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Wednesday, September 09, 2015
3092 - SB28 - 10 Studies
Here's an article in the Huffington Post. Each topic has about 2 - 4 paragraphs.
10 Psychological Studies That Will Change What You Think You Know About Yourself
We all have some capacity for evil.
We don't notice what's right in front of us.
Delaying gratification is hard -- but we're more successful when we do.
We can experience deeply conflicting moral impulses.
We're easily corrupted by power.
We seek out loyalty to social groups and are easily drawn to intergroup conflict.
We only need one thing to be happy.
We thrive when we have strong self-esteem and social status.
We constantly try to justify our experiences so that they make sense to us.
We buy into stereotypes in a big way.
Here's a LINK to the article. And of course each topic has links!
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The combination of "we all have some capacity for evil" and "we're easily corrupted by power" is not very comforting.
Yes, the Beatles got it right - All You Need Is Love
The Milgram experiment was stressful for the participants; it emphasized the pitfalls of being overdisposed to obey authorities.
A great set of studies!
That self-esteem thing is important. Schools should work on that for the students more!
I always wonder who pays for these kinds of studies, although this is pretty interesting stuff. I agree that we don't always see what is right in front of us, and I would suggest that we overlook those closest to us by that same theory.
"Justifying experiences so they make sense to us..." Yep. Checkmark that one.
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