Frank T. McAndrew, Ph.D.
Psychologist - Professor – Essayist
Popular Press Articles
(Does not include essays that only appear in McAndrew's Psychology Today Blog)
Curious Kids: Why Do Old People Hate New Music? - Yahoo News Singapore, May 3, 2024
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Why losing a dog is so hard - Actively Learn, February 5, 2024
Why do old people hate new music?- Spark Chronicles, November 26, 2023
Why do old people hate new music?- Yahoo Finance, November 25, 2023
How to have a great conversation - Psychology Today Magazine, May/June, 2023, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 44-45.
The difference between being cool and being popular - Fitness Hacks For Life, September 2, 2022
What makes people willing to risk their lives to save others? - Snopes.com, August 19, 2022
Why you shouldn't want to always be happy - Yahoo, August 14, 2022
What makes people willing to risk their lives to save others? - The Good Men Project, August 8, 2022
What makes a man behave like a hero? - On Wellness (Greece), July 25, 2022
What makes people willing to risk their lives to save others? -NeuroScience News, July 24, 2022
What makes people willing to risk their lives to save others? - Big Think, July 22, 2022
Why are people willing to risk their lives to save others? - The Akron Legal News, July 20, 2022
What makes a hero? Is it personality, psychology or evolution? - Scroll (India), July 17, 2022
(also in Japan Today & East Mojo)
What makes people willing to risk their lives to save others? - Brooklyn Daily Eagle & Asian Spectator, July 14, 2022
What makes people willing to risk their lives to save others? - St, George News (Utah), July 14, 2022
What makes people willing to risk their lives to save others? - The Conversation & Yahoo News, July 12, 2022
Why losing a dog is so difficult (Bulgaria) - Obekti, July 1, 2022
Why losing a dog is more difficult than losing a relative or friend - Hasan Jasim, May 29, 2022
The factor that can predict exactly how long you'll live - Your Tango, March 26, 2022
Why do old people hate new music? - Big Think, November 29, 2021
Gossip is a social skill - not a character flaw - Big Think, November 19, 2021
Why we love big, blood-curdling screams - Actively Learn, October 21, 2021 (an online teaching resource)
Why some people creep us out so much - Fitness Hacks for Life, August 27, 2021
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend - IFL Science, August 20, 2021
Gossip is a social skill - not a character flaw. - The Independent (Uganda), July 20, 2021
Why clowns creep us out (Turkey) - Ceviri Gazetesi, June 2, 2021
Why do old people hate new music? - Yahoo News, January 16, 2021
There's no place like home for the holidays - and that's what makes the Covid-19 surge so devastating. - The Columbia Missourian, December 25, 2020
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays - Marin Independent Journal, December 21, 2020
Covid drives home our attachment to home - The Daily Herald (Everett, Washington), December 20, 2020
There's no place like home for the holidays--and that's what makes the pandemic's winter surge particularly devastating - Business Mirror, December 18, 2020
There's no place like home for the holidays -- and that's what makes the pandemic's winter surge particularly devastating. - The Conversation, December 10, 2020 (also appears in Cadillac News & El Financiero (Mexico))
Q & A about Creepiness - Psychwire, October 30, 2020
ASK about the Psychology of Gossip - Psychwire, October 24, 2020
Decoding the Freudian Symbolism in Your Dreams - The Minds Journal, October 1, 2020
Why Losing a Dog can be so Devastating - Next Truth: Young People Science, September/October 2020
Why You Underestimate How Much Other People Like You - The Minds Journal, September 24, 2020
Is Your Personality Stressing You Out? - The Minds Journal, September 18, 2020
How the God You Worship Influences the Ghosts You See - Next Truth Magazine, August 1, 2020
This surprising factor can predict your life span - Patriot Health Digest, June 10, 2020
Reading Faces: Why you sometimes get it wrong - Art in Real Life, June 3, 2020
The psychology behind why clowns creep us out - Art in Real Life, May 20, 2020
The perils of isolation - Art of the Mystic Otto Rapp, May 18, 2020
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend - Considerable, May 6, 2020
Why do old people hate new music? - Purple Sneakers, May 5, 2020
Why we love blood-curdling screams, Next Truth Magazine - March 1, 2020
How stories about haunted houses become self-perpetuating - Next Truth Magazine, February 1, 2020
Why losing a dog is so hard - Considerable, January 23, 2020
The psychology of gossip - It is a social skill. - Actively Learn, January 14, 2020
Why do old people hate new music? - Next Truth: Young People Science - January 7, 2020
Why do old people hate new music? - Albany Times Union, December 19, 2019
Why do old people hate new music? - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 17, 2019
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend - GV Wire, November 25, 2019
Why losing a dog is harder than losing a relative or friend - Middle East North African Financial Network (MENAFN), November 24, 2019
Why we love blood-curdling screams - Amazing Stories (QueerSciFi.com), November 6, 2019
Why clowns creep us out - Magnet, November 2, 2019
Why we love big, blood-curdling screams - Time Magazine, October 31, 2019 (also in Ladders)
Why we love big, blood-curdling screams - Big Think, October 30, 2019 (also in the Wausau Pilot & Review)
How stories about haunted houses become self-perpetuating - Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, October 29, 2019
Why we love big, blood-curdling screams - Livescience, KASL Radio, & Medical Xpress, October 29, 2019
Why old people hate new music - The Citizen (South Africa), October 28, 2019
Fear of clowns explained by a psychologist - Mic, October 28, 2019
Why We Love Big, Blood-Curdling Screams - The Conversation, October 28, 2019 (also in Discover Magazine, The Houston Chronicle, Science 2.0, San Antonio Express-News, Chicago Tribune, SFGate, & The Apopka Voice
Why haunted houses terrify us - Owdin (French), October 25, 2019
Why haunted houses terrify us - Fast Company, October 23, 2019
Why do you stop liking new music as you get older? - Curiosity.com, October 21, 2019
Houses of Horror - Aeon Magazine, October 21, 2019
Curious Kids: Why old people hate new music - ActivelyLearn.com, October 17, 2019
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend - Times Herald-Record (Middletown NY), October 15, 2019
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend - Local News Matters (Bay Area), October 10, 2019
Why old people hate new music - Der Freitag, October 9, 2019
Why do old people hate new music? - Texarkana Gazette, October 8, 2019
Why old people hate new music - Quartz, October 7, 2019
Why old people hate new music - Northwest Florida Daily News, October 7, 2019
Why clowns creep us out - National Geographic Indonesia, October 6, 2019
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Why Clowns Like "the Joker" Give Us the Creeps - CNN, October 4, 2019
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend - RawStory & Kitsap Sun, October 4, 2019
Why old people hate new music - Colorado Music Business; also in parent24, October 3, 2019
Why do old people hate new music? - Psychology Today; also in LiveWire, Curiosity, & WHYY TV - Philadelphia, October 1, 2019
Why you shouldn't want to be happy all the time - The Good Men Project, October 1, 2019
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend - Havasu News, September 30, 2019
Could a lack of intellectual humility be at the root of what ails America? - Blavity, September 27, 2019
Curious Kids: Why do old people hate new music? - The Conversation, The Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Baltimore Sun, September 26, 2019
The psychology behind why clowns creep us out - ActivelyLearn.com, September 25, 2019
"The Best Days of Our Lives?" An essay about high school included in the playbill for Groan Ups, which ran in London’s Vaudeville Theatre - opened September 20, 2019
How the God you worship influences the ghosts you see - The Durango Herald & The Meridian Star, September 14, 2019
Why clowns are creepy - FirstPost, September 14, 2019
Gossip - IOL.com, (Independent Online) September 12, 2019
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or a friend - McCall Digest, September 11, 2019
Why clowns creep us out - Inverse, Canal Antigua, & Tuoi Tre - September 10, 2019
How the God you worship influences the ghosts you see - Business Mirror, September 9, 2019
The psychology behind why clowns creep us out -The New Orleans Advocate, The Wire, CNN Espanol, Considerable, CNN Indonesia, & The Salina Post, - September 9, 2019
The psychology behind why clowns creep us out - All-about-Psychology.com, activelylearn.com, & The Maui News, September 7, 2019
This is why clowns creep you out - CNN, Quartz, Popular Science, Arizona Daily Star, WKRC TV, The Oneonta Daily Star, & Local12 -September 6, 2019
How the God you worship influences the ghosts you see (Indonesian) - The Conversation, September 5, 2019
The psychology behind why clowns creep us out - The Conversation; also in RTL TV & Snopes.com, September 4-5, 2019
Politicians don't seem to laugh at themselves as much anymore - Intellectual Takeout, Wall Street Window, alternet, Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, August 22, 2019
Politicians don't seem to laugh at themselves as much anymore - The Conversation, Skagit Valley Herald, & SFGate, August 21, 2019
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a loved one - The Fresh Toast, August 8, 2019
Why Nigerian Prince scams continue to dupe us - Snopes.com/The Associated Press, August 5, 2019
Humility may be the key to solving polarization - Kitsap Sun, July 30, 2019
Why some people see ghosts and other presences - Next Truth Magazine, July 30, 2019
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend - Considerable, July 15, 2019
Why a lack of intellectual humility is what ails America - Salon, June 1, 2019 (also in Libertarian Republic)
Why we need more intellectual humility and less moral outrage - Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), May 31, 2019
What is at the root of United States' ills? A lack of intellectual humility - Scroll India, May 30, 2019
Is a lack of intellectual humility at the root of what ails America? - Garn Press, May 28, 2019
Is a lack of intellectual humility what ails America? - Psychology Today, May 26, 2019
Is a lack of intellectual humility at the root of what ails America? - AlterNet, May 25, 2019 (also in ATT.net & Global Economic Intersection)
America is facing an intellectual humility crisis - Newsweek, May 24, 2019 - (also in Pennsylvania Capital-Star, GAYNRD, & Attention to the Unseen)
Could a lack of humility be at the root of what ails America? - The Conversation - May 23, 2019 (also in The Chicago Tribune, The Houston Chronicle, Towle Road, Government Executive, The Fairfield Citizen, The Alton Telegraph, The Good-Men Project, BIZCATALYST 360, LittleBytes News, Calcutta News, Kiowa County Press, hdReporter)
Gossip is a social skill - not a character flaw - Business Mirror, May 3, 2019
The psychology of happiness - ActivelyLearn.com - May 1, 2019
Gossip is a social skill, not a character flaw, studies (including of lobstermen) show - The Portland Press Herald (Maine), April 26, 2019​
When Rover Dies: Why your grief over your dog is so intense - Your Tango, April 23, 2019
Why pretty girls get bullied - Stand Up To Bullying, March 19, 2019
Why losing a dog is so hard - Wall Street Window, February 11, 2019 - also in OregonLive.com
Why losing a dog is so hard - The Irish Examiner, January 2, 2019 - also in SitNews
Why "topophilia" is at an all-time high every Christmas - Inverse - December 23, 2018 & Curiosity.com - December 20, 2018
Why you underestimate how much other people like you - Psychology Today Magazine, December 11, 2018- also in MAPO
Why losing a dog is so hard - PsyPost, November 29, 2018
Ghosts & Religion - Raw Story - October 31, 2018 - also in MENAFN.com
Why haunted houses creep us out - Neuroscience News, October 29, 2018
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a loved one - Erraticus, October 2, 2018
Why clowns creep us out - International Business Times, September 29, 2018
Why losing a dog is so hard - The Philly Voice, September 25, 2018 - also in India TV, The Pantagraph, The Southern Illinoisan, & St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative - The Big Smoke, August 28, 2018
Why "Nigerian Prince" scams continue to dupe us - Channel News Asia, August 22, 2018
Why "Nigerian Prince" Scams Continue to Dupe Us - Salon, August 18, 2018
Why "Nigerian Prince" scams continue to dupe us - International Business Times, August 8, 2018
Why "Nigerian Prince" scams continue to dupe us - MERCATORNET, August 7, 2018
Why "Nigerian Prince" scams continue to dupe us - Heavy, August 5, 2018 (also in iAfrikan)
Psychology explains why "Nigerian Prince" scammers continue to dupe us - Inverse, August 4, 2018 (also inThe Reader)
Why We Still Fall for the 'Nigerian Prince' Scam - The Conversation, August 3, 2018 - also in The Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Actualite Houssenia Writing
Ever felt Guilty over Grieving over a Dog more than a Friend? - This story is for you - Upworthy, July 31, 2018
Why losing a dog can be worse than losing a friend - Univision, July 18, 2018 - also in Infobae, Magnet, Entrepeneur, La Nueva Espana, Culturizando, & Cadena SER
​Why losing a dog can be as traumatic as losing a relative or friend - Business Insider, May 11, 2018
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Perdre son chien peut être plus douloureux que perdre un proche - Slate, April 27, 2018
Why the Death of a Dog Hurts so Much - Quartz, April 26, 2018
How the God You Worship Influences the Ghosts You See - The Big Think, April 25, 2018
Why Pretty Girls Get Bullied - Psychology Today Magazine, April 22, 2018 - also in StandUptoBullying.net
Mourning a Dog Can be Harder than Mourning a Person - Tonic (by Vice), April 10, 2018 - also in GV Wire, Alternet
Gossip is a social skill - not a character flaw - Core Aspect, March 7, 2018
The science behind why there's no place like home for the holidays - The Hartford Courant &The Chicago Tribune, December 22, 2017
Nostalgia for home during the holidays - The Daily Mail, December 15, 2017 - also in Univision, The Week, PSYCHlopaedeia, Patch
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Why there's no place like home for the holidays - Livescience, December 14, 2017 - also in KSDK TV - St Louis
Why there's no place like home for the holidays - The Conversation, December 13, 2017
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Beauty cues: Four traits men unknowingly seek in women - Psychology Today Magazine, - November/December 2017, Vol. 50, #6, pp. 42-43 - also in Questia & Your Tango
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How the God you worship influences the ghosts you see - Magnet, November 20, 2017
Humans are hard-wired to see ghosts - Quartz, October 31, 2017
Why some people see ghosts and other paranormal presences - Your Tango Magazine, October 31, 2017 - also in Psychology Today
How the God you worship influences the ghosts you see - KING TV (NBC Channel 5, Seattle), October 30, 2017
How the God you worship influencwes the ghosts you see - The Reader, October 28, 2017
How the God you worship influences the ghosts you see - Raw Story, October 26, 2017
How the God you worship influences the ghosts you see -The Conversation, October 25, 2017 (also in The Chicago Tribune, KVUE-ABC News)
Why Clowns Creep Us Out - JSTOR Daily, September 17, 2017
Creeped out by clowns? This might be why - CNN, September 8, 2017
For restaurant profits, it's about everything but the food - The New Influencer, April 28, 2017
For restaurants looking to boost profits, it's often about everything but the food. - Hospitality Magazine, - April 26, 2017
For restaurants looking to boost profits, it's often about everything but the food - The Conversation, April 24, 2017
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Why losing a dog can be gharder than losing a relative or friend - Natural Blaze, March 27, 2017
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Why High School Stays With You Forever - Magnet, March 24, 2017
It can be harder to lose a dog than a relative or friend - here's why - Business Insider, March 19, 2017
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Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend - Starts at Sixty, March 17, 2017
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Why Losing a Dog Can Be Harder than Losing a Relative or Friend - Australian Broadcasting Company, March 15, 2017. Also in the New York Observer, & Mamamia
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Why Losing a Dog is so Painful - Quartz, March 14, 2017. Also in The Telegraph
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Why Losing a Dog Can Be Harder than Losing a Relative or Friend - IFL Science, March 10, 2017
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Why Losing a Dog Can Be Harder than Losing a Relative or Friend - The Conversation, March 9, 2017
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Why You Will Always Be Haunted By High School - Quartz, March 3, 2017
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The Perils of a Life in Isolation - Intellectual Takeout, November 17, 2016
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In Social Isolation, The Brain Can Act in Strange Ways - PsyPost, November 14, 2016
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The Perils of a Life in Isolation - The Conversation, November 10, 2016. Also in The Citizen & Inner Self,
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Being happy all the time; Why your past and your future make it hard to enjoy the present - Medical Daily, November 2, 2016
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Why Clowns Creep Us Out - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 29, 2016
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​Why Clowns Creep Us Out - Washington Post, October 27, 2016
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It's healthier to be sad sometimes than happy all of the time - Quartz, October 12, 2016​
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Here's the Psychology Behind Why Clowns Give Us the Heebie-Jeebies - Bangor Daily News, October 11, 2016
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Did Scary Clowns Kill 23 People in Canada? - Snopes.com, October 4, 2016
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The Psychology Behind Why Clowns Creep Us Out - Intellectual Takeout, October 3, 2016
The psychology behind why clowns creep us out - New Zealand Herald, October 2, 2016
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The Psychology Behind Why Clowns Creep Us Out - IFL Science, October 2, 2016
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A Psychologist Explains Why People Are Terrified of Clowns - Business Insider, September 30, 2016
The psychology behind why clowns creep us out - Time Magazine, September 29, 2016 - also in PBS Newshour, Quartz, Scientific American, Salon, Science Alert, The New Republic, The Daily Mail, Raw Story, & Salon
Here's why you're terrified of creepy clowns - The Daily Beast, September 28, 2016 (also in The Conversation)
Why you don't want to be happy all of the time - Slate (France), September 14, 2016 - also in Le Point
Happiness doesn't last, and here's why that's OK - CNN, August 25, 2016 (also in Reliawire)
Don't try to be happy. We're programmed to be dissatisfied - The Guardian, August 17, 2016 - also in The Sydney Morning Herald
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Not Happy? Don't Worry. Be Inspired - Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), August 16, 2016.
Permanent happiness is a myth: Why you shouldn't want to always be happy - Salon, August 15, 2016
(also in Real Clear Science)
Why you shouldn't want to always be happy - Time Magazine, August 12, 2016 - also in IFL Science, Science Alert, The Conversation, Science Rocks My World, Business Insider, & Intellectual Takeout
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Why you shouldn't want to always be happy - Raw Story, August 11, 2016
The evolutionary psychology behind mass shootings - CNN, July 8, 2016
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We never leave high school: Science proves adolescence unforgettable -- for better or worse - Salon, June 19, 2016
Gossip in your office probably does more good than harm - HRZone, June 10, 2016 - also in Psychology Today
This is why you're still thinking about high school - The Washington Post, June 6, 2016 - also in Raw Story
How can we better understand "The Office Creep?" - HRZone, June 6, 2016
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Evolutionary Psychology and Why High School Stays with Us Forever - PsyPost, June 4, 2016
Why are high school memories burned into our brains? - The Guardian, June 2, 2016 (also in Business Insider)​
Why high school stays with us forever - The Conversation, June 1, 2016
How gossiping at work can help you get ahead - Business Insider, February 16, 2016
Gossip is a social skill - not a character flaw - LiveScience, February 1, 2016
Humans evolved to gossip because it's a necessary social skill - Quartz, January 26, 2016
Gossip is a social skill - not a character flaw - Quillette, January 25, 2016
Research shows humans evolved to gossip - Raw Story, January 23, 2016
How gossip can help you - Time Magazine, January 21, 2016
Gossip isn't a flaw - It's a necessary social skill - The New Republic, January 20, 2016 - also in Mashable, The Conversation, Steam Register, & BizCatalyst360.com
The making of a murderer (mass shootings) - The Daily Mail, January 4, 2016
If you give a man a gun: The evolutionary psychology of mass shootings - Quartz, December 16, 2015
Why are shooters invariably young men? - Newsweek, December 7, 2015
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The Evolutionary psychology of Mass Shootings - IFL Science, December 5, 2015
You should know how the male brain reacts to handling a gun - The Huffington Post, December 4, 2015 - also in The Conversation
Why do haunted houses creep us out? - Newsweek, October 31, 2015 (also in Mashable & PsyPost)
This is why haunted houses creep us out - Time Magazine, October 30, 2015 - also in LiveScience, Business Insider, Raw Story, The Conversation
Can gossip be good? - Scientific American Mind Magazine, - October/November, 2008, pp. 26-33 (cover story)