Association of Minority Psychologists

Hey UIUC💚💛AMPs works to serve minorities within the psychology field to maintain excellence in the promotion of scholarship and social change!

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Want some executive board experience? Applications for the AMPs e-board are open. We look forward to reading your applications!

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Happy Fun Fact Friday!🎉

Pairing dopamine release with the physical swipe of a finger makes it hard to break the loop. One way to break it is to create a movement to interrupt the loop, such as placing your phone face down.

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Happy Fun Fact Friday!🎉

Did you know this? Rosenthal and Jacobson discovered this effect in 1968!

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So much important stuff happens between 16-25! This might be why older adults remember this time period the best.

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We don’t multitask as well as we think we do! Whenever we switch tasks, it costs us time, making it less efficient than it might seem.

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A 2010 study found that you can habituate to a food item without even eating it! Imagining eating a food can decrease one’s responsiveness to and motivation for eating it.

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Relaxation can do so much good! AMPs hopes you all have a safe, refreshing Spring Break.💚💛

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Happy Fun Fact Friday!🎉

Researchers at Duke Medicine found that contagious yawning may decrease with age and isn’t strongly related to empathy!

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Dr. White was the remarkable professor who founded the Association of Black Psychologists in 1986 after frustrations with the APA.

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Inez Beverly Posser was the first Black lady to receive a psych Ph.D! She concluded that black students fared better in segregated schools, paving the way for current research about the benefits of HBCUs.

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Happy Fun Fact Friday!🎉

Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill found that size and quality of social ties affect health at different stages of life.

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Today is Rosa Parks’ birthday! Let’s celebrate this icon of black history.

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Happy Birthday to our Volunteer Chair Beunca!💛💚

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One theory is that the way blind-from-birth people think could be a protective factor. Another is that the brain uses the visual cortex in protective ways.

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RELOCATION: PAR SAUNDERS LOUNGE! SEE YOU THERE!

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Wishing our secretary Lindsey the Happiest Birthday!💚💛

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Happy Fun Fact Friday!🎉

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found that the ADRA2b gene deletion variant, which plays a role in emotional memory formation, also affects the way people perceive life in real time!

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Join us next week for a self-care event with CBSU! Take care of yourself this finals season.💚💛

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[Association of Minority Psychologists @amps_uiuc]

Happy Fun Fact Friday!🎉

Gratitude has so many benefits! What are you thankful for?

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We love to see DeAvionne’s relationship with her advisor! Have you made a connection like this?

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