News tagged with psychological benchmark
Irrational exuberance behind recent stock gains, says finance expert
A second straight week of stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings from a broad cross section of U.S. industries has held the nation's Dow Jones Industrial Average above the psychological benchmark of 10,000 points for ...
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Business students better equipped to evaluate peers
Peer evaluation is a touchstone of many business school classes. But does the process of rating the work of one's classmates really shape better businesspeople? A new study from Concordia's John Molson School of Business, ...
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May 24, 2012 |
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Guidelines for preparing high school psychology teachers approved
The American Psychological Association Council of Representatives has approved a new set of national guidelines that outline models for preparing high school teachers to teach psychology effectively. The guidelines will be ...
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Apr 05, 2012 |
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UF: Florida consumers remain mildly optimistic
Consumer confidence among Floridians dropped one point in February to 76 from January, according to a University of Florida survey. The modest decline followed two months of rising levels of confidence in the economy.
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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$100 a barrel oil: Bad for Wall Street, good for green cars
Is there a huge difference between $100-a-barrel oil and $98 oil? Obviously not much, but it's a psychological barrier. So when West Texas crude oil prices dipped below the magic $100 mark on a recent morning, Wall Street ...
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Mar 08, 2011 |
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How farm animals 'feel' contributes to productivity
CSIRO is researching ways to improve the welfare of livestock by developing scientific methods for assessing how animals 'feel' in response to common management practices.
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Why 'scientific consensus' fails to persuade
Suppose a close friend who is trying to figure out the facts about climate change asks whether you think a scientist who has written a book on the topic is a knowledgeable and trustworthy expert. You see from the dust jacket ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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What makes a successful society? Social scientists find health care only one piece of the puzzle
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research argues that the health of the population and the success or failure of many public health initiatives hinge as much on cultural and social factors as they do on doctors, facilities, ...
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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Measuring the road to mental health
(PhysOrg.com) -- Takuya Minami, assistant professor of counseling and applied psychology at Northeastern, is doing something that might have made even Dr. Freud blanch. Minami is trying to quantify how well ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Study finds novice parents overlook many child-injury risks
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Psychology researchers report that new parents identified less than half of the safety hazards in a simulated home environment, and most perceived ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Emotional, Not Just Physical Weight, Increases Type 2 Diabetes Risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- The combination of stress and obesity may significantly influence the development of type 2 diabetes among African-American women, with stress having a potentially greater role, according to researchers from ...
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Mar 05, 2009 |
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