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The Stresses of Starting School

Dr Julie Turner Cobb in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath is monitoring the stress levels of children as they start school. She has found that levels of the stress hormone cortisol begin to rise as much as three to four months before the children actually start at their new school. She has also discovered that it is the more extrovert children who are more stressed by starting school.


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Dan Gilbert on Happiness (22:01)

Watch this video from TED featuring Dan Gilbert on HowStuffWorks. Gilbert is a psychology professor at Harvard, and author of "Stumbling on Happiness". In this video, Gilbert demonstrates just how poor we humans are at predicting (or understanding)... More »

Sketches of the World: Human Feeding Habits (2:31)

Food is required for our survival. What we eat has changed but main staples are the same. Often people survive on a great quantity of one food category without the variety and health benefits of the others.

The Stresses of Starting School (3:02)

Dr Julie Turner Cobb in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath is monitoring the stress levels of children as they start school. She has found that levels of the stress hormone cortisol begin to rise as much as three to four months... More »

Telling Lies (1:39)

Watch this video about telling lies on HowStuffWorks. Researchers at Cornell University have conducted a study to see what type of communication makes people tell lies. See how communication and lying work in this video from ScienCentral.

Why Are Men Shrinking? (3:02)

Watch this Reuters video to understand why men are shrinking from the buff, ripped and chiseled look. Men make up 10-20% of people with eating disorders and many are influenced by the new fashion of thin. How dangerous is this so-called "manorexia"?

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Get a brief overview of how to control and prevent anger in this short review.

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Learn what drives the mechanisms anger in this brief review.

Understanding Anger: Review (0:46)

Get an overview of how anger is triggered in this brief review.

Understanding Anger: Consequences of Anger (1:44)

Anger can harm a person on many levels -- not just a person's physical and mental state, but also relationships with other people.

Understanding Anger: The Cycle (3:12)

Stress and anger can die down, or cause a continuing, self-perpetuating cycle that spirals out of control.

Understanding Anger: Trigger Thoughts (3:00)

Once stress and frustration have built, trigger thoughts can be the spark that causes anger to explode.

Understanding Anger: Why People Respond with Anger (2:48)

Venting anger can alleviate bad feelings, but it can also cause physical symptoms. Anger can be both an inborn and a learned tendency.

Understanding Anger: The Science of Anger (1:19)

Anger comes from the oldest part of the human brain, which sees situations in stark good/bad terms. Later, the human brain developed more nuanced forms of thinking and judgment.

Understanding Anger: Introduction (1:47)

Anger is an emotion that tells us that something is wrong and needs to change. Check out this video to learn more about the nature of anger.

Sketches of the World: Human Feeding Habits (2:31)

Food is required for our survival. What we eat has changed but main staples are the same. Often people survive on a great quantity of one food category without the variety and health benefits of the others.