Excerpt: Essential features of Narcissistic Personality Disorder are a long-standing pattern of grandiosity, intense need for admiration, and lack of empathy that extends across all aspects of the persons life. Click on title above to read full essay.
How and why do people change their views on strongly held beliefs, such as one’s support for Trump? One theory in social – psychology which bears on this question is called “cognitive dissonance”. According to this well accepted theory, if Read more…
I no more believe in pure socialism than unfettered capitalism. Each system has its unique set of strengths and failings, which largely offset each other and constantly seek a shifting equilibrium. Click on title to read full essay.
We the people of these United States of America wish to express our sincere sympathies on your divorce from the European Union. We know we have been an unruly colony for some time now. But, those were our rebellious adolescent Read more…
In a report published today in the prestigious Journal of Gonzo Intellectualism, a team of medical researchers at Satellite Beach University have discovered a new form a mental illness which is believed to be spreading rapidly across the country. The Read more…
I have always feared that society as we know it would end with some type of government lock down of the population. Perhaps I have read too many dystopian novels in which some totalitarian leader assumes absolute control for nefarious Read more…
The idea that as citizens we should be willing to sacrifice our lives for the good of the country has been with us for centuries and has served us well when our country has been under attack by fascist leaders Read more…
While chatting with a fellow hiker in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains about our travels to South American and the poor conditions many people there live in, our new friend said, “We should send some of our dissidents there and Read more…
How can people change their views on strongly held beliefs? One theory in social – psychology which bears on this question is called “cognitive dissonance”. According to this well accepted theory, if a person can be induced to voluntarily take Read more…
Democratic forms of government first came into being in America and France in the late 1700’s during a time in history when common people had enough of the excesses of aristocratic rule which was absolute, autocratic, and often insensitive to Read more…
We are all familiar with the “carrot and stick” method of influencing behavior. A sweet carrot is dangled in front of the cart-horse to encourage him to continue forward. The stick, or whip, is applied to punish him for resisting, Read more…
Some observers have raised concerns about Mr. Trump’s stage of moral development – pointing to his behavior towards women, bullying, and lying. Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg proposed a six-stage framework for understanding moral development that has been widely accepted in the Read more…
Excerpt: Narcissistic rage is more dangerous than normal forms of anger. It is triggered by what psychologists call a “narcissistic insult”. Click on title above to ready full essay.