by jmalouff | Nov 12, 2018 | Social psychology
I picture the first religious beliefs emerging when our distant ancestors experienced the fierce power of nature – a huge earthquake or an exploding volcano. They certainly wanted to know what caused that. Their best guess: The wrath of gods. The humans...
by jmalouff | Sep 7, 2018 | R U OK?, Social Support
By Assoc. Prof. John Malouff Want to do some good for others? Want to save a life? Read on. The RU OK movement promotes providing others with social support when they seem to be struggling. The main goal of the movement is to prevent suicide. The movement does not...
by jmalouff | Sep 7, 2018 | Child Psychology
By Nicola Schutte, PhD, and John Malouff, PhD, JD. Introduction In mid 1998, when our daughter, Christine, turned six years old, she struggled to read books. We knew six-years-olds who read easily, but Christine did not, and we felt worried. Christine kept trying, and...
by jmalouff | Sep 1, 2018 | Child Psychology, Social Support
Shy Beth Whenever someone speaks to Beth at preschool, she quickly looks down, turns away, and doesn’t say anything. Her teacher has been hoping that Beth would warm up and interact more with the other members of the class, but weeks have passed and her...
by jmalouff | Sep 1, 2018 | Child Psychology, Social Support
The information and suggestions in this document are based on my training and experience as a clinical psychologist; my experience as an associate professor of psychology at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, USA, and now a lecturer at the University of...