Rejection. Imposter syndrome. Burnout. I’m sure we have heard of these feelings and experienced them at some point in our academic journey, but have we been willing to openly talk about these feelings and experiences with one another? We explore some common experiences graduate students face in graduate school and the steps we can take to address these issues.
Some measures of curiosity decline as we age, but maintained curiosity in older age is associated with better memory and well-being. This article discusses the benefits of staying curious as we get older.
What are the red flags you should look out for when interviewing for graduate school? In this article, we cover common red flags to look out for, and offer some general advice and questions to ask during your graduate school visit!
The discussed findings suggest that undergraduate participant pools do not introduce sources of unaccounted variance and researchers should not be particularly concerned with differences in cognitive abilities, motivation levels, personality characteristics, the time of year, or attendance rates as a potential confound in experimental psychology.
Why you should participate in a psychological study & Why you should take it seriously
Psychologists work with very interesting and complicated data. It is important that we are motivated to understand how to make sense of such information.
Learn what eye trackers are, what metrics they record, and how they are used in industry and academia
Graduate school is a big commitment that is heavily contingent upon our own drive and self-direction. As a student who recently applied to graduate programs, I distinctly remember how arcane the whole process felt at the beginning. Where do you start? …
Why not support a commission to examine the structural effects of slavery on the lives of Americans today? Recent research in social psychology offers some insights into the deeply rooted sources of racial division over this question.
I am sure many of us have stories of young children saying words that they should not be repeating at their age. And I am sure many of these stories make us smile. When my brother was about two-years-old he was playing with his Hot Wheels cars on the f …
Racial discrimination can negatively impact one’s health, and research is still uncovering the ways by which it does so. This article focuses on the process by which discrimination can produce more stress for individuals and impact their social relationships.
The term neurodiversity refers to a growing movement that views differences in people’s neurology as providing them with valuable diversity and skills opposed to viewing their neurological differences as a disease or disorder that requires treatment. In this article, we list 5 things you should know about neurodiversity.
Graduate education is still considered a class privilege. By making low-income students work unpaid hours in the lab, are we contributing to inequalities in educational attainment?
Thinking about getting an education, but not sure how to make it work with current life obligations or different hurdles you have had to encounter? Higher education is for everyone, and here’s some resources to help you get what you need.
