The Psychologist, November 2016
The everyday magic of superstition
This is a member only download
Access to PDFs of Psychologist issues is restricted to members of the society. Join us to enjoy this and a host of other benefits.
The everyday magic of superstition
This is a member only download
Access to PDFs of Psychologist issues is restricted to members of the society. Join us to enjoy this and a host of other benefits.
Changes to professional development
A new approach at the British Psychological Society.
'We have to bust up the orthodoxy'
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Jonathan Haidt.
Health psychologist in the making… and beyond
Jan Smith explores her journey from postdoctoral researcher to Trainee Health Psychologist with NHS Education for Scotland and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; with a 2024 update as Lecturer in Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Book reviews, November 2016
A selection including web-only reviews.
Finding our voice
Three research assistants explore academic life and support networks.
Big Picture: BitterSuite symphony
Words by Steph Singer and Clare Jonas; image by John Watts.
‘I still see myself as a psychologist’
Ian Florance talks to Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice at London Business School.
A window to the soul and psyche?
Szonya Durant with a primer on eye tracking.
Eye on Fiction: The Babadook and maternal depression
Pamela Jacobsen considers a metaphor in a horror film (warning: contains plot details).
Life and death at the limits
Roger Luckhurst on ‘zombie psychology’.
The everyday magic of superstition
Ella Rhodes speaks to psychologists in an attempt to understand the widespread and persistent nature of apparently irrational beliefs.
From the Research Digest, November 2016
The latest selection from our blog.
5 minutes with... Rhona Flin
Emeritus Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of Aberdeen.
Human Library reveals hidden lives
Ella Rhodes reports.
Reporting on prejudice and crime
Ella Rhodes reports.
Helping the Air Force battle violence
Ella Rhodes reports.
Exploring the unique needs of asylum-seekers and refugees
Ella Rhodes reports.
Experiencing what clients experience
British Psychological Society Vice President Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes' letter from the November 2016 edition.
Sylvia Downs (1926–2016)
Hazel McLaughlin with an appreciation.
Dealing with eating disorders
Deanne Jade responds to the October 'New voices' piece.
Adults with autism in the criminal justice system
The discussion continues.
President’s letter, November 2016
From Professor Peter Kinderman.
Online psychological support for students
A letter about a new web-based solution.
New voices: One small, quiet act
Holly Kahya on how yogic breathing could enhance psychological practice, in the latest in our series for budding writers.
One on one… with Dr Maureen McIntosh
‘Try to be fearless', advises the Chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Counselling Psychology.
The medieval mind
Scholars are finding that medieval science – in various fields – is more sophisticated than previously thought. Corinne Saunders and Charles Fernyhough show that psychology is no exception.
Music to our ears
The University of Leeds' Alinka Greasley on a new project on hearing loss.
Shining a light on mental illness and its treatment
Dr Sally Marlow visits 'Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond' at the Wellcome Collection.
A reminder of risk and reward
Industrial Psychologist Professor Rhona Flin reviews Deepwater Horizon.
Pinocchio paper prompts protracted porkies
Jon Sutton reports on the annual IgNobel awards, for research that makes you laugh and think.
Can stress ever be beneficial?
Jon Sutton reports from a joint British Academy / British Psychological Society talk from Professor Ian Robertson (Trinity College Dublin).