January 29

When We Overlook Other People’S Unethical Behavior

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See No Evil: When We Overlook Other People’s Unethical Behavior
Source: Harvard Business School Working Knowledge

It is common for people to be more critical of others’ ethical choices than of their own. This chapter explores those remarkable circumstances in which people see no evil in others’ unethical behavior. Specifically, we explore 1) the motivated tendency to overlook the unethical behavior of others when we recognize the unethical behavior would harm us, 2) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior unless it is clear, immediate, and direct, 3) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior when ethicality erodes slowly over time, and 4) the tendency to assess unethical behaviors only after the unethical behavior has resulted in a bad outcome, but not during the decision process.

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January 24

Elmer: The Social Science Resource Center

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Elmer: the Social Science Resource Center

Elmer is a wiki based social science dictionary that aims to examine different meanings for terms across different social science disciplines, evaluating how the terms have evolved in meaning over time. It's free to use, and as with all wikis, this relies on audience participation, though you need to contact the site's editor and founder (Martin M. Elissetche) to become involved as a contributor. (Martin is a PhD student at the University of Maryland in the USA). The site lists 1000+ definitions, mainly of social sciences concepts, and there are plans to expand the coverage into biographies, historical events etc. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.socialsciencedictionary.org

January 21

Family Relationships Online

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Family relationships online

Family relationships online is an Australian government website which "provides all families (whether together or separated) with access to information about family relationship issues, ranging from building better relationships to dispute resolution". The site provides information for children, parents, extended family and services providers and relevant brochures and publications cane be downloaded or ordered from the site. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/

January 21

Personality Factors As Predictors Of Persistent Risky Driving Behavior And Crash Involvement Among Young Adults

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Personality factors as predictors of persistent risky driving behavior and crash involvement among young adults
Source: Injury Prevention

Key points

  • There is a higher incidence of persistent risky driving behaviors in young adult males than in young adult females.
  • Personality characteristics are associated with persistent risky driving behaviors, and their potential outcomes, in young adult males.
  • For males, high levels of aggression are associated with being a driver involved in a crash.
  • High levels of alienation and low levels of traditionalism are associated with being a driver involved in an injury crash in young adult males.

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January 18

Directory Of Psychology Resources That Have RSS Feeds

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PsychAntenna
PsychAntenna is hosted and created by an Australia-based psychologist. It aims to be a directory of psychology resources that have RSS feeds. These feeds are sources of information about site updates that can be read automatically by RSS software. Examples of RSS feeds include blog entries and news articles. This site should be useful for teachers, and students and researchers. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.psychantenna.com/
January 18

Medact: Impact On Health Of Conflict

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Medact
Medact is a globnal health charity based in London which specialises in examining the health impact of conflict. This includes coverage of psychological and physical effects upon civilian populations in war zones worldwide. Its website provides information on its aims, methods and recent activities. it includes free access to recent press releases and full text reports. Topics covered by these include: the health of refugees, health and development and campaigns against the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.medact.org/
January 17

Gendered Dimensions Of Obesity In Children And Teens

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Gendered dimensions of obesity in childhood and adolescence
Source: Nutrition Journal

This review suggests differences between males and females in exposure and vulnerability to obesogenic environments, the consequences of child and adolescent obesity, and responses to interventions for the condition. A clearer focus on gender differences is required among both researchers and policy makers within this field.

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January 15

Face Perception In Monkeys

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Face perception in monkeys reared with no exposure to faces
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Infant monkeys were reared with no exposure to any faces for 6–24 months. Before being allowed to see a face, the monkeys showed a preference for human and monkey faces in photographs, and they discriminated human faces as well as monkey faces. After the deprivation period, the monkeys were exposed first to either human or monkey faces for a month. Soon after, the monkeys selectively discriminated the exposed species of face and showed a marked difficulty in regaining the ability to discriminate the other nonexposed species of face. These results indicate the existence of an experience-independent ability for face processing as well as an apparent sensitive period during which a broad but flexible face prototype develops into a concrete one for efficient processing of familiar faces.

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January 15

Health Psychology Blog

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Health psychology blog
This Australian blog, run by a health psychologist, provides comment and critical analysis of health psychology. An archive of articles is provided, along with links to journals, other blogs, and health psychology websites. The site should be useful for researchers, students and teachers. From Intute.ac.uk
http://health-psychology.blogspot.com/
January 15

Changing Health Behaviours : Weight Control

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Bandolier extra : changing health behaviours : weight control
'Changing health behaviours : weight control' is one in a series of evidence-based essays focussing on specific health-related issues and topics, taken from the Bandolier Extra collection. Authored by Dr Kate Parmenter and published in December 2001, this essay provides some practical, evidence based information for those wishing to lose weight and for health professionals who are giving advice. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/Extraforbando/wlos.pdf
January 15

Neuroscience, Neurology And Psychiatry Gateway

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Biomed central : neuroscience, neurology and psychiatry gateway
BioMed Central is an independent publishing house 'committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research'. Together with a large collection of full text journals, a series of subject gateways are available from this website. This is the neuroscience, neurology and psychiatry gateway and links to selected relevant BioMed Central journals are provided from here together with links to up to the minute relevant research and development information, and other related resources. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.biomedcentral.com/gateways/neuropsych/
January 15

MMR Vaccination And Autism

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Bandolier extra : MMR vaccination and autism

MMR vaccination and autism is one in a series of evidence-based essays focussing on specific health-related issues and topics, taken from the Bandolier Extra collection. Published in April 2005, this essay presents an evidence based overview of the MMR vaccination and its perceived relation to autism. The essay includes statistics and related references. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/Extraforbando/MMRextra.pdf

January 14

Genes, Brain And Behavior [Journal]

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Genes, brain and behavior This journal, published by Blackwell and the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS), covers research in behavioural and neural genetics in a broad sense. It is edited by Wim E. Crusio. Some articles are available for free download as Adobe PDF documents. This website should be useful for researchers, students and teachers. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1601-1848&site=1
January 14

Health Psychology Blog

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Health psychology blog This Australian blog, run by a health psychologist, provides comment and critical analysis of health psychology. An archive of articles is provided, along with links to journals, other blogs, and health psychology websites. The site should be useful for researchers, students and teachers. Intute.ac.uk
http://health-psychology.blogspot.com/
January 14

Musicophilia: An Interview With Oliver Sacks

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Musicophilia: An interview with Oliver Sacks

This audio recording of an interview with neuroscientist Oliver Sacks, is hosted by the American public broadcaster NPR. Sacks discusses his book 'Musicology' in the context of brain function and neurological case studies. The interview is 38 minutes in length and requires the Adobe Flash Player plug-in. It should be useful for students and teachers. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15362954&ft=1&f=1

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