Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, columns about teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science offer advice and how-to guidance about teaching a particular area of research or topic in psychological science that has been the focus of an article in the APS journal href="https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publica...

In 2025, psychological scientists proposed a range of innovative developments in research practices across the field. The Observer has compiled a list of guides, tutorials, and manuals designed to support psychological scientists as they expand their toolboxes of research practices and methods. These papers were published in 2025 in the APS open-...

The college years once ranked among the happiest times of most people’s lives, but that’s changed. Young adults face an escalating mental health crisis, fueled in part by loneliness. In 2023, 19% of young adults reported having no one they could count on, compared to less than 14% in 2006. When explaining this trend, it’s tempting to turn to stereotypes: phone-addled, self-ob...

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For many in the U.S., the season most associated with giving, receiving and volunteering runs from Thanksgiving through Hanukkah and Christmas to New Year’s.

But around the world, a giving season or festival is present in many cultures, said href="https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/people/amrisha-vaish" target="_blan...

Dimensions of Stereotypes About GroupsVincent Yzerbyt, Alex Koch, Marco Brambilla, Naomi Ellemers, Susan T. Fiske, Gandalf Nicolas

People perceive social groups alon...