More than two-thirds of Americans get their news from social media sites, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center study. But more than half who read news on social media expect it to be inaccurate. Penn State researchers are working to improve the prediction of people’s trust in what they read online. In a new project, they’ll advance state-of-the-art machine learning methods to model the psychological phenomenon known as memory illusion.
Researchers found that when study participants faced complex choices, they often showed a burst of exploration before settling into preferred options of higher value. This strategy may be one way that people can conserve their cognitive resources and solve problems that exceed their working memory capacity.
Sophie Paolizzi will represent the Department of Psychology at the College of the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony on May 4. The Paterno Fellow and Schreyer Scholar is graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and a minor in Italian.
Employees who force themselves to smile and be happy in front of customers — or who try to hide feelings of annoyance — may be at risk for heavier drinking after work, according to researchers.
A quartet of Nittany Lion seniors have earned accolades from Penn State for their achievements in academics, athletics and leadership. All four were recognized at the Penn State Student Awards ceremony on March 31 at Eisenhower Auditorium.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Penn State will study the role team interactions have on engineering student teams’ performance during the design process.
Male and female serial killers tend to choose their victims and commit their crimes in different ways, which may be due to thousands of years of psychological evolution, according to Penn State researchers.
Researchers have found that while parents can help encourage their children to develop into responsible, conscientious adults, there is an underlying genetic factor that influences these traits, as well.
A team of Penn State researchers measured the biological responses of mothers and children during problem-solving tasks to see how they differed in maltreating and non-maltreating families.
In memory of her husband, 1961 and 1962 psychology alumnus Herbert Krauss, Beatrice Krauss created the Herbert H. Krauss Memorial Graduate Research Endowment in Psychology.
Held Dec. 11 at Penn State Behrend, the 13th annual PLASTCAR competition is the culmination of a semester-long project between Rolling Ridge and Diehl elementary school fifth- and sixth-graders and students from Behrend’s Plastics Engineering Technology and Psychology programs.
Evelyn Pro will serve as the student marshal for the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State’s fall 2018 commencement. Pro will graduate with a bachelor of science degree in psychology.
Senior psychology and global and international studies major William Okrafo-Smart spent the past summer interning with a nonprofit in Cape Town, South Africa. He used his liberal arts education to establish a program that introduced local youth to entrepreneurship. Through the program, the children set up informal businesses to help their community.
Researchers at Penn State Scranton, colleagues, have found in a study that heart rate reactivity is a biological moderator between peer victimization (bullying) and internalizing problems (anxiety/depression) in adolescent girls.
Each year, the Design Olympics, a design-thinking competition between engineering and psychology students, are held to celebrate the interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of the study of creativity.
