are you an asker or a guesser? Short interesting read.