Posts Tagged ‘psychology’

Why doing nothing may sometimes be the best action of all

Fresh research suggests our bias for action is emotional, not rational.

An article by Patricia Cohen in the New York Times “Business Day” section on March 1st, reporting on a study made by economist Ofer H. Azar at Ben-Gurion University of Negev in Israel, adds another dimension to the topic of the last article I wrote for Lifehack.org.

In what I wrote then, I wondered whether… » Continue

March 5 2008 | By Adrian | Tagged: gtd, inaction, psychology, research, stillness | 14 comments»

Three More Reasons Why Your Brain is Not Your Friend

Last week, I explained some of the ways that our brain tricks us. There’s more ways than just the three I listed that the brain works in odd and mysterious ways, causing us no end of mischief. Here’s three more:

I am not a racist!

In 1964, a woman named Kitty Genovese was beaten and killed in an attack witnessed by dozens of people, none of whom… » Continue

October 19 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: brain, perception, psychology, racism, thought | 21 comments»

Your Brain is Not Your Friend

A mind is a terrible thing. Whether because of the brain’s internal structure or the way social and cultural pressures cause our minds to develop and function, in the end the result is the same: minds that are not only easily deceived and frequently deceptive in their own right, but when caught out, refuse to accept and address their errors. If you have a mind — or… » Continue

October 12 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: brain, psychology, thought | 36 comments»

Sticky Ideas Workshop (Part 5): Emotional

If you want to connect — I mean, really connect — with an audience, you have to hit ‘em square in their emotions. Movie makers know this, and exploit it to the fullest, making us laugh, cry, punch the air in triumph, jump out of our seats in terror, and even swell with love for all humanity — almost on demand.

A lot of times this is pretty cheap… » Continue

August 29 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: emotion, ideas, madetostick, malcolmgladwell, psychology, tippingpoint | 4 comments»

Alpha males and their rituals of dominance

Why office politics are everywhere, yet accomplish so little of value
Two years ago, I went to Colorado to watch the Prairie Chickens and Sage Grouse doing their spring dances. The males strut around, puff out their chests, and try to intimidate other males who come near them. Sometimes they start up a skirmish, running at one another and trying to look as fearsome as possible. Younger, junior males hang around… » Continue

February 19 2007 | By Adrian | Tagged: business, ethic, Management, politic, psychology | 5 comments»

How To Get Started On Anything

A blog Smart Graduate School Applications discusses about a social psychology theory called Two Factor Theory of Emotion, which predicts the elements of a person’s environment can have a significant impact to their emotion state.

The post follows on and describes this can link to how we can overcome procrastination. He suggests to start on a project while sipping coffee. He finds coffee impacts his positive emotion towards his task:

I… » Continue

December 28 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: procrastination, psychology | 9 comments»

A Review of “The Minds Of Boys”

A Michael Gurian, Kathy Stevens book, published by Jossey-Bass, reviewed by Reg Adkins.

Michael Gurian begins the book by describing the current crisis in the education of boys. He takes careful steps to note the indicators of this crisis in detail noting facts including

boys get the majority of D’s and F’s
boys make up 80% of the discipline problems
boys make up 70%

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September 8 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: book, brain, men, psychology | 14 comments»

Psychology of Color

David Johnson at infoplease has given out some information on psychology and color. He has a good list of colors which associate with different meanings and some of the affects from the color. For instance, yellow is a very good example:

Cheerful sunny yellow is an attention getter. While it is considered an optimistic color, people lose their tempers more often in yellow rooms, and babies will cry more. It is… » Continue

February 14 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: color, list, psychology | 2 comments»