How can social psychology be applied to improve the packaging of products?

Strahan et al. (2002) talks about ways in which social psychological findings can be exploited to improve the labelling on cigarette packages. But surely that's not the only domain in which social psychological findings can be applied to improve the packaging of products that have implications for health. Lots of other products may adversely affect health. And lots of additional products may have positive impacts on health. In what additional clever ways might specific pieces of social psychological knowledge be applied to the packaging of of health-relevant products? I am looking for more of personal notes instead of outside sources. Although, it needs to be empirically based. It ... click for more

Applied Social Psychology - Social Loafing and Personality

I was just thinking about the articles on social loafing and how they may relate to personality. The articles mentioned that individuals with more incentive and motivation are less likely to loaf and more likely to put in maximal effort relative to those with no or less motivation. Perhaps individuals who are more motivated rely on positive feedback (in this case grades) to maintain their self esteem or possess higher conscientiousness in terms of the big 5 traits. I was thinking of some related experience where people have told me that when they work on group projects they end up doing all of the work. In fact, these individuals seem to take the responsibility of the project upon themselves... click for more

A Meta-Analysis of Outcome Studies Comparing Bona Fide Psychotherapies: Empirically, "All Must Have Prizes"

I have questions re this article: • What is the purpose of the study? • What is the problem, theory, and/or research context that gave rise to the study. • What is the research question(s) and major hypotheses. • What are the methods used: e.g., subjects, measures, & procedures. • What are the analyses and findings: statistics (e.g. means, R's, F's, etc.) as appropriate, and reported p values. • Please summarize the author's discussion. • Can you please help me evaluate the study concentrating on: 1. worthwhileness of the study; 2. adequacy of methods used; 3. confounding variables and/or limitations on the generalizability of findings; 4. whether or not discussion an... click for more

Article Review: Prejudice from Thin Air

I have questions re: this article: • What is the purpose of the study? • What is the problem, theory, and/or research context that gave rise to the study. • What is the research question(s) and major hypotheses. • What are the methods used: e.g., subjects, measures, & procedures. • What are the analyses and findings: statistics (e.g. means, R's, F's, etc.) as appropriate, and reported p values. • Please summarize the author's discussion. • Can you please help me evaluate the study concentrating on: 1. worthwhileness of the study; 2. adequacy of methods used; 3. confounding variables and/or limitations on the generalizability of findings; 4. whether or not discussion... click for more

Describe the following disorders

Please describe each of the following disorders stating their causes, treatment and symptoms: Dissociative disorder Sexual Personality Schizophrenic Childhood