Tag Archives: Psychology
The Complex Reality of Juveniles in Adult Prisons
by David Chura, author of I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup(Beacon Press, 2011), Winner of the 2010 PASS Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency Reynaldo is surprised … Continue reading
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Using Carrots and Sticks
by Ian Ayres, author of Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done (Bantam, 2010) Rob Harrison is one of the most beloved teachers at Yale Law School. He has improved the writing and emotional outlook … Continue reading
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The Invisible Gorilla
by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, authors of The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us (Crown Archetype, 2010) More than a decade ago, when we did the experiment that inspired the name of our book, we had no … Continue reading
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The Myth of the Mid-Life Crisis, and the Real Search for Fulfillment
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, author of The Search for Fulfillment: Revolutionary New Research That Reveals the Secret to Long-term Happiness (Ballantine, 2010) Read Whitbourne’s recent post, “Why We Love Betty White”, on Psychology Today. It gives me great pleasure to tell … Continue reading
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“It’s Not About How Smart You Are”
In this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education, staff reporter David Glenn has written an interesting piece considering the pioneering work—and controversial viewpoints—of psychologist, professor and author Carol Dweck. Dweck, currently a professor at Stanford University, is a leading expert on motivation and … Continue reading
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Ecoliteracy 2.0
by Daniel Goleman, author of Ecological Intelligence: The Hidden Impacts of What We Buy (Broadway Business, 2010), a book selected by Virginia Tech for its 2009 and 2010 Common Book Project. Near the start of the 20th century William James wrote … Continue reading
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Can We Really Flip the Switch?
Brothers Chip Heath, professor of Organizational Behaviour at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, and Dan Heath, a consultant to the Aspen Institute, have followed up their bestselling and course-adopted book Made to Stick with a groundbreaking book that addresses … Continue reading
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