We examine the effects of weekend versus weekday and work versus nonwork experiences on mood and other well-being indicators in a sample of 74 men and women employed in a wide variety of occupations. It was hypothesized that both weekends and nonworking times would be associated with enhanced well-being, and that these relations would be mediated by greater satisfaction of autonomy and relatedn...

legal theory, altering or eliminating the traditional Socratic method, reducing the size of law school classes, and changing the way in which students are graded. For reasons that we develop more fully in Part III of this article, these proposals all have significant limitations or problems. The proposed curricular changes would be controversial because many would regard them as pedagogically u...

This paper reviews the impact of anger on judgment and decision making. Section I proposes that anger merits special attention in the study of judgment and decision making because the effects of anger often diverge from those of other negative emotions. Section II presents an Appraisal-Tendency Framework for predicting and organizing such effects. Section III reviews empirical evidence for the ...

While cognitive and emotional symptoms which persist beyond what is typical following a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) are often attributed to the physical or neurological impact of the concussion, numerous studies have suggested that these symptoms are maintained by other factors, such as psychiatric symptoms and compensation seeking (Binder & Rohling, 1996; Feinstein, Ouchterlony, Iverson...

When trying to predict one’s future behavior, a natural starting point is an evaluation of one’s intentions. If self-predictions regarding some target behavior begin with an assessment of the strength of one’s intention to carry out the behavior, previous research on the psychology of judgment implies that (a) predictions will tend to be as extreme as the impression of intention strength on whi...

Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapies are the treatments of choice for all anxiety disorders. This chapter provides a broad overview of both traditions, with an eye on the relative efficacy of exposure therapy versus cognitive interventions. In so doing, comparisons are made in terms of theoretical rationale, methods, mechanisms of action, and treatment efficacy. The second half of the ...