Inhibiting the Automatic Panic Response by Changing CognitionsA Review of:Teachman, B.A., Marker, C.D., & Smith-Janik, S.B. (2008). Automatic associations and panic disorder: Trajectories of change over the course of treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(6), 988-1002.by Lauren C. AlexanderNo matter what...
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A Review of:Hasel, L. E. & Kassin, S. M. (2009; In-press). On the Presumption of Evidentiary Independence:Can Confessions Corrupt Eyewitness Identifications? Psychological Science.by Micol Levi-MinziIn this article Hasel and Kassin (2008) examine the impact of criminal confessions on eyewitness identification. The authors begin...
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Self-evaluation versus public evaluationA Review of:Robinson, J., Sareen, J., Cox, B.J., and Bolton, J.(2009). Self-medication of anxiety disorders with alcohol and drugs: Results from a nationally representative sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 38-45.by Heather N. GoddardResearch across a variety of clinical and community...
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Self-evaluation versus public evaluationA review of:Maner, J.K., Miller, S.L., Schmidt N.B., & Eckel, L.A. (2008). Submitting to defeat Social Anxiety: Dominance threat, and decrements in testosterone. Psychological Science. 19, 764-768.by Michael MorrealeMiller, et al. (2008) have conducted a study to test two hypotheses. One...
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Self-evaluation versus public evaluationA review of:Chambers, J. R., Epley, N., Savitsky, K., & Windschitl, P. D. (2008). Knowing too much: Using private knowledge to predict how one is viewed by others. Psychological Science, 19(6), 542-548.by Abby B. StevensPeople often find it difficult to predict how others perceive them....
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Article Critique of:Steele, Claude M. & Aronson, Joshua (1995). Stereotype treat and the intelligence testperformance of African Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 5,797-811.By Alla AndelmanThis study comprised of four experiments to discover if stereotype threat had a negative impact on the performance of...
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Article critique ofKerry Kawakami, Jennifer R. Steele, Claudia Cifa, Curtis E. Phills, and John F. Dovidio (2007). Approaching math increases Math=me and Math= pleasant. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 818-825by Alla Andelman This study, done in two parts, tested women’s identification with math based on approach...
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A review of:Geraerts, E., Bernstein, D.M., Merckelbach, H., Linders, C., Raymaekers, L., & Loftus, E.F. (2008). Lasting false beliefs and their behavioral consequences. Psychological Science, 19, 749-753. by Micol Levi-MinziIn this article Geraerts, et al. (2008) sought to examine the relationship between false memories and...
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More than just violent television programsby Rice, J. M.A review of:Feshbach, Seymour, & Tangney, June. (2008). Television viewing and aggression: Some alternative perspectives. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3(5), 387-389.Despite the extensive amount of research devoted to the effects of exposure to violence on...
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Memory Evolution: Discovery of Why and How We Remember.by Rocz-de la Luz, N. C.A review of:Nairne, J.S., & Pandeirada, J.N.S. (2008). Adaptive memory: Remembering with a stone-age brain. Current Directions in Psychological Science, (17) 4, 239-243.We are all familiar with the adage: survival is the strongest instinct. Now,...
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