Department of Psychology

Considerable attention has been devoted to the difficulties facing women in computer sciences, the problems and the search for solutions extend across the range of STEM fields.

Bill Radke speaks with professor Cheryl Kaiser from the psychology department at the University of Washington about the bystander effect. 

 University of Washington psychologist John Gottman identified behaviors that derail conversations so consistently that he refers to them as “the four horsemen...”

Dr. John Gottman provides insight into relationship problems and common fixes.

How do we live with the fact that the world we knew is going and, in some cases, already gone?

Founded 100 years ago with two faculty, the UW Department of Psychology—and the field of psychology—has come a long way. 

Although pay equity for women has improved, men are still paid more for the same work. Why is the problem even worse in King County than elsewhere?

Celeste Marion (BA, 2003) co-founded an innovative school for special education students in Cusco, Peru.

UW's Sapna Cheryan asks, “Do we want a society where each gender thinks they are smarter, or do we want one where boys and girls think the genders are equally smart?”

It can be hard to spot even glaring flaws in your relationship while you're in it. With that in mind, Business Insider rounded up seven science-backed indicators that there might be trouble.

A new study shows that the increasingly large minority populations in the United States may have contributed to Donald Trump's victory.

Allison Skinner, a postdoctoral researcher at the UW is quoted.

Although cognizant of the stones and bones, Robin Dunbar’s “Human Evolution” is concerned with something more consequential: how and why Homo sapiens became what we are.

Although cognizant of the stones and bones, Robin Dunbar’s “Human Evolution” is concerned with something more consequential: how and why Homo sapiens became what we are.

Ten blind people in the UK are set to be given "bionic eyes" for free by the National Health Service. Geoffrey Boynton, professor of psychology at the UW, is mentioned.