Recently added articles from North American Journal of Psychology:
Implementation intentions and generative strategies in prospective memory retrieval.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Many of the tasks in our daily lives are prospective memory (PM) tasks. In a PM task, we form an intention to be completed later. Examples of PM tasks would be remembering to give a message to a friend, or remembering to take a dose of medication after a certain interval of time. The key ...
Dream lab for introductory psychology.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Dream theories and characteristics are identifiable learning objectives for undergraduate students across a wide array of curricula in the higher education setting (Bryson, 2002; 2003; Bryson, Mastin, Pilgreen, & Bryson, 2008). Introductory psychology courses, in particular, provide an ...
Personality factors and attitude toward seeking professional help.
Jun 01, 2009; ... Although psychology has a long history, many people still harbor misconceptions about mental illness. Those with mental health problems often are regarded as inferior, incompetent, responsible for their own symptoms, dangerous, and a threat to society (Corrigan, 2004; Levey & Howells, ...
The influence of a conservative religion on premarital sexual behavior of university students.
Jun 01, 2009; ... "The fact remains that, until quite recently, scientific research on sexuality has been taboo and therefore to be avoided or at best marginalized" (Laumann, Gagnon, Michael, & Michaels, 1994, p. 36). Two early landmark studies looking at sexual behavior in the United States were Sexual ...
Self-injury in the schools: an exploratory analysis of Midwest school counselors' knowledge and experience.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Self-injurious behaviors are not a new phenomenon. Favazza (1988) first studied "self mutilation" after an October 1985 broadcast of the Phil Donahue show discussing self-abuse. Prior to Favazza's research, self-injurious behaviors had been examined within diagnostic criteria for disorders ...