RWU Psychology

01/09/2019

Check this out! Time for a music minor?

12/22/2018

Happy Holidays and New Year to all Psych people from RWU!

12/10/2017

founder, Tarana Burke, will visit RWU on February 15, 2018. Her visit is sponsored by a number of university departments and organizations. I’m proud to say we are one of the sponsoring department. More details about her visit will be forthcoming.

Wishing you well during this hectic time of the year and the best of Holiday seasons.

08/10/2017

One of the professors in my dissertation committee was Christopher Peterson, one of the founders of the field of Positive Psychology. He was pretty much loved by all who knew him and he is missed (he died a few years ago). You've seen a quote from him in my emails:

“Happiness is a product of our pursuits, not necessarily the pursuit of happiness per se, but the pursuit of other things that make life worth living.”

Christopher Peterson (1950 – 2012), Psychologist, Teacher, Mentor.

Turns out, the Japanese actually have a word for the above...
Which leads me to challenge you to find what is your IKIGAI.

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170807-ikigai-a-japanese-concept-to-improve-work-and-life

With no direct English translation, it’s a term that embodies the idea of happiness in living. Yukari Mitsuhashi explains.

07/28/2017

Something to think about as the new semester approaches...

This is BRILLIANT!

07/17/2017

Hope you are all having a great and restful, but fun, summer. We look forward to seeing you again in the Fall, which is a long time from now. A long time. There's a lot of summer left. It's really just begun. Really...

05/08/2017

Interesting advise...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/lifestyle/how-to-be-an-adult/?tid=sm_fb

The transition from college to the real world can be rocky. Here's some practical advice you didn't learn in school.

05/04/2017

Psi Chi induction 2017. Congrats to our new members!

04/03/2017

As the semester inches towards the end, some inspirational words:

"When you feel that everything is over
That everything in front of you is dark,
That all around you are leaving you...
It's time to leave the theatre, the movie is over."

01/22/2017

Yesterday, over 500,000 women (and a men, though not as many) made their voices heard in D.C., Boston, New York... Etc. In every state and in many, many countries. This is what feminism is about. Equality, and equity. There's no turning back the clock.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/17/us/womens-march.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

01/22/2017

Hope everybody had a great break and that you're gearing up for the upcoming semester! Happy 2017 to all. And in preparation...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-ultimate-cure-for-the-fake-news-epidemic-will-be-more-skeptical-readers/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_MB_OP

New algorithms will help—but users' skepticism is the ultimate weapon

12/08/2016

This morning, students in Psych 440: Experimental Psychology presented their research in a fancy poster presentation in the GHH Atrium. We're very proud of our students! Check out the study that found that the optimal number of photos of couples in one's Instagram account is three (3). One is not enough and five was deemed to be too many...

11/06/2016

Dr. Leguizamo with Seung Lee (RWU MA '14) at the conference of the Association for the Treatment of S*xual Abusers in Orlando, FL yesterday. Seung is now a doctoral student at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, working with world-renowned s*x offender researcher, Dr. Karl Hanson. He presented two papers at the conference. Dr. Leguizamo delivered the last keynote presentation to bring the conference to a close. His presentation was entitled, "The Elephant in the Room: Multicultural Issues in S*x Offender Treatment."

10/23/2016

I teach Psych 390: Substance Abuse... Ma*****na is a very complicated substance, with many medical benefits, with different risks from alcohol. Most understand the wisdom in responsible alcohol use. Many see ma*****na as being risk-free. It's not, as you can see below. So wise and responsible use is best. It is also important to understand one's genetic predisposition for schizophrenia, since that raises the risk of the developing the condition.

http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2016/10/21/psychosis-expert-ma*****na-teens

As attitudes toward ma*****na shift, a leading expert on psychosis warns about heavy teen use and concern that it raises the risk of later schizophrenia from about 1 percent to 3 percent.

10/05/2016

When you have 20 min of uninterrupted time, watch this great story on a great, ordinary man, who's saved thousands of lives over his own lifetime.
http://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000004683722/the-forger.html

As a teenager, Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of lives by forging passports to help children flee the N***s. He spent his life helping others escape atrocities around the world.

09/04/2016

So... Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors... What advise do you have for first year students?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/13-mistakes-every-college-freshman-makes_us_57b707a3e4b007f18197ddcf

By Fre’Dasia Daniels, University of North Texas ‘20 Freshman year is a series of huge changes after high school. Here’s what ...

09/02/2016

Meme translation: When you're the only one of your friends who studied and the professor says: "Get in groups of two."