Psychology in Action is an organization formed by UCLA psychology doctoral students. Please visit http://psychologyinaction.org for more information.
Our aim is to communicate psychological research to community members and other interested parties outside of our field. Interesting, important, and potentially life-altering information is published by psychologists at a rapid rate, but our findings rarely reach public consciousness. We believe that psychological research is not only for the consumption of other clinicians and researchers, but th
12/01/2011
Psychological Science For All - Association for Psychological Science Interesting and important psychological research is published every day around the world, yet the rumor is that most psychology journal articles are read by an average of six people. Psychological research spans multiple disciplines, advances our understanding of human behavior, and offers relevant ...
11/15/2011
It’s the Season of Eating, Should We Be Concerned? Communicating interesting and relevant psychological research to the public
http://www.psychologyinaction.org/2011/11/04/agency-in-psychology-a-case-for-self-determinism/
Agency in Psychology: A Case for Self-Determinism Communicating interesting and relevant psychological research to the public
http://www.psychologyinaction.org/2011/10/31/the-economy-and-changing-gender-roles/
The Economy and Changing Gender Roles Communicating interesting and relevant psychological research to the public
11/01/2011
http://www.psychologyinaction.org/2011/10/30/what-is-a-confounding-variable/
What is a confounding variable? Communicating interesting and relevant psychological research to the public
http://www.psychologyinaction.org/2011/10/25/media-247-starting-in-the-womb/
Media 24/7 Starting in the Womb Communicating interesting and relevant psychological research to the public
Cognitive Remediation: A Promising Avenue for Patients with Schizophrenia? Communicating interesting and relevant psychological research to the public
http://www.psychologyinaction.org/2011/10/09/depression-and-the-immune-system-recent-research/
Depression and the immune system: recent research Communicating interesting and relevant psychological research to the public
11/01/2011
“…the difference between significant and not significant is not itself necessarily significant.” Communicating interesting and relevant psychological research to the public
07/16/2011
http://psychologyinaction.org/2011/07/12/1327/
I WANT MY FAME TV: VALUES ON TV FOR CHILDREN 1967-2007 « Psychology In Action It’s an age-old refrain — adults claim that kids today are completely different from when they were growing up, usually for the worse. And that claim often extends to the TV shows that kids are exposed to – more s*x, less depth, endless shows about celebrities and reality TV show stars.
07/16/2011
http://psychologyinaction.org/2011/07/10/red-scare-quite-literally/
Red scare, quite literally « Psychology In Action The color red is commonly used to caution us. Used prominently in alerts ranging from stop signs to warning labels, we generally associate red with some kind of threat or danger. Some have even suggested that athletes whose team color is red dominate more than those with other team colors (although
07/10/2011
Evidence for Multiple Pathways to Sexual Orientation « Psychology In Action Social scientists have long debated the “true” nature of s*xual orientation. In the past, this debate has been characterized as another example of the classic battle of nature vs. nurture/biology vs. society. Today, most acknowledge that a simplistic this or that explanation doesn’t fly for most thi
