The Dangers of Emotional Pornography. Editor's note: This week, we're taking a look at some of the "Best of RELEVANTMagazine.com" from 2010.
When we put this article up in May, it quickly became one of our most popular and talked-about articles. Cole's examination of our culture's seeming obsession with love stories and idealized romance certainly stirred up a lot of opinions. Some of you resonated with Cole's idea, and said he was spot-on in his critiques.
Others suggested that Cole was blaming the media for our own sin and brokenness. Others suggested that there's nothing wrong with a little romcom. Blog Archive How to Stop Illegal Downloads « Nov 03.
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Which were you? Popular kid, nerd, normal, artist, or loner? Wait, don’t answer that—instead, tell me: What makes that question so seductive? Katy Waldman is a Slate assistant editor. Follow her on Twitter. Follow. How To Solve Problems Like Sherlock Holmes. Are you a Dr. Watson or a Sherlock Holmes? Brain Parts - Learn More About Your Different Brain Parts. What are the different parts of our brain?
The human brain is one of the most complex organs in our body. It is made up of diverse parts or structures that carry-out different functions and work together using thousands of connections that connect the brain to the rest of the body. Below, we will give you a description of the brain's structure, its different parts, and how each part works.
Criminal Flash Mobs. Apparently, That's a Thing Now. Groupthink. Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.
Group members try to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation of alternative viewpoints, by actively suppressing dissenting viewpoints, and by isolating themselves from outside influences. Loyalty to the group requires individuals to avoid raising controversial issues or alternative solutions, and there is loss of individual creativity, uniqueness and independent thinking. The dysfunctional group dynamics of the "ingroup" produces an "illusion of invulnerability" (an inflated certainty that the right decision has been made). Thus the "ingroup" significantly overrates its own abilities in decision-making, and significantly underrates the abilities of its opponents (the "outgroup").
History[edit] He went on to write: Symptoms[edit] Causes[edit] Voluntourism: 'A misguided industry' - People & Power. By Susan Rosas We already know from volumes of research around the world that orphanage care is associated with long-term psychological concerns.
Some of the most cited problems related to orphanage care have to do with attachment - a person's inner system for negotiating carer and partner relationships. When we place children in institutions that have many children and few caregivers, we are denying children the opportunity to see what healthy relationships look like. Long-term, hard-wired bonds with individual adults also help children to develop coping skills when distressed. The tragic rise of Gap year voluntourism - Comment - Voices. In the last two decades voluntourism has soared.
The desire on the part of young people to combine do-gooding with a rattling good time has – in effect– been hijacked and turned to profit by travel agents. Back in 2007, the University of London found that more than 800 organisations were providing volunteering opportunities in 200 countries. Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart? Platon for The New York Times Students at Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on Jan. 25, the day before they took the SAT or SAT math subject test.
Clockwise from top left: Elana Ross, Linda Fan, Aryanna Jones, Sasha Rae-Grant, Patrick Reed, Jeremy McMillan. More Photos » Blog Archive The Honest Truth about Dishonesty: RSA Animate Version. « Reading Shakespeare and Wordsworth can boost your morale- Authors. London: Reading writers like Shakespeare and Wordsworth can give a 'rocket-boost' to your morale and provide better therapy than self-help books, a study of the human brain has found.
Researchers at the University of Liverpool found that serious literature catches the reader's attention and triggers moments of self-reflection. Using scanners, scientists monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in their original form and in a more dumbed-down, modern translation, the 'Daily Mail' reported. Reading writers like Shakespeare and Wordsworth can provide better therapy than self-help books. The experiments showed that more 'challenging' prose and poetry set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the pedestrian versions. The academics were able to study the brain activity as readers responded to each word, and noticed how it 'lit up' as they encountered unusual words, surprising phrases or difficult sentence structure.
Motivation. Motivation has been shown to have roots in physiological, behavioral, cognitive, and social areas.
Motivation may be rooted in a basic impulse to optimize well-being, minimize physical pain and maximize pleasure. It can also originate from specific physical needs such as eating, sleeping or resting, and sex. Motivation is an inner drive to behave or act in a certain manner. These inner conditions such as wishes, desires and goals, activate to move in a particular direction in behavior. Types of theories and models[edit] Motivational theories[edit]