As I finished a recent presentation, “Thinking Smart in a Post-Truth Age,” a questioner’s hand shot up: “I understand the need to think with our…
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I’m often asked: “What is your favorite introductory psych chapter?” I reply that, when starting to write my text, I presumed that Sensation-Perception would be…
Originally posted on September 29, 2015. My last blog essay reported surveys that show social psychologists are mostly political liberals. But I also noted…
This particular article is inspired by my perusal of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman’s “On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and…
In the age of social media, networking and global never-ending communication, introverts are often viewed as rather inefficient. They are considered as people who would…
In humans, vision is the major channel for receiving information about the world. The same applies to the majority of animals, even those that are…
Addictive behavior is a major global health concern. Addiction is commonly defined as the repetitive use of substances or a repetitive pattern of behaviors that…
Have you ever found yourself caught in a downward spiral of negative thoughts? It’s as if your mind is like a funnel with thoughts racing…
Fixing. Solving. Smoothing over. We often reach for the metaphorical superglue when we feel bad or out of sorts. We seek to plaster the cracks…