Posts Tagged ‘psychology’
Thus spoke… Freud
by westwood Freud was a rather cool dude who revolutionized the way we think in many, many ways. And if you haven’t seen this four-part BBC miniseries about the ramifications of his discoveries, you absolutely should. There are a lot of great quotes by him, but I’ve been thinking about this one: “Neurosis is the inability […]
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Tags: ambiguity, freud, halloween, neurosis, psychology, quotes, sigmund freud
The new switcheroo
by westwood Sorry for the interruption to our regularly scheduled event, but today’s topic is Multitasking. Chances are, if you are internet-savvy, you think you are pretty darn good at multitasking. If you’re a woman, you are by default better at it than men. You pride yourself on the fact that since you began to […]
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Tags: conscious, drumming, email, glee, job force, juggling, men, modern society, multitasking, muscle memory, psychology, resume, subconscious, task-switching, technology, texting, women
Intro by westwood Well, last time I gave you a to be continued. This is the continued. Welcome to part two of a series on prejudice, multiculturalism, and all that fun stuff. How many parts? Well, we shall just have to see, because even if I drop tag words like NAZI and RACISM and SEXUAL […]
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Tags: dehumanization, dinosaur comics, discrimination, genocide, IAT, identity, implicit association testing, in group, justin bieber, lesbians who look like justin bieber, metric, minimal group paradigm, nazi, outgroup, psychological testing, psychology, racism, tajfel, tolerance, war, white people, xkcd
