Category: Psychology
03/04/12
The Psy-Fi Blog: How to be a Bad Manager: The Pygmalion Effect, March 1, 2012One of the most powerful – and frightening – research programs in social psychology was that conducted by Robert Rosenthal into the Pygmalion effect. Named after an ancient… more »
10/08/11
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Categories: Brain, Psychology, Social Networks
Keywords: Brain, Social Networks, Connected more »
09/18/11
Keywords: Good Behavior, Ethical Behaviors, Teddy Bears, Children Toys more »
09/12/11
Alós-Ferrer, Carlos, Achtziger, Anja and Wagner, Alexander, Social Preferences and Self-Control (December 15, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1869148
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"We study the interaction of different motives and decision pro… more »
08/07/11
Keywords: Barry Schwartz, Choices that matter more »
07/04/11
06:13:19 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 109 words
Categories: Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology
Boston Globe: Trusting your instincts, by Gareth Cook, July 3, 2011Scientists have started to provide provocative answers by looking at the roots of morality. The influential psychologist Jonathan Haidt has surveyed the world’s cultures and suggested… more »
06/13/11
Nina Mazar, Chen-Bo Zhong, Do Green Products Make Us Better People? University of Toronto, 2010
Abstract:
"Consumer choices not only reflect price and quality preferences but also social and moral values as witnessed in the remarkable growth… more »
05/29/11
08:55:15 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 89 words
Categories: Brain, Psychology, Philosophy
This is a Boston Globe article worth to read. Harvard's Edward O. Wilson asks where the good comes from:Boston Globe: Where does good come from? Harvard's Edward O. Wilson tries to upend biology, again, April 17, 2011He paraphrases Arthur Schopen… more »
04/13/11
Keywords: Recklessness, Dangerous Behavior more »
02/06/11
Whether search engines make you stupider or smarter is largely up to you, explains UCLA's Gary Small
BigThink: How Google Is Reshaping Your Brain: Professor of Psychiatry and Aging, UCLA School of Medicine, Feb. 6, 2011
Keywords: Search Engines, Brain Training, Future Brain more »
08/06/10
Caltech: Gain and loss in optimistic versus pessimistic brains, August 4, 2010A paper about the research—led by Richard A. Andersen, the James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience at Caltech—appears in the August issue of PLoS Biology."This study… more »
06/28/10
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05/30/10
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04/08/10
WSJ: The Superstar Effect, April 3, 2010
Competitors playing a match against Bobby Fischer, perhaps the greatest chess player of all time, often came down with a mysterious affliction known as "Fischer-fear." Even fellow grandmasters were vulnerable t… more »
01/24/10
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