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Risperidone Risks For Vulnerable Children In The UK
Dave Traxson, a member of the BPS Division of Educational and Child Psychology medicalisation of childhood working party, returns with a new blog.
View resultWhere do England’s cricketers go from here?
Sports psychologist and cricket coach Isaac Porter offers his insights into England’s dismal World Cup, and the psychology behind overcoming poor form.
View resultCommissioning Clinical Psychology services for adults with learning disabilities
This guide aimed primarily at commissioners of services will also be useful to service providers, families, carers and people with learning disabilities.
View resultBuilding positive teacher-pupil relationships: a role for whole class approaches in secondary schools?
Teachers’ achievement goals as predictors of classroom instruction and differences in teaching high- and low- attaining classes
‘See it as a positive challenge’: Towards Better Educational Journeys for Children with Extreme Demand Avoidance
Exploring Black Achievement: Ethnic Identity and its relationship to academic attainment
The use of technical terms in exemplar EP reports and factors affecting trainee teachers’ and Newly Qualified Teachers’ (NQTs’) access of the language used
Enhancing student motivation: A role for self-determination theory?
Evaluating the effectiveness of small group work for young children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties
National Fitness Day: A Shop Window Toward Physical Activity?
For today's guest post please welcome Dr Mark Uphill, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University.
View resultCelebrating the vital contribution of nurses on International Nurses’ Day
This International Nurses’ Day, the BPS is calling for more support and recognition for the nursing profession.
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Children from lower socio-economic backgrounds receive lower grades due to unconscious bias, reveals new study.
26 August 2022
Children from lower socio-economic backgrounds are judged to produce poorer quality school work than children from higher socio-economic backgrounds, a new study has revealed.
- BPS updates
- Education
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Psychologists quizzed by kids in new 'I’m a Scientist – Get me out here!'
03 November 2020
More than 40 psychologists are taking part in the BPS sponsored section of ‘I’m a Scientist – Get me out of here!' an online competition with students as the judge.
- Children, young people and families
Dr Pete Lawrence wins BPS 2021 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research
02 May 2022
His work examining anxiety disorders and their prevention in children at risk of developing them has won the Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology,.
- BPS updates
BPS urges courts to use regulated psychologists to protect children and families
08 July 2022
The BPS has called the use of unregulated experts in family courts ‘damaging and dangerous' as it launches its updated Expert Witness guidance.
- BPS updates
- Legal, criminological and forensic
Study explores aspects of psychological safety in different work settings
15 February 2024
Hybrid workers are more likely to cover up their mistakes and view failure as a weakness than fully remote or office-based workers, new research suggests.
- Research
- Work and occupational
Narrowing the disadvantage gap: How home learning and self-regulation in the early years shape school attainment
17 August 2023
A new study has found a clear links between low socioeconomic status (SES), the quality of the pre-school home learning environment, the ability of children to self-regulate and academic attainment in English and maths.
- Education
- Research
How to talk to children about Andrew Tate and other toxic views online
15 February 2023
Psychologists from the BPS have reported a rise in teachers requesting help to support children and young people exposed to ‘toxic’ extreme views of social media influencers like Andrew Tate.
- Children, young people and families
- Education
DOP Award Winners Announced
29 September 2023
We’re delighted to congratulate the winners who were announced today at the Celebrating Success in Occupational Psychology webinar when BPS President Nicky Hayes presented the DOP Awards.
- BPS updates
Judging others by our own capabilities
17 September 2008
University students who were asked to judge how high an women would be able to jump, made lower estimates when they had weights attached to their own ankles, compared with when they didn’t.
- Cognition and perception
- Social and behavioural
Feeling clean makes us harsher moral judges
27 August 2010
As the dirt and germs are wiped away, we’re left feeling not just bodily but also morally cleansed – a kind of metaphorical virtuosity that leads us to judge others more harshly.
- Ethics and morality
- Social and behavioural
Judging what came first
08 August 2005
A study suggests that selective attention increases the size of the neural signal arising from an attended object, not its speed.
- Cognition and perception
- Perception
People judged as likable in the flesh also make good first impressions online
11 May 2009
Participants with more expressive Facebook pages – for example having more photos available to view – tended to be judged as more likeable.
- Social and behavioural
Are the police any better than us at judging the accuracy of eye-witness statements?
06 January 2009
Another finding was that the participants' ability to judge the accuracy of eye-witness statements was better when statements were presented by written transcript rather than by video.
- Legal, criminological and forensic
Judging your worth
22 March 2005
Research has shown that how happy we are with our salary depends on how much we think other people earn.
- Work and occupational
Judges are more lenient toward a psychopath when given a neuro explanation for his condition
16 August 2012
A multi-disciplinary team surveyed nearly 200 state trial court judges, showing how their decision making is swayed by a neurobiological explanation for psychopathy.
- Brain
Gruesome descriptions can make crimes seem worse - but judges and lawyers are immune to this bias
07 October 2020
According to a new study in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, judges and lawyers may be immune to at least some of the biases that affect the rest of us.
- Legal, criminological and forensic
Thirty years on – the babies judged negatively by their mothers
15 March 2010
The key finding is that 9 of the 12 adults who, so many years earlier, had been perceived negatively by their mothers were today classified as insecurely attached adults.
- Developmental
- Mental health
How people judge your personality based on your name
05 September 2019
According to a new study, we associate the sounds in names with certain traits.
- Personality and self
- Social and behavioural
Arrogant employees are judged poorer at their jobs, even by themselves
02 February 2011
New research.
- Work and occupational
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Enhancing wellbeing and resilience in coaches: The impact of a mindfulnessbased intervention
Series: International Coaching Psychology Review Volume: 19 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-07-2024
Author(s): Jean-Charles Lebeau, Brian Tremml, Kristin M. Perrone, Lawrence W. Judge
View Enhancing wellbeing and resilience in coaches: The impact of a mindfulnessbased interventionIntroducing a North West Visual Cognition group
Series: The Cognitive Psychology Bulletin Volume: 1 Issue: 5
Date of Publication: 01-01-2020
Author(s): Catherine Thompson, Damien Litchfield, Jeanie Judge, Dan Clark, Nick Donnelly, Simon Liversedge
View Introducing a North West Visual Cognition groupNever mind the jargon
Series: DCP-S Review Volume: 1 Issue: 18
Date of Publication: 01-01-2018
Author(s): DrJoe Judge
View Never mind the jargonClinical Psychology Forum free for all
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 279
Date of Publication: 01-03-2016
Author(s): Ben Donner, Andrew Ganley, Elizabeth Cotton, Joe Judge, Simon Stuart, Marie Stewart
View Clinical Psychology Forum free for allAll that glitters is not gold: Why randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are of limited value in judging the effectiveness of literacy interventions
Series: Educational and Child Psychology Volume: 32 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-03-2015
Author(s): Robert Burden
View All that glitters is not gold: Why randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are of limited value in judging the effectiveness of literacy interventionsSleep disturbance in a medium-secure forensic psychiatric unit: A pilot study
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 235
Date of Publication: 01-07-2012
Author(s): Joseph Judge, Pradeep Pasupeti, Laura Black, Fionnbar Lenihan
View Sleep disturbance in a medium-secure forensic psychiatric unit: A pilot studyExcusing themselves: Judges’ judgements of qualitative/quality research
Series: QMiP Bulletin Volume: 1 Issue: 6
Date of Publication: 01-10-2008
Author(s): Rachael Pond, Mandy Morgan
View Excusing themselves: Judges’ judgements of qualitative/quality researchJudging judges: How do children weigh the importance of capability and objectivity for being a good decision maker?
28-06-2011
- Candice M. Mills
- Asheley R. Landrum
Growth mindset results in reduced trait attribution and more rehabilitative judicial decisions in cases of juvenile delinquency
25-11-2024
- Ning Li
- Shuting Yang
- Xiaomin Sun
- Ning Chu
- Zhihong Qiao
- Qinglin Zhang
Paradoxes of proof and punishment: Psychological pitfalls in judicial decision making
24-12-2010
- Jan W. Keijser
- Peter J. Koppen
Schizophrenic inability to judge facial emotion: A controlled study
01-02-1989
- S. Gessler
- J. Cutting
- C. D. Frith
- J. Weinman
Prosecuting from the bench? Examining sources of pro-prosecution bias in judges
12-09-2022
- Colleen M. Berryessa
- Itiel E. Dror
- Chief Justice Bridget McCormack
Prosecuting from the bench? Examining sources of pro-prosecution bias in judges
12-09-2022
- Colleen M. Berryessa
- Itiel E. Dror
- Chief Justice Bridget McCormack
Inter-judge agreement in evaluation of adult attachment style: The impact of acquaintanceship
06-06-2011
- Erez Banai
- Aron Weller
- Mario Mikulincer
Towards an understanding of adult judgments of synergistic health benefits
10-09-2015
- Ian G. J. Dawson
- Simone Dohle
Judicial intervention in court cases involving witnesses with and without learning disabilities
16-12-2010
- Caitriona M. E. O'Kelly
- Mark R. Kebbell
- Chris Hatton
- Shane D. Johnson
Removing situation descriptions from situational judgment test items: Does the impact differ for video-based versus text-based formats?
06-11-2019
- Philipp Schäpers
- Filip Lievens
- Jan‐Philipp Freudenstein
- Joachim Hüffmeier
- Cornelius J. König
- Stefan Krumm
ADAPTATION TO LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY IN JUDGING THE FAMILIARITY OF WORDS
01-06-1964
- A. W. HEIM
- B. RAMSAY
- K. P. WATTS
CHILDREN'S USE OF COUNTING AND GUIDELINES IN JUDGING RELATIVE NUMBER
01-06-1989
- RICHARD COWAN
- HARRY DANIELS
The impact of onlooking and including bystander behaviour on judgments and emotions regarding peer exclusion
08-05-2015
- Tina Malti
- Dagmar Strohmeier
- Melanie Killen
Judges are people too: A commentary on Berryessa et al. (2022)
20-12-2022
- Heather M. Kleider‐Offutt
- Rachel Heiter
- Ashley Meacham
Judges are people too: A commentary on Berryessa et al. (2022)
20-12-2022
- Heather M. Kleider‐Offutt
- Rachel Heiter
- Ashley Meacham
Visual biases in judging body weight
09-02-2016
- Katri K. Cornelissen
- Lucinda J. Gledhill
- Piers L. Cornelissen
- Martin J. Tovée