Author: Beth

Beth is forever curious about what makes people tick. She is a master’s degree graduate and former psychology teacher (AKA a proud behaviour nerd!).  Autism awareness is a cause close to her heart - check out her fundraiser. Beth becomes her happiest self when she's helping people like you to enhance your life.

How to Use Your Time Effectively During Self-Isolation

By Beth

Last updated on June 18th, 2020 at 09:04 pm

It is important to remember that for all of the disruption, hurt and pain the coronavirus has caused, there are also heartwarming stories to be found that give us hope. Stories that showcase the kindness of humanity when faced with unprecedented circumstances. A 99-year-old gentleman raised 12 million for the National Health Service in the UK, families are spending more quality time together in their households and the country has shown their nationwide appreciation to the dedicated key workers who risk their lives to ensure that society continues to function. I was definitely among the crowds as I clapped for my wonderful mum who works as a nurse and has done for the past thirty years.

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Why is Psychology a Science? Part 1: Defining Characteristics

By Beth

Last updated on June 6th, 2020 at 07:49 pm

Everyone is an armchair psychologist.  Most of the humans I know love to people watch. We like to invent our own theories about why people do the things that they do. ‘Bob eats so much because he has low self-esteem. Hattie is so loud at parties because that is part of her personality.’ But, the general ideas that we have about behaviour, both as individuals and a society, do not always turn out to be true. Milgram’s (1963) study was a classic example; we did not believe that someone would be capable of delivering electric shocks to another person, but in the right conditions those people obeyed and did exactly that *. So, while it can be fun to have our own opinions about the causes of our behaviour, we need a more rigorous approach to help us to establish the facts.  By using scientific methods such as experiments, psychology has established itself as a more trustworthy and reliable source of information about ourselves.

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What Influences Our Behaviour? An Infographic of the Matching Law Interpretation

By Beth

Are you interested in finding out what influences our behaviour, but have no time to read my latest blog post? No problem! I’ve taken the time to condense that information into a snappy infographic. So now you can find out a little about the matching law and how it can influence your behaviour, without having to scroll through the entire article (though I really recommend that you read that too, it covers the topic in much more depth!).

Take a look and please let me know what you think. Did you like the infographic format? Would you like to see more of them on this blog? Be sure to comment to let me know!