Search
Items tagged with: Psychology
Here is Gaslighting PART TWO - about how the anti trans gaslighting gave them victory (though that didn’t mean the end)
#gaslighting #translivesmatter #lgbtq #bbcradio4 #psychology
The Crack-Up
One of America's most famous authors confronts the pressures of fame in a most public forum. Read The Crack-Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald in Esquire's archive.F. Scott Fitzgerald (Esquire)
Overflowing Woolsey, interest in ‘Psychology and the Good Life’ goes global
As Laurie Santos’ record-breaking happiness class wraps up for 1,200 students on campus, the world is still learning its lessons.Yale News
What happens when a ghost video is exposed as fake?
You might assume that once we know a recording is unreliable, its influence disappears. But brand new research into deepfakes suggests it isn’t quite that simple.
In my latest Ghost Geek essay, I look at the psychology of misinformation, the continued influence effect, and why debunking paranormal evidence may require more than simply saying: “this is fake.” 👻
theghostgeek.com/p/you-know-th…
#Skepticism #Psychology #Paranormal #Deepfakes #AI
You Know the Ghost Video Is Fake. So Why Can’t You Unsee It?
Recent research suggests that warning people about a deepfake can help reduce its influence, though it may not make its impact disappear entirely.Hayley Stevens (The Ghost Geek)
🧠 The man who invented IQ tests warned you not to take them too seriously.
Alfred Binet created the first practical intelligence test in 1905, not to rank people, but to identify which schoolchildren needed extra help. He called the idea of fixed, unchangeable intelligence "brutal pessimism" and spent his career arguing against it.
In 2012, neuroscientists at Western University tested 110,000 people while scanning brains with fMRI. They found human cognition runs on at least three independent neural networks: reasoning, short-term memory, and verbal ability.
Because these circuits operate independently, averaging them into a single IQ score is like averaging your height, weight, and shoe size into one "physical number."
Source: doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.…
Routine and the perception of time - PubMed
The authors investigated the influence of routine on people's estimation of time, testing the hypothesis that duration is remembered as being shorter when time is spent in a routine activity.PubMed
#USpol #POTUS #Psychology
(4/4)
presidential tenures. (See this PT blogger's post.) The list includes some of our greatest presidents, like Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln."
//
Source:
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ev…
Who is most susceptible to being manipulated by narcissists?
What type of person is attracted to narcissists?Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D. (Psychology Today)
#USpol #POTUS #Psychology
(3/n)
. .. a 👉fascinating 2006 psychobiographical study by #DukeUniversity Medical Center of 37 former #US presidents' lives, a stunning 50 percent of them suffered from some sort of diagnosable mental illness👈, including major depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders—many manifesting symptoms during their...
#USpol #POTUS #Psychology
(2/n)
...of the public but their own grandiose image and inflated assessment of themselves...."
Interestingly, he states that they now have a "...bestselling book titled The Dangerous Case of #DonaldTrump (here) about President Trump's presumed psychiatric condition, comprised of 27 essays from prominent and distinguished #Psychiatrists, #Psychologists, and other #MentalHealth professionals..."
But even more interestingly:
"According to...
From Apathy to Activism - Richard E. Rawson, Psy.D., MBA
Most people don't tune out because they don't care. They tune out because the problems feel too large, too tangled, and too far removed from anything they canRichard Rawson (Richard E. Rawson, Psy.D., MBA)
