POPULAR PSYCHOLOGY

Popular Psychology

that the dynamic psychology of human behaviour has a part to play in the interpretation and understanding of that behaviour, and an important function in solving its inter-personal inter-national and social aberrations, then we must take note of this growing demand for "popular" knowledge. We must be prepared to put over our knowledge in a way that is helpful and understanding, yet stimulating ...

Teaching Psychology through Popular Film: A Curriculum

An undergraduate course, “Psychology and Film,” was developed as an honors elective. Each week students and the instructor viewed a feature film depicting a psychological disorder or related issue such as family dysfunction, resilience, or death and dying. Accompanying assigned readings featured first person accounts of mental health problems and psychotherapy as well as articles on using film ...

PSYCHOLOGY BF31 2004-017426 0-313-32457-3 Popular psychology; an encyclopedia.

s of invited papers and contributed presentations from a September 2004 meeting address subjects relating to the sustainability of livestock systems. The material covers a range of disciplines and livestock species, and investigates areas including animal health and welfare in intensive and extensive systems, management of grasslands, ethical issues in animal agriculture, genetics of disease re...

Psychology of Popular Media Culture Violent Video Games and Real-World Violence: Rhetoric Versus Data

Popular evolutionary psychology in the UK: an unusual case of science in the media?

This paper presents findings from quantitative analyses of UK press and print media coverage of evolutionary psychology during the 1990s. It argues that evolutionary psychology presents an interesting case for studies of science in the media in several different ways. First, press coverage of evolutionary psychology was found to be closely linked with the publications of popular books on the su...