Psychology

3 years 8 months ago

Ask before you tinker, Facebook

Whether or not it was technically legal, Facebook didn’t do good by their users when they conducted a recently released study.Continue...

Kevin Rounding, PhD '14 and Albert Lee, PhD '13, say the findings of their study will be published in April in Psychological Science.

6 years 2 months ago

Psychology of religion

Religion could be linked to increased self-control, according to a recent Queen’s psychology study.Continue...

In a private room, SAGE sex lab participants watch pornographic videos and rate their levels of sexual arousal.

6 years 2 months ago

Sex research sparks interest

Sex lab researchers study levels of participants’ sexual arousal.Continue...

6 years 3 months ago

Combating stress in the city

Study finds city inhabitants experience more stress than people from rural settings.Continue...

Local art therapist Sister Kay Morrell often has clients use a landscape setting to illustrate how they see themselves. According to Morrell, artistic talent is unnecessary for art therapy.

6 years 6 months ago

Emotional access through art

Art therapy has been used in Kingston prisons to help inmates access suppressed memories and emotions.Continue...

A parent’s obvious preference of one child over another can provoke sibling rivalry and resentment as siblings compete for their parents’ attention, says developmental psychology professor Beth Kelley.

6 years 6 months ago

The myth of parental favouritism

Exploring the age-old question of whether parents prefer certain children over others and how favouritism affects a family dynamic.Continue...

6 years 6 months ago

Students seek similarities

Postscript explores the nature of friendship among university students.Continue...

Watching SpongeBob may cause children to have difficulty following rules and making plans, study claims.

6 years 7 months ago

Are you ready, kids?

SpongeBob may not be so innocent, after all.Continue...

Competition and perfectionism are common contributors to much of the anxiety students feel around exam season.

7 years 3 weeks ago

Stressed for success

As exams approach, anxiety becomes the norm around campus. Why do we become so preoccupied with
perfection, and how does it ultimately affect us?Continue...

1 month 1 day ago

Queen’s doctorate degree holder denied entry to College of Psychologists of Ontario

In a Sept. 20 ruling, the Ontario Health Professions Appeal and Review Board denied an appeal from an unsuccessful applicant to the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO). Despite graduating with a doctoral degree from Queen’s, the applicant was denied registration to become a psychologist in the province.Continue...

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