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• How Not to Talk to Someone with Anxiety

  22-05-2016 11:48 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianAs part of mental health awareness week, we asked people with anxiety to explain the most and least helpful things to say In the UK a third of Britons now experience an anxiety disorder at some stage in their life. But, despite its growth, how well do we really understand it? As part of mental health awareness week we asked those who live with anxiety to tell us how it feels to them and to explain what people can say and do to make their...
  
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• Yale Introduces Gender-Neutral Bathrooms Amid National Debate

  22-05-2016 11:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianAs legislators clash over LGBT rights in states across the country, university says it is seeking to send a signal to the public Yale has become the latest college to introduce gender-neutral restrooms. The move comes as conservative and liberal legislators in states across the nation battle over where they believe their constituents have a right to pee . Related: Texas poised to be the next bathroom battleground in transgender fight Continue...
  
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• Alcohol Interventions Aimed at Frats Often Fail, Study Finds

  22-05-2016 11:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: MSNBC - Top NewsFraternity members who party hard are unlikely to change their boozy behavior any time soon, even with proven methods of reducing alcohol abuse, a new study suggests.
  
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• The power of saying thank you

  22-05-2016 07:00
  
  Being grateful is one of the best ways to hold on to power that otherwise might slip awayFor the past 20 years I’ve put two ideas about power to the scientific test. The first is Machiavelli’s: “It is better to be feared than loved.” This thesis has not fared well in studies looking at who rises to power in organisations, schools, communities and military units. It isn’t the coercive, manipulative Machiavellian who rises to power. Instead it is the empathetic, gener
  
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• An IQ test anyone can pass: but what does it tell you? | Ben Ambridge

  22-05-2016 07:00
  
  What do crowds, a social life and intelligence have in common? Take this test and find outMost IQ tests involve answering a whole load of difficult questions. But here’s one with just two. Best of all, they’re simple:1. Does living in a crowded area get you down?
  (a) a lot (b) a bit (c) not at all Continue reading...
  
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