by Craig Marker | Jan 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
This week’s New Hampshire’s Presidential Primary has led to many discussions of whether Obama suffered from the “Bradley effect”, in which some white voters say that they will support a black candidate when responding to poll questions but end...
by Craig Marker | Jan 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an interesting excerpt on how people make decisions based on how others around them decide:The behavioural economists Dan Ariely and Jonathan Levav speculated that we all tend, like you, to alter our choices to fit in with those around us – and they decided to...
by Craig Marker | Jan 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
The Association for Psychological Science’s Observer has an interesting article by Gerd Gigerenzer, on helping physician’s make decisions. Here is an excerpt of his discussion of the relative risk statistic versus the absolute risk statistic:Another...
by Craig Marker | Jan 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Many studies have found that being reminded of gender stereotypes can affect how one performs on an exam. For example, if girls are told that females are not as capable as males on math, they do more poorly on a math test than do girls who do not get that...
by Craig Marker | Jan 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is an excerpt from the Research Digest Blog of the British Psychological Society:There are two rival theories – one states that anxiety is so distracting it stops performers from being able concentrate on what they’re doing. The other argues that...
