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Self-Deception, with Dr. Cortney Warren

Self-Deception, with Dr. Cortney Warren

The Eagan High School class of '96 has produced its share of accomplished and articulate alumni, one pride-inspiring example of which is Dr. Cortney Warren. Warren is a clinical psychologist and researcher in the field of eating disorders and body image. She has...

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Consumer Choice as Self-expression

Consumer Choice as Self-expression

This month we travel all the way to Bremen, Germany to look at a fascinating doctoral dissertation published in this month's Psychology & Marketing. Michail Kokkoris, a newly-minted PhD in psychology, brings us insight into the nature of individual choice and how...

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A Happy Life or a Meaningful Life?

A Happy Life or a Meaningful Life?

A majority of people generally say they want a happy life. A majority of people also say they want to become parents at some point. The trouble is, according to nearly every study ever performed on the matter, becoming a parent reduces happiness and marital...

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Just How Squishy is Social Science?

Just How Squishy is Social Science?

I find psychology and sociology generally fascinating, and part of that fascination extends to just how full of holes these fields are. I believe that one of the largest parts about understanding any area of knowledge is to understand the limits of that area. Just...

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Plato’s Psychology

Plato’s Psychology

Plato and Moral Psychology Plato (427-334 BC) recorded perhaps the oldest surviving model of moral psychology in the western tradition. His ideas appear in his Dialogues, and we will concentrate mostly on The Republic. While his ideas on man's moral motivations have...

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The Social Animal

The Social Animal

Recently, I read David Brooks's The Social Animal, an interesting survey of the best current research on psychology, sociology and culture. Though a best-seller, this book received some mixed critical reviews when it came out in 2011. Knowing Brooks to be a strong...

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The Personal Myth

The Personal Myth

"It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble, it’s the things we do know that just ain’t so." --Mark Twain One very interesting dimension to personality has to do with the stories that we tell ourselves. Research has increasingly revealed that...

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