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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Is it good to think hard?

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We’re in the doldrums of the school year right now.   Winter break is behind us, and the school year still has a few months to go.   It i...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Well, that wasn’t worth it: Effort discounting in the brain

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Most of us have a complicated relationship with the effort required to get things done.   On the one hand, we generally prefer to do thin...
Monday, February 20, 2012

You only confront prejudice when you believe people can change.

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One of the more embarrassing social situations you can be in happens when someone you are in a conversation with someone you do not know ...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

How your personality shines through

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Personality is a set of characteristics that tends to influence a person’s behavior.   If you have a friend who you think is aggress...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The value of being a multicultural warrior

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I had a ham radio license as a kid.   I would spend hours with a pair of headphones on listening for weak signals from around the w...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

When are attitudes pliable?

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All of us have core beliefs.   Things that we accept as being important to us that we expect will drive our behavior.   Yet, there are ti...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Evaluating the actions of others

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We make decisions about the characteristics of other people from their actions.   We decide that someone is aggressive if they yell, make...