MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'individual differences'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:45 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105841&cid=t_151336_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fdr-detterman-intelligence-bytes-on_24.html Another in the Dr. Detterman's Intelligence Bytes series Detterman on GaltonGalton has been called the father of differential psychology, the father of individual differences research, the father of behavioral and educational statistics, the father of behavior genetics, and the father of eugenics, to name a few (though he never had any children of his own). Here is a partial list of his accomplishments: • Explored and mapped Africa before Livingstone. • Wrote an extremely popular book on travel to remote places. • Developed the median • Developed z-scores • Developed and promoted correlation for applications in the social sciences • Pioneered the application of the normal distribution to human characteristics • Developed the quincunx, a device for demonstrating the normal dis... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105841 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:07:00 +0100 4105841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730130&cid=t_151336_109_f&fid=37784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpsychblog%2F%7E3%2FQh8sfRtLjpw%2Fmind-changers-938.html Mind Changers is a recent series exploring the development of the science of psychology during the 20th century. More information available from the BBC Radio 4 website. Four excellent episodes for you to listen to. Enjoy. The Pseudo-Patient Study Claudia Hammond revisits David Rosenhan’s Pseudo-Patient Study The Hawthorne Effect The 1920s experiment in a Chicago factory that gave rise to the Hawthorne Effect Harlow’s Monkeys Revisiting Harry Harlow’s surrogate mothers experiment, which revolutionised parenting. Tags: developmental, podcast, Rosenhan (Source: PsychBLOG.co.uk) PsychBLOG.co.uk blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730130 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:50:43 +0100 2730130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447665&cid=t_151336_109_f&fid=37784&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychblog.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fpodcasts%2FDrMarkGriffiths.mp3 In this study Mark Griffiths is investigating some of the cognitive differences between regular and non-regular gamblers. In particular he is interested in discovering whether regular fruit machine payers think differently to non-regular players. That is, whether regular fruit machine players display cognitive distortions. You can read the full text article of the 1994 study here at PsychExchange or for a more concise and readable versions pop over to Holah.co.uk. Last January Mark Griffiths spoke at conferences in Leeds and London about this study and the context into which it fell.  Here we have podcasts of the conference and the PowerPoint which was used at the conference (Thanks to Mark Griffiths for providing the powerpoint). Mark Griffiths Talk: Full Version Mark Griffiths Talk: Ed... PsychBLOG.co.uk blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447665 Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:39 +0100 2447665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074018&cid=t_151336_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D311 This study examined verbal indicators to critically analyze 911 homicide statements for predictive value in determining the caller’s innocence or guilt regarding the offense. One hundred audio recordings and transcripts of 911 homicide telephone calls obtained from police and sheriffs departments throughout the United States provided the database for the study. Using qualitative approaches for formulating the linguistic attributes of these communications and appropriate quantitative analyses of the resulting variables, the likelihood of guilt or innocence of the 911 callers in these adjudicated cases was examined. The results suggest that the presence or absence of as many as 18 of the variables are associated with the likelihood of the caller’s guilt or innocence regarding the... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074018 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100 2074018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2511018&cid=t_151336_109_f&fid=37784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpsychblog%2F%7E3%2FW81sNUilHoE%2Fprojective-tests-what-do-you-see-671.html Probably one of the most iconic tests that jump to mind when a person starts talking about going to a psychologist (or ’shrink’) is the inkblot tests.  These tests, correctly referred to as the Rorschach Inkblot tests were surrounded in ’secrecy’ as practicing psychologists who used them thought that the tests would be invalid if they had been seen previously. The Rorschach Inkblot tests are one of a type of test called a ‘projective’ test which are supposedly meant to give insight into a persons psyche and allow us to rate how ‘healthy a personality’ a person has.  The validity of these types of tests was debated with many who were not avid fans of Freudian thinking and psychoanalysis dismissing them and questioning the objectivity of thes... PsychBLOG.co.uk blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2511018 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:56 +0100 2511018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1643175&cid=t_151336_109_f&fid=37784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpsychblog%2F%7E3%2F247823492%2Fmissed-griffiths-and-reicher-haslam-podcasts-avaliable-345.html Well after a brief hiatus preparing for an Ofsted inspection (which has thankfully passed) it’s back to normal posting … well as normal as possible with only 7 teaching weeks until AS exams and 9 until A2! After returning from a ‘Getting Started’ conference I found an email from OCR letting me know about some little gems for us all - especially those of you who might have wanted to go to the Griffiths-Reicher-Haslam conferences I talked about before. OCR have released a some excellent posters which you could hang in your classroom for the 5 new studies (shame they can’t do the other 10 so that we have a full set) which you can download from the OCR website or the ‘resources page‘. The most interesting resource is a series of podcasts of the speaker... PsychBLOG.co.uk blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1643175 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:02:53 +0100 1643175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1643176&cid=t_151336_109_f&fid=37784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpsychblog%2F%7E3%2F241971544%2Focr-psychology-for-as-with-dynamic-learning-cd-342.html Hodder Education presents OCR Psychology for AS a brand new text for the 2008 OCR AS Psychology specification, covering all 15 core studies, contextualising, presenting and evaluating each study in full, in order to make it relevant to the student. The textbook is highly accessible and readable, with useful guidance on comparing studies, applying themes, and learning key concepts and terminology. Each study is introduced in detail, with background, aims and methods to fully contextualise it and the book comes complete with a Dynamic Learning CD-ROM for students and a Dynamic Learning Network Edition CD-ROM for teachers. Fully tailored to the new 2008 OCR Psychology specification this resource is supported by Student CD-ROM and a Network Edition CD-ROM for teachers. Both the book and the s... PsychBLOG.co.uk blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1643176 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:28:19 +0100 1643176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1071010&cid=t_151336_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D270 A new article from Zina Lee, Jessica R. Klaver and Stephen D. Hart reminds us that we need to be careful when assuming that promising results from lie detection studies where people without serious psychopathology are the subjects can be generalised to a forensic context. Lee et al wondered whether a tool commonly used for assessing credibility of verbal or written statements could be used to discriminate lying from truth-telling psychopaths. It’s been estimated that up to about 2% of the general population and between 15 and 25% of incarcerated criminals meet the criteria for psychopathy. One of the characteristics of psychopaths is their ability and willingness to deceive others - they are pathological liars who think nothing of manipulating and deceiving others for their own gain.... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1071010 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:26 +0100 1071010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=956237&cid=t_151336_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fproposal-lamentation-and.html So, in the past two days, pre-proposal panic has set in. (Apparently, alliterations are also abound). Though it's still a full ten days away, I finished a rough version of my talk last Friday evening and have holed myself away to catch up on literature that 1. I've forgotten about because I have a terrible memory for what I've read, and 2. I'd never gotten to read in the first place and am now attempting to use to putty the important little holes in my knowledge before my talk. I'm continually teased by my friends/family/strangers that I'm entirely overprepared for these types of things and that I shouldn't worry so much, which makes me believe that I might have some sort of low-grade anxiety problem. But hey, everyone has their "thing," right? Mine is just the mild-to-moderate schedule-in... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=956237 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:55:00 +0100 956237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938734&cid=t_151336_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D258 In this study, individuals from various different religious denominations, including 44% from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), 28% claiming to be athiest or agnostic, and 20% claiming to be non-LDS Christian, rated the acceptability of lies in 12 different scenarios in which types of lie and context were varied. There’s a lot in the results, but briefly: Unsurprisingly, prosocial lies were considered by all to be more acceptable than anti-social lies. “Lies told to strangers were generally considered more acceptable than were lies told to spouses” (p.2147) “Women in this study tended to rate both self- and other-oriented lies as more acceptable than did men, particularly for lies told to strangers” (p.2148) Lie acceptability decreased ov... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938734 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:27:05 +0100 938734