Articles of Interest
Snippets From The World Of Psychology - April 2009
How Organisations Can Manage During the Economic Downturn We are all aware of significant difficulties being experienced by all global economies. There are several cost reduction strategies open to organisations, including inventory control, re...
Snippets From The World Of Psychology - February 2009
The Economy, Jobs and You: 2009 Despite the apparent increase in the number of full-time jobs in Australia, overall unemployment has risen from 4.5% to 4.8% according to official statistics as released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on...
Snippets FromThe World Of Psychology – October/November 2008
Pundits can not pick the economic and financial future. What about the forthcoming US elections? What are the people factors that may influence the outcome?
Snippets From The World Of Psychology - September 2008
Given the turmoil in the local and global financial markets over the last twelve months, it seems appropriate to look at the role of psychology as it applies to individual economic and market behaviour.
Snippets From The World Of Psychology - August 2008
With the Beijing Olympics being staged this month, the August Snippets focus on Psychology and Sport - testosterone, drugs, bright light and exercise!
Snippets From The World Of Psychology - July 2008
Tourette’s Syndrome is often associated with uncontrollable physical tics such as eye blinking as well as vocal outbursts (including excessive swearing). This is not a rare condition, with up to 1% of children suffering from this syndrome and about 1% having tic disorders.
Snippets From The World Of Psychology - April 2008
Several studies recently conducted by Nelson and Simmons have revealed that fondness for our own names can have a detrimental effect on performance when our initials correspond with negative performance outcomes.