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Teenage Brains and High-Stakes Situations
This article was authored by Pragya Arya and Danny Rahal as part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. Teenagers are notorious for being irresponsible and making bad decisions. Almost all of us have witnessed or bore the brunt of parents nagging kids to take “important” situations more seriously and work harder. TV producers and novelists…
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The Healthy and Unhealthy Sides of Calorie Counting and Fitness Tracking Technology
This article is authored by Wendy York and Danny Rahal as part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. With the growing popularity of health-tracking technology, teaching students of all ages about nutrition and overall health has the potential to become a more interactive learning experience than ever before. Health-tracking technology, commonly in the form…
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Parenting Styles and Child Behavior
This article is authored by Jordan L. Mullins with the mentorship of Sarah M. Tashjian and is a part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. According to the American Psychological Association, parenting practices around the world share three major goals: ensuring children’s health and safety, preparing children for life as productive adults, and transmitting cultural…
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No Brain Gets Left Behind
This article is authored by Dominic Tran with the mentorship of Sarah M. Tashjian and is a part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. For most kids in the United States, formal schooling begins at the age of 5 as they enter elementary school and learn the essential skills of reading, writing, and mathematics. Although…
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Body Satisfaction and Media Influences
This article is authored by Nancy Gomez and Arielle Radin and is a part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week spotlight week. When you look in the mirror, you often see the actual physical reflection of yourself, height, eye color, skin color – but the way you perceive how you look goes beyond the objective.…
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Dealing with Stress: One Size does not Fit All
This article is authored by Julia Reitsma and Arielle Radin and is a part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week spotlight week. Everyone faces stressful situations throughout life. Some handle these situations well and even thrive under stress, whereas some don’t and feel the negative effects. This is because people differ in the way in which…
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Why you should Double your Anxiety in Therapy
This article is authored by Alan Garcia and Arielle Radin and is a part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week Despite being unpleasant, fear and anxiety are critical to our survival since they allow us to predict and escape from aversive events that might harm us. However, there comes a point when that fear and…
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ASMR: Explaining an Experience
This article is authored by Sydney Simon and Lucy Cui and is a part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. Fingernails tapping on plastic, the sharp snips of metal scissors cutting hair, droplets of water plopping into a puddle; many consider these sounds satisfying or relaxing. In fact, some individuals experience a physical sensation…
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Language Development in Deaf Children: What You Should Know
This article is authored by Rachel Storer with the mentorship of Sarah M. Tashjian and is a part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. It wasn’t until 1960 that linguists began to consider sign language a language separate from spoken language (Stokoe, 1960). Many linguists believed that sign language was a signed version of the…
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Introducing the Pre-Graduate Spotlight Series!
Last year, Psychology in Action celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary here at UCLA! Over the years, we have published hundreds of blog posts, hosted numerous of science communication events, and have continued to provide UCLA psychology graduate students the opportunity to disseminate our research to the community. This spring, a select group of PIA graduate…