Psychologies
Articles by Psychologies
How to flirt
The key to being a successful flirt is to keep a playful, relaxed perspective and be truly interested in the other person
Are good manners a thing of the past?
Road rage, queue barging, ASBOs… Have good old-fashioned British values gone to the dogs? Social anthropologist Kate Fox investigates
How to get anyone to tell you anything
Wendy Sullivan has spent years researching ‘clean language’ questions, designed to help deepen our understanding of what other people are really trying to say. Laura Bond asks her how we can master these skills
How to be better with money
Do you find it difficult to manage your money? Some people find it hard to save and others don’t know how to spend. But whatever your circumstances, you can learn how to make friends with money by following these seven steps
Information overload
Is privacy going out of fashion, asks Julian Baggini and, if so, at what cost to society and the individual?
The birth order effect
Whether you’re a confident but controlling first-born or a resourceful yet restless middle child, your positioning in the family can affect everything from your choice of career to how successful your marriage is
Are we a nation of workaholics?
Do the British really work longer hours than the rest of Europe, and is it because we actually want to? Why, asks Tanis Taylor, has ‘workaholism’ become an accepted part of British life?
Mother-daughter relationships: improve your communication
Discover how to nurture your mother-daughter relationships by analysing your conversations with each other and improving your communication.
