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Self Fulfilling Prophecy

Trayvon Martin is a Victim of Selective Perception

BJ Gallagher | Posted 06.11.2012 | Crime
Read More: Paradigms, Thomas Kuhn, Stereotypes, Selective Perception, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Trayvon Martin, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Psychology, George Zimmerman, Prejudice, Perception, Race Relations, Crime News
BJ Gallagher

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are," wrote French diarist Anais Nin. This is not just true of George Zimmerman, the Florida man...

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The 'Mean Girls' Obsession -- As if Women Were the Ones Starting Wars

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Leadership, Mean Guys, Mean Girls, Stereotypes, Meanness in Society, Gender Wage Gap, Gender Differences in Communication, International Women's Day, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Communication, International Women's Day 2011, Healthy Living News
Kathleen Reardon

Categorizing women is often used as a way to limit their opportunities further. If we start bandying "mean girls" around as if it's a valid category, we inadvertently imbue it with legitimacy.

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Can We Change Our Personality?

Todd Kashdan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Creativity, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Intelligence, Personality, Mindfulness, Perseverance, Compassion, Self-Help, Healthy Living News
Todd Kashdan

Researchers have found that we define a stranger's personality after a mere 10 seconds. With this thin slice of information, we start to think and act differently toward them.

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Wall Street Lawyer on "The Positive Presumption"

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Richie Davidson, Korean-American, Corporate World, Pygmalion Effect, Communication Skills, Tibetan Buddhist Monks, Global Citizens, Eugene Lee, The World Is Flat, Peru, New York University Law School, Dale Carnegie, Jim Luce, Viktor Frankl, Soft Skills, Body Language, Pygmalion in the Classroom, Dog Whisperer, Eastern Thought, Thomas Friedman, Dalai Lama, Wisdom Traditions, Man?S Search for Meaning, Robert Cialdini, Holocaust, Law Firm, Facial Expressions, Robert Rosenthal, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, New York City, Paul Ekman, Lenore Jackson, Gregorian Chants, Emotions Revealed, Positive Presumption, Wall Street, Social Graces, Spirituality, World Trade Center, Wall Street Lawyer, Thought Leaders, Economy, Krishnamurti, Business News
Jim Luce

Meet Eugene Lee, a mid-level associate at a Top 40 law firm on Wall Street who succeeds in business by being real, honest, and kind. Good news.

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America's Self-Defeating Attitude on Health Care Reform

Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Care Costs, National Health Reform, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, American Medical Association, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Anti-Government, Socialized Medicine, Bill Clinton, Harry Truman, Clinton Health Security Act, Barack Obama, Clinton-Care, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Health, Politics News
Sahil Kapur

The current system encourages exclusion of those who need medical care the most, and only government has the power to restructure these incentives.

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