Positive vs. Negative Goal-Setting, Kids Read More with Dogs, and Why Teleportation Is (Probably) Impossible
Episode description
Learn about why we’ll probably never be able to teleport; how to set “approach goals” so you’re more likely to achieve your dreams; and how dogs can help improve kids’ reading skills.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why we'll (probably) never be able to teleport: https://curiosity.com/topics/why-well-probably-never-be-able-to-teleport-curiosity
Additional sources:
- Goal-Setting Secrets | Positive Psychology News — https://positivepsychologynews.com/news/bridget-grenville-cleave/2012013120696
- How to Overcome Your Fear of Failure | Harvard Business Review — https://hbr.org/2018/12/how-to-overcome-your-fear-of-failure
- Approach and Avoidance Social Motives and Goals | University of California, Los Angeles — http://www.coachingtowardhappiness.com/pdf/ApproachAndAvoidanceSocialMotives.pdf
- New research demonstrates dogs promote page turning | EurekAlert! — https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/uobc-usd112719.php
- Turning the Page for Spot: The Potential of Therapy Dogs to Support Reading Motivation Among Young Children | Anthrozoös: A multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals, Volume 32, 2019 - Issue 5 — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08927936.2019.1645511
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