About Me
I'm Robin Young, a psychology grad student who felt the compulsion to collect the fascinating information that I come across in my studies. I compile short snippets of interesting study findings that I come across, as well as articles that people interested in psychology on any level will enjoy. I want this collection to be an antithesis to the pop psychology facts that some of the other, more popular blogs proliferate- that kills me.
Feel free to ask me any psychology questions that you might have- I know a little about most things, and quite a bit about social and developmental topics.
Links:
The Psychopath Test
A truly riveting episode on the basics of psychopathy and the psychopath test. Highly recommended.
The Price of Public Violence
The psychological toll of the huge numbers of shootings that have occurred in Chicago over the past fifteen years, four-fifths of which took place in public settings.
When the Internet was for strangers
Facebook has degraded our friendships, but do online relationships have to be limited to “Catfish”-like scenarios?
The sociologist and angsty, internet-addicted teenager in me really enjoyed this article. A really insightful commentary on whether or not criticisms of online social relationships (now and at the advent of the internet) are legitimate, and why this may be more true of Facebook than other sites.
