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    Must-Have Psychology Books for Beginners
    http://science-query.com/373547/must-have-psychology-books-for-beginners/...  
    Starting out on psychology classes can be daunting. You need to learn a lot of things in a short time. While you probably already have a curriculum given by your institution, there are some books that you need to read as you start getting serious about...

    Fat-stigma study: Mass media messages appear to trump opinions of family, close friends
    http://science-query.com/371992/fat-stigma-study-mass-media-messages-appear-to-t...  
    Women harbor a fat-stigma even though their family and closest friends may not judge them as "fat," according to findings by Arizona State University social scientists. Those research results, published Aug. 17 in the journal Social Science Medicine,...

    Researchers outline ways to advance scientific thinking in children
    http://science-query.com/371805/researchers-outline-ways-to-advance-scientific-t...  
    Science educators aim to nurture, enrich and sustain children's natural and spontaneous interest in scientific knowledge using many different approaches. In a new paper, researchers use cognitive and developmental psychology research to outline ways to...

    David Cameron is wrong – adolescent rioters deserve a second chance
    http://science-query.com/371183/david-cameron-is-wrong-%e2%80%93-adolescent-riot...  
    The prime minister could learn some valuable lessons about adolescent behaviour and opportunism by picking up a psychology textbookA week on from the riots and David Cameron has attributed them to a "slow motion moral collapse". He now sees a "broken s...

    Spoilers actually enhance your enjoyment
    http://science-query.com/371171/spoilers-actually-enhance-your-enjoyment/...  
    Twist in US psychologists' tale is that readers who know how a story will end get greater pleasure from itYes! Vindication! I am one of those people who can't read a book without flicking to the end to check what's going to happen, and it turns out tha...