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  • PEW: Republicans and Democrats REALLY don’t like each other

    PEW: Republicans and Democrats REALLY don’t like each other0

    Pew Research has come out with a new study on the presence of partisanship in America, and it’s not very encouraging. The report noted: “For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research Center surveys, majorities of partisans have not only an unfavorable view of the other party, but a very unfavorable

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  • Home-cooking is Out, Restaurants are In

    Home-cooking is Out, Restaurants are In0

    Last year, Americans were astounded when it was revealed that spending at restaurants had surpassed grocery store spending for the first time in history. Such an occurrence wasn’t a flash in the pan, either. Spending on meals out has continued to outpace grocery store spending over the last year, a recent Quartz article noted. As

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  • Does reactance theory explain the rise of Donald Trump?

    Does reactance theory explain the rise of Donald Trump?0

    Psychological reactance, a theory pioneered by the late Jack Brehm,  is based on the idea that humans tend to respond negatively to restrictions on their autonomy or freedom of choice.? Brehm summed up the theory as follows: [P]eople become motivationally aroused by a threat to or elimination of a behavioral freedom. This motivational state is

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  • Can You Pass 5th Grade English?

    Can You Pass 5th Grade English?0

    — [Image Credit: llmicrofono Oggiono – Flickr | CC BY 2.0] Save this article to favorites

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  • 8 Ways to Spark Your Inner Creativity

    8 Ways to Spark Your Inner Creativity0

    Creativity can be hard to ignite, sometimes you will be more creative when you are thinking about being creative and then when it comes down to the actual creative act your brain goes dead. If this happens to you don’t worry, it’s quite normal and it leads me onto my first technique for inspiring creativity. 1.

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  • ‘Critical Thinking’ without Memorization? It Doesn’t Exist

    ‘Critical Thinking’ without Memorization? It Doesn’t Exist1

    To grow in knowledge, you need to have a foundation of memorized facts on which to build. Think about the study of history. If you haven’t memorized certain important dates, or rulers and their reigns, or the years of major periods, it’s difficult to adequately situate new historical information or analyses that you encounter. Another

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  • Why Your Memory Is Not Nearly As Good As You Think It Is

    Why Your Memory Is Not Nearly As Good As You Think It Is0

    False memories have gotten a lot of attention lately with the documentary series “Making a Murderer.” The series chronicled Steven Avery, a man falsely imprisoned for 18 years on the word of eyewitness testimony. The eyewitness testified that she was positive that Avery was the man who had raped her. Later, DNA evidence proved that

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  • Unfortunately, Attention Spans Are Getting Shorter

    Unfortunately, Attention Spans Are Getting Shorter0

    Human beings today now have a shorter attention span than a goldfish. That’s what a study conducted by Microsoft last year found. A goldfish loses focus after nine seconds. In our age of smartphones, however, the average person today can only focus for eight seconds. That’s a dramatic change from 2000, when the average human

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  • Studying Shakespeare Brings School 40% Jump in Test Scores

    Studying Shakespeare Brings School 40% Jump in Test Scores0

    America’s student scores in reading, math, and science are nothing to write home about. At best, 21 percent of 4th-graders are proficient in math. At worst, only 21 percent of 12th-graders are proficient in science. Not a pretty picture. But a recent experiment at a British secondary school may offer a way for American schools

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