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Share this Stumbleupon Facebook MySpace Twitter Digg Delicious 09/16/2010 8:16 pm Here's a lens that does great four times a year....at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters and during mid terms for each too. Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Learning, Teaching, and Parenting". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add... Read Full Story

If you want to be an effective parent, it's a good idea to know what you're selling. If you want to be an effective marketer, it's a good idea to know what effective parents do. Here are five reasons why consumers like role models. I'll leave it up to you to decide if consumers are like children. It hurts less when we learn by watching someone else make the mistake. People seek role models: that's why we have so many self-help books. Role modeling is one time when copying someone else's... Read Full Story

   Marketers strive to understand consumer behavior. They want to know when, why, how, and where consumers buy and do not buy products. Consumers use a process, or a sequence of steps, to make the decision to buy. The sequence and steps can change and does so in relationship to both the product and the social environment.    How consumers learn to make their decisions is as important as their decision making. Consumers, product designers, and marketers can use that information to make the... Read Full Story

   Social Learning Theory is sometimes called social cognitive psychology. It explains how we learn by watching others. People watch others, think about what they've seen, mentally rehearse it, then imitate it, and decide whether they did well on the task.    How do people know whether they did well on the task? They know they did well, if the results were similar to those results that they saw happen when other people did the same behavior. People also know they did well if the results... Read Full Story

   Social psychology is about how the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of individuals are effected by the relationships they have with other people. Many psychologists use social psychology to explain how our personalities were formed.    Our personalities are reflections of our habits and our character. You probably know someone who likes to be the center of attention and someone else who would rather spend time working behind the scenes. Each is contributes unique qualities to a family... Read Full Story

   Psychology is the study of human behavior. It is concerned with thinking, feeling, and behaving. By understanding how people think and why they feel the way they do, we can predict their behavior.    One of my favorite ways to apply psychology is to analyze, understand, and predict how people behave online. I use social psychology and social cognitive psychology to do that.    Sign-up for the news feed (RSS) for this blog so you don't miss a post. I'll be providing examples so you can... Read Full Story

Share this Stumbleupon Facebook MySpace Twitter Digg Delicious 11/22/2009 10:25 am I just added a new module My Favorite Link: Learning Psychology: How to Use Psychology at Home, Work, and Play to this lens. Read Full Story