by jmalouff | Jan 19, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, law and psychology, Sexual assault, Social psychology
John M. Malouff and Nicola S. Schutte University of New England, Australia January 2021 Abstract Crime-allegation recantation involves victims of crimes rescinding their accusation. In some instances of recantation, the original allegation was...
by jmalouff | Jan 2, 2021 | Mental health problems
I interviewed three young adults who had each made serious suicide attempts as teens. The attempts included taking an overdose of drugs, jumping off a cliff, and self-cutting. All three were hospitalized after the attempts. From their attempts and the aftermath, these...
by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Social psychology
I just listened to a podcast about a 2004 crime case in the UK. A 14-year-old boy, “John,” pretended in an online chat room to be several different people: a teen girl, a man who killed the girl, and a woman leader of British Intelligence. His goal...
by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior
You might consider this a sh–ty article, but here we go. Let’s talk about poop. Specifically, I am interested in the information in poop. What information, you ask. Well, if you have fresh blood in there, you may have cancer, an ulcer, an auto-immune...
by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Job hunting, Social psychology, Work
A friend of mine recently had a management-consultant job interview in which he was asked to name the last book he read. I don’t know how he answered — he is not a regular book reader. My immediate perverse thoughts turned to what answers would be...