Posts Tagged: Just World Hypothesis

Suffering => Wisdom?

Posted by & filed under Consciousness, Development of the Self, Emerging Adulthood, Social Cognition, Social Psychology, Social Psychology, Stress Coping - Health, Stress: Coping Reducing, Student Success.

Description: How you think of yourself can make a big difference in how you manage yourself when things in your life change. Now THAT is a vague general statement that I suspect you can see some truth in even if what you think may not match up with what I, or others, might have in…

They Must Be Crazy! Mental Illness and Gun Violence: Think Again

Posted by & filed under Abnormal Psychology, Cultural Variation, mental illness, Motivation-Emotion.

Description: It is frankly quite alarming how many times the opportunity to have this sort of conversation arises these days. Someone goes on a shooting rampage and we and the media try and figure out why. As a psychologist, I am most concerned that it is too easy for people to say some version of… Read more »