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4 Dec 2025
My new book is out! đ
Why We Are the Way We Are: Psychology for the Curious brings together the most popular articles from my Psychology writing.
đ Paperback: amazon.com/dp/B0G4D1WJCW
đ± Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B0G4BGR9T3
If you enjoy psychology, I hope youâll check it out.
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Jun 16
Today in Psychology (16th June 1863), Friedrich Schumann was born. A physicist turned psychologist, Schumann conducted influential research within the field of visual perception, in particular experimental work on space perception.
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#psychology
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Jun 15
Journaling can help give shape to vague feelings and mental clutter. But it can also become rumination if we keep circling the same thoughts.
My latest article looks at why journaling helps, why sometimes it doesnât, and how to begin.
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#Journaling
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Jun 15
Today in Psychology (15th June 1902), Erik Erikson was born.
Erikson is best known for his psychosocial theory that a person's sense of identity is shaped through encountering a specific psychological struggle at every major stage of life from infancy to old age.
#psychoanalysis
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Jun 14
Today in Psychology (14th June 1920), Francis Cecil Sumner became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology. Working with G. Stanley Hall at Clark University, Sumner's landmark doctoral thesis was titled "Psychoanalysis of Freud and Adler."
#psychology
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Jun 13
Today in Psychology (13th June 1893), John E. Anderson was born. A pioneer in the field of developmental child psychology, Anderson launched an extensive program of teaching, research and parental education at the University of Minnesota.
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Jun 11
Today in Psychology (11th June 1818), Alexander Bain was born. A pioneering proponent of scientific psychology he founded Mind In 1876, the first journal to showcase psychological research.
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#psychology #PsychologyFacts
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Jun 9
More often, self-defeating behavior gives us something in the short term, while the cost arrives later.
My latest article looks at why these patterns repeat and how we can begin to interrupt them.
allaboutpsychology.substack.âŠ
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Jun 9
Today in Psychology (9th June 1977), The American Psychological Association published its Guidelines for Nonsexist Language in APA Journals.
#psychology
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Jun 8
Today in psychology, 8 June 1953, the American Psychological Foundation was formally established.
It began with just $310 in early donations. By its 60th anniversary, the APF was awarding nearly $1 million in scholarships and grants to support psychology research.
#psychology
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Jun 6
Today in Psych (6 June 1875), Grace Kent was born. A pioneer within the field of clinical assessment, Kent developed the Kent-Rosanoff Association Test; the first test of its kind to incorporate both standardized word association procedures & an 'objective' scoring system.
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Jun 5
Today in Psychology (5th June 1885), Warder Clyde Allee was born. An eminent zoologist, Allee published influential work on a range of topics within the behavioral sciences e.g. social facilitation, cooperation and studies of crowding.
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#psychology
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Jun 3
Today in the History of Psychology (3rd June 1926), Carl Zimet was born. A highly respected academic and clinician, Zimet was renowned for his unceasing efforts to promote excellence and best practice in the education and training of professional psychologists.
#psychology
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Jun 2
My latest article looks at the psychology of âexercise snacksâ: short bouts of movement built into the day.
What interested me wasnât just the health angle, but why small actions may feel easier to start, repeat, and attach to ordinary routines.
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Jun 2
Today in Psychology (2nd June 1912), Bernard Berelson was born. Berelson helped establish behavioral science as a distinct field of systematic analysis; most notably through the publication of 'The Behavioral Sciences Today' in 1963.
#BehavioralScience #psychology
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Jun 1
Today in Psychology (1st June 1863), Hugo MĂŒnsterberg was born. MĂŒnsterberg conducted pioneering work within industrial (I/O), experimental, applied, clinical and especially forensic psychology.
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#ForensicPsychology
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May 31
Today in Psychology (31st May 1909), Nevitt Sanford was born. Sanford was critically acclaimed for his work on prejudice, particularly the classic study 'The Authoritarian Personality' which he co-authored with Thomas Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik & Daniel Levinson.
#psychology
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May 30
Today in Psychology (30th May 1859), Pierre Janet was born. Janet was famed for applying his formidable thinking skills to an astonishing range of topics, including; hysteria, obsessions, déjà vu, the nature of personality, hypnosis, neurosis and psychoanalysis.
#psychology
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May 29
Today in Psychology (29th May 1887), Louis Leon Thurstone was born. A world renowned psychometrician, Thurstone was instrumental in advancing the influence of quantitative psychology during the first half of the twentieth century.
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May 28
Today in Psychology (28th May 1902), Tamara Dembo was born. A highly respected researcher who made significant contributions within experimental, social and Gestalt psychology.
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#WomenInPsychology #psychology
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May 27
Why do obvious typos hide in plain sight?
My latest article explores the proofreaderâs illusion, why reading for meaning can make errors harder to see, and why âread more carefullyâ isnât always enough.
Thereâs also a quick visual test at the end.
Link below.
#Psychology
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