Joel Weinberger is Professor of Psychology at the
Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University. Prior to that he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in human motivation at Harvard University. He is author or co-author of more than 70 published articles and chapters and two books. His interests include unconscious processes, personality, motivation, and effective components of psychotherapy. His work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and he was awarded the Ulf Kragh award (University of Lundh, Sweden) for his work on unconscious processes. He is a founding member of Thinkscan, an organization that assesses implicit processes. Dr. Weinberger is also a practicing clinical psychologist.

Blog Entries by Joel Weinberger

Why Do CEOs Do Such Stupid Things? It's Their Nature

2 Comments | Posted April 1, 2009 | 01:39 AM (EST)


A scorpion asked a frog to take him across a river. The frog refused, saying, "You will sting me."

The scorpion replied, "It would be foolish for me to sting you because then we would both die."
The reassured frog agreed to carry the scorpion across the river. At...

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Fresh Faces on the National Scene: My Sons for President

Posted October 1, 2008 | 11:10 PM (EST)


I watched Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric and learned that living next to another country and/or being on a flight path to another country constitutes foreign policy experience. I learned that her foreign policy experience included not only Russia but Canada as well. I watched John McCain "race" to...

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How Should Obama Respond? A Third Way to End the Sliming

Posted August 22, 2008 | 12:13 AM (EST)


The SwiftBoating of Barack Obama has begun. And by the same author and organizations. This should have come as no surprise to Senator Obama, his campaign, or to Democrats, and they should have been prepared with an effective response. Yet, their reaction has been weak and ineffective. Pundits may talk...

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Do Actions Speak Louder than Words? Or is the Pen Mightier than the Sword?

Posted February 28, 2008 | 06:14 PM (EST)


Lately we have been hearing that Barak Obama lacks substance. Sure, he is a great speaker. He inspires people and makes then believe. But what has he done? The message is that words are nice, but what really counts is what you do. Words are fluff; actions have substance. McCain...

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