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Shutterstock Everybody has the capacity to be dishonest, and almost everybody cheats—just by a little. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304840904577422090013997320.html

Why We Lie

The walk-in medical clinic was about to close for the day when Susan Biali got a call from one of her longtime patients.

The High Art of Handling Problem People

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201204/the-high-art-handling-problem-people

Digital Chit Chat | Psychology Today

One of the many reasons for the popularity of Facebook is that it has made gossip much more accessible. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mr-personality/201204/digital-chit-chat

The Fantasy of Perfect Love | Psychology Today

Love is the most profound emotion known to human beings. http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201203/the-fantasy-perfect-love
Television can have a huge influence on our lives. http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2009/12/tvs_unintended_consequences_--.php

TV's unintended consequences -- good and bad : Cognitive Daily

10 Simple Postures That Boost Performance — PsyBlog

Psychological research suggests simple actions can project power, persuade others, increase empathy, boost cognitive performance and more... http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/03/10-simple-postures-that-boost-performance.php

Why We Buy: How to Avoid 10 Costly Cognitive Biases — PsyBlog

http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/03/why-we-buy-how-to-avoid-10-costly-cognitive-biases.php But many of these mistakes are avoidable if we can understand how we think about money.
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Mathematical psychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mathematical psychology is an approach to psychological research that is based on mathematical modeling of perceptual, cognitive and motor processes, and on the establishment of law-like rules that relate quantifiable stimulus characteristics with quantifiable behavior.

Open Distance Learning - Tutorials on Mathematical Psychology

For effective processes of knowledge assessment, teaching, information presentation and information use, the information should be presented on basis of a structure which is defined by prerequisite relationships (Which information do I have to know before I'm able to understand and integrate the newly presented information ?). This kind of prerequisite relation for information units has to be determined and tested before using it. http://www.mathpsyc.uni-bonn.de/tutorials.htm
One of the most striking things about the present state of the theory of learning and of psychological theory in general is the wide disagreement among individual psychologists. Perhaps the most impressive single manifestation of the extent of this disagreement is contained in 'Psychologies of 1925' [ 2 ] and 'Psychologies of 1930' [ 3 ]. In these works we find earnestly defending themselves against a world of enemies, a hormic psychology, an act psychology, a functional psychology, a structural psychology, a Gestalt psychology, a reflexology psychology, a behavioristic psychology, a response psychology, a dynamic psychology, a factor psychology, a psychoanalytical psychology, and a psychology of dialectical materialism -- at least a dozen.

Classics in the History of Psychology -- Hull (1935)

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Data Visualization for Human Perception by Stephen Few

. Unfortunately, world class educational materials are normally hidden behind payment systems or in expensive textbooks. If you want this to change, you should .

Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness | Magazine

Photo: Garry Mcleod; Origami: Robert Lang Every so often Al Frances says something that seems to surprise even him.