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31 Mar 2011: Researchers found that sample groups of subjects regularly make the same assumptions about peoples personalities, values, social class and even their ethnicity, based on their musical preferences. ... The studies have been led by Dr Jason Rentfrow, from

2 Jun 2011: Michael Lamb. That inconsistency, and the need to make legal systems fairer, was the subject of a compelling talk by the Cambridge social and developmental psychologist Professor Michael Lamb at the ... This is precisely because the work of social and

21 Dec 2011: Its findings, published today in the journal Child Development, may prompt a review of current practice by police and social workers. ... In the light of this recent research, we need to rethink the way in which we approach young witnesses,” said

16 Mar 2011: Lamb from the University's Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, who has worked extensively on issues related to the questioning of children in legal contexts.

22 Apr 2011: It then tracks what these people have chosen to "like" on the social networking site - the Facebook user's stamp of general approval.

12 Apr 2011: This experiment will study crime hot spots and try out a technique Prof Sherman has developed in USA to lessen crime throughout the city by changing policing

22 Jun 2011: But is this because of differences in brain-wiring or because of continuing social inequalities? ... At Women’s Word - a festival of literature, debate and discussion taking place at Lucy Cavendish College this weekend – Melissa Hines, Professor of

8 Apr 2011: these children a consistently higher level of social understanding by the time they reached the age of four. ... Social Understanding and Social Lives, by Claire Hughes, is published by Psychology Press.

29 Sep 2011: Let’s park the social commentary on one side for a moment and do a bit of science. ... Of course, education is just one area of concern on which psychology has a bearing.

14 Mar 2011: Now research suggests that may not be as true as we thought. In a paper published this week, a team of academics reveal that whether we ultimately prefer