Over half a million students begin university every year, but many of these students drop out before the end of their first year. A new study, conducted over 7 years, shines light on which methods are successful in trying to combat the number of students dropping out of university.
Date Posted: October 19, 2017
Categories: Academic Issues
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From a traditional point of view, dedication to ones work life and sustaining a good work ethic are highly important to succeed in life, while playing around and lacking focus are portrayed as the enemy. Research, however, has shown that play can ...
Oct 17
Categories: Other, Workplace Issues
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Siblings are frequently found fighting over the best toy, the favorite toy, or the last cookie. But at first glance, sibling rivalries do not make sense from an evolutionary perspective - they share similar genes, so they should be inclined only to ...
Oct 14
Categories: Child Development, Family Problems, Parenting
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Trying to travel while in a constant state of worry isn’t the best way to enjoy a vacation. How are some of those fears alleviated, so you can finally enjoy your time off? Here’s a good look at what most people with anxiety fear when they think ...
Oct 13
Categories: Anxiety
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The industry and regulators seem ready to embrace autonomous cars, but are consumers? Many people are uncomfortable with a car figuring out who to harm in a situation where a collision is unavoidable. Even after manufacturers demonstrate that ...
Oct 12
Categories: Other
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Does social media use strengthen relationships, or does it displace offline interactions? New research identifies compares two contradicting hypotheses on the complicated relationship between loneliness and social internet use.
Oct 11
Categories: Friendships, Other, Social Isolation
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Diets often only work for a limited period of time, and once the diet is over, most people relapse into overeating. A new study says this craving of food even when you are full could be explained by behavioral conditioning.
Oct 10
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Other
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Research has shown that transitioning improves trans people's mental health. Whether the physical change involves medical treatment or not, the effects have been found to be overwhelmingly positive.
Oct 7
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Workplace ...
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For a long time, medication dosages were adjusted for patient size and women were simply ‘small men’. However, men and women respond differently to diseases and treatments for biological, social and psychological reasons.
Oct 4
Categories: Academic Issues, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Women's Issues
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We all feel stressed from time to time - it's all part of the emotional ups and downs of life. Evolutionary, the stress response has many advantages, however prolonged feelings of stress will wear and tear on the body. But what exactly goes on in ...
Oct 4
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Health Psychology, Stress ...
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Can we both learn and unlearn while we sleep? A new study suggests that we can. Both processes occur during different phases of sleep, the research shows.
Sep 29
Categories: Learning Difficulties, Other
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Cognitive psychology research translated into a bite-size summary of useful study strategies that students and teachers can put into practice right away.
Sep 27
Categories: Academic Issues, Learning Difficulties
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The part of your brain that is crucial in perceiving the intentions of others can be directly linked to the ability to clarify your own intensions and self-motivate – the dual role of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex!
Sep 26
Categories: Emotional Intelligence
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…and the 12 linked to the least satisfaction with life. A large US survey found that clergy are the happiest and most satisfied workers in America, while roofers seem to be the least satisfied with their work.
Sep 26
Categories: Happiness, Workplace Issues
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How does a person’s view change when the government takes sides on an issue? Obergefell v. Hodges’ research on the US Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling on gay marriage shows that, while their personal attitudes did not change, Americans’ ...
Sep 23
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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You have decided it is time to go into psychotherapy - but how do you select a fitting counselor for you? Beginning this process may be overwhelming and confusing, but if you take these nine steps as a guideline, you will be able to find the 'right' ...
Sep 21
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, ...
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