The Psychologist, November 2015
Wu-wei – doing less and wanting more
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Wu-wei – doing less and wanting more
The only way to succeed is to not try, argues Edward Slingerland.
Big Picture: A ‘selfie’ with a difference
Words by Natalia Kucirkova (Open University), image by Open University.
Psychology and the Great War, 1914–1918
Ben Shephard considers our discipline’s involvement, on all sides.
Reviews, November 2015
Books from our November issue.
Hangmen
Kate Johnstone reviews a Martin McDonagh play from the Royal Court Theatre.
‘There are political, moral and ethical imperatives’
Ian Florance interviews Siobhan O’Neill, around her policy work on suicide and self-harm.
A life ‘chasing memories’
Karen M. Zabrucky (Professor of Psychology at Georgia State University) describes how a tragic incident influenced her career as a cognitive psychologist.
President’s column November 2015
Jamie Hacker Hughes writes.
New Voices: Working in a ‘goldfish bowl’ – ethics in rural practice
Steven MacDonald with the latest in our series for budding writers.
‘Be brave, psychology needs you!’
Cary Cooper tells Gail Kinman about his efforts to change occupational culture through wide dissemination of psychological theory and research.
Choice and control for animals in captivity
Laura M. Kurtycz looks at how to counter ‘learned helplessness.
A perceptual control revolution?
Warren Mansell and Timothy A. Carey introduce a theory dating back to the 1950s that is increasingly touted as revitalising the behavioural sciences.
Digest
The November issue selection from the Society's Research Digest blog.
Dr John Alban-Metcalfe (1940–2015)
Letters, November 2015
…other letters from our November issue.
Thomas Mckenzie Caine (1918–2015)
Psychology’s contribution
The debate on 'psychology's non-stick frying pan' continues.
Police and university team up for students
Ella Rhodes on a memorandum of understanding between the University of Bolton and Greater Manchester Police.
Science or alchemy?
Letters on the Reproducibility Project.
Not-so-smartphones – government reviews mobile policy in schools
Ella Rhodes reports.
Dinosaurs in the workplace
Andrew Clements provides an organisational psychology perspective on the blockbuster film Jurassic World.
‘Focus your attention on the victims and their families’
Should the media be restricted in their reporting of mass shootings? Ella Rhodes investigates.
The more alien we become, the more human we remain
Jon Sutton reports from the Science Museum's 'Cosmonauts' exhibition.
'I would like to abolish silo working'
'One on One' with Professor Peter Fonagy, winner of the prestigious British Academy Wiley Prize in Psychology.
Aiming to forget – human frailty or strength?
Ella Rhodes reports from a British Academy / British Psychological Society lecture from Dr Michael Anderson (University of Cambridge).
Blaming the victims?
Ella Rhodes and Jon Sutton look to psychology for causes and solutions around the tragic crush in Saudi Arabia.
Translating a treasure trove
Jon Sutton reports on a lost 20-year research project from the other side of the world, rescued following a chance meeting with a UK psychologist.
Nudging us towards a better future?
Eloise Smart reports from the inaugural Behavioural Exchange Insights Conference.
Drawn to the nectars of negativity
Lynsey Gozna and Julian Boon review Banksy's Dismaland, Weston-Super-Mare.
Are video games really that bad?
Jon Sutton reviews the BBC Horizon programme.
A 'game changing' time for psychology?
Several recent developments point to greater influence for psychology in politics. Ella Rhodes reports.
Lost in memory
As the media spotlight turns away from the Ebola outbreak, who helps the helpers? Ella Rhodes reports.
Prisoner suicide
Graham Towl and Tammi Walker consider public management, punitiveness and professionalism (an 'Online first' publication).