Insight

When people try to guess whether they are going to succeed at a task or land a position, they tend to focus on themselves. However, research suggests that if you really want to know whether you are going to succeed, you should look at the competition, not in the mirror. Read More

We might say that we value intelligence in a prospective lover. And yet our bodies can respond very powerfully to a great-looking, but not-so-brilliant partner. Why aren't the smartest people also the sexiest ones? Read More

Why is it so difficult to communicate through email? What can you do to communicate better? Read about several key psychological priniciples that can help explain the challenge of communicating electronically. Read More

Wives are more likely to have a major weight gain; and husbands are more likely to be bothered by a spouse's weight gain. But are weight gain and the accompanying loss of attraction legitimate excuses for an affair? Read More

Understanding the social pressures that led to Declan Sullivan's death. Read More

Students of similar academic potential who attend higher-ability, as compared with lower-ability, high schools have lower academic self-concepts. Read More

Discover how many male versus female college students accepted an offer of sex from one of their opposite-sex peers. Read More

Puzzled by times in your life when you let someone take advantage of you? Maybe it was because you were so lonely that you were willing to accept less from people than you are now. Read More

If you find yourself describing your spouse as "easy going", consider yourself fortunate. After all, study after study has shown that if your spouse is not easy going, but rather is high in the personality trait known as Neuroticism, then you are more likely to be unhappily married [1, 2]. Read More

We all know that it's bad to fight in front of our kids. So why does our kids' presence intensify fighting with our spouse? Read More

Sometimes you feel compelled to tell your secret to a poor confidant, either because the person is going to discover the secret anyway or because you are very troubled by keeping this secret. What can you do? Read More

Do you have to tell your current lover about that tryst 10 years ago? Should you open up about your occasional drinking binges? Should you mention that you once stole from your boss? In this series of 4 posts, I am going to explain why sometimes your relationships, career, and reputation are better off if you don't tell everything you know. Read More

During my very first job evaluation years ago, my boss said flatly, "Anita, it's the products that count." Read More

You think, "Let's see, today is Saturday. My to-do list: Give kids breakfast, mow lawn, get groceries, make lunch, take kids to park, do laundry, make dinner, put kids to bed...have sex with my spouse." Read More