drizzlein/psychology

From the page: "Color is one of the most powerful elements of design for direct mail, ads, and other marketing materials."

From the page: "Researchers have found that low self-esteem and materialism are not just a correlation, but also a causal relationship where low self esteem increases materialism, and materialism can also create low self-esteem. The also found that as self esteem increases, materialism decreases. The study primarily focused on how this relationship affects children and adolescents. Lan Nguyen Chaplin (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) and Deborah Roedder John (University of Minnesota) found that even a simple gesture to raise self-esteem dramatically decreased materialism, which provides a way to cope with insecurity." and " Mad Magazine summed it up with the statement, "The only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments."

A surprising new way to discourage risky behaviors?

Article explains how social psychology influences healthy decisions. Worth reading. Even though it is about a study done in a college, it applies everywhere we identify as a group.

From the page: "Men are barraged by images of unobtainable women in the media, making it difficult for them to desire the ordinarily beautiful. "

From the page: "The secret of why horror films make some people scream in terror while others may simply laugh has been revealed. "

From the page: "When it comes to literary devices, alliteration is by far my favorite. In poetry or prose, I have always enjoyed the sounds of similar consonants"it has the ability to transform a piece of work."

From the page: "How Anger Works"