The psychology of the powerful. 6 October 2012Last updated at 00:06 ET By Philippa Roxby Health reporter, BBC News Jokers can be a useful reminder of human fallibility World leaders are often accused of hubris, of wielding power in arrogant and self-serving ways.
Leaders and managers in public life rarely escape criticism when they make unpopular decisions either. Psychology of Color « Miss Centsible. Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything. The Art of Complex Problem Solving. Parataxic distortion. Parataxic distortion is a psychiatric term first used by Harry S.
Sullivan to describe the inclination to skew perceptions of others based on fantasy. The "distortion" is a faulty perception of others, based not on actual experience with the other individual, but on a projected fantasy personality attributed to the individual. RAPE OF THE MIND - Joost A. M. Meerloo.