MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Psychology Today Personality Center' source. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:32:22 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669765&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fjust-listen%2F201202%2Frage-coming-soon-narcissist-near-you Hell hath no fury and contempt as a narcissist you dare to disagree with, tell they’re wrong or embarrassread more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669765 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:50:18 +0100 5669765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669766&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fwhat-lies-beneath%2F201202%2Fnot-be-antisocial-why-don-t-you-leave-me-alone-part-i Have you ever felt deluged by invitations, festivities, celebrations, get-togethers, gatherings, blasts, soirees, shindigs, and Super Bowl tail-gates, when all you wanted to do was spend a nice quiet evening with your dog and the Internet?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669766 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:31:22 +0100 5669766 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669767&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-consciousness-question%2F201202%2Fmeeting-carl-gustav-jung It was at the first Eranos meeting after World War II that I met Carl Gustav Jung. I had accompanied Herbert Read and it was he who introduced me to Jung. Memory has it that this was in 1950 when Jung would have been about 75. It was a fairly brief conversation, yet I found that simply being in the great man's presence was impressive enough.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669767 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:21:50 +0100 5669767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669768&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fambigamy%2F201202%2Fgreedy-egomaniacs-problem-todays-robber-barons My friends say the problem with today’s robber barons is that they’re greedy egomaniacs, but I don’t think that nails it. What after all is egomania? It’s some extreme on a continuum I ride too. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669768 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:53 +0100 5669768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669769&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftheory-knowledge%2F201202%2Funderstanding-how-we-filter-our-thoughts Much as CBT therapists understand people's problems through the lens of dysfunctional thoughts, many psychodynamic theorists use the Malan Triangle as a basic framework to understand the defensive system. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669769 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:49:26 +0100 5669769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669770&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fpsychology-writers%2F201202%2Fpersonality-tests-your-characters Learn how to use psychological personality tests to construct unique character profiles and better understand why your characters do what they do!read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669770 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:23:57 +0100 5669770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669771&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-blame-game%2F201202%2Fthe-domino-effect The domino effect is where we approach our goals in a mindful, positive way; focusing on the process and the journey, rather than becoming outcome-oriented. In this way we always benefit and in some sense succeed from being on the path, whether or not we reach that final domino.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669771 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:06:40 +0100 5669771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669772&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fcutting-edge-leadership%2F201202%2Fwhy-steve-jobs-is-leadership-nightmare Steven Jobs was one of the most successful entrepreneurial leaders of the last half-century. He will likely be remembered as one of business's iconic leaders. Many of my students admire him. That is the problem.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669772 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:26:14 +0100 5669772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669773&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-career-within-you%2F201202%2Fjournalist-michael-hastings-purveyor-truth Michael Hastings (born in 1980) is a journalist who hates war. He tries to see things from many points of view so he assumes he'd feel differently about violence or war if someone were breaking into his house or enemies were invading his country. And he realizes the flip side of war is adventurism and the excitement of being in life or death situations.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669773 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:14:12 +0100 5669773 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669774&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fbehind-the-executive-door%2F201202%2Fbosses-we-love-wish-were-better-or-outright-despise Think about the worst boss you ever had. Or the best one. Or those who fell somewhere in between just OK and aimless. And moving from their report cards to yours, how good were you at finding productive ways of working with—or at least adjusting to—these bosses? read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669774 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:45:48 +0100 5669774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5669775&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fshadow-boxing%2F201202%2Fbaiting-predators If your child wanted to correspond with serial killers, what would you say? The answer might seem simple, but in some cases, it’s complicated. A unique look at serial killers through the eyes of a young man with a brain injury raises intriguing questions. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5669775 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:43:14 +0100 5669775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651868&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fattending-the-undervalued-self%2F201202%2Ftime-magazine-the-power-shyness-and-high-sensitivity No, we are not necessarily shy and not always introverted, but the book which prompted the article, Susan Cain's "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking," is actually more about HSPs than social introverts, so we're getting there. Perhaps in a year or two the highly sensitive person will be Time's person of the year! read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651868 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:56:47 +0100 5651868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651869&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fenvy%2F201202%2Fenvy-theory-new-model-the-mind Unconscious envy is the primitive sensation and conflated feeling of privation, powerlessness, inferiority, and hostile distress coupled with the urge to rob and spoil in the face of advantages and their enjoyment existing elsewhere. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651869 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:25:28 +0100 5651869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651870&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fdo-something-different%2F201202%2Fis-our-personality-our-trap Have you done a personality test? Most people have, or will at least have a view about their own type of personality. Do you have a predictable way of behaving? Probably. But is it even wise to have a 'personality?'read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651870 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:10:56 +0100 5651870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651871&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fmr-personality%2F201202%2Fpersonality-and-brand-choice-can-your-favorite-brands-reveal-your-eq Are we more likely to like brands and celebrities if we resemble them?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651871 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:35:53 +0100 5651871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651872&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fshadow-boxing%2F201202%2Faddicted-lies We're often surprised when people lie easily and persistently, even when it's clear they'll be exposed. Casey Anthony gained as much attention for this behavior as for her status as an alleged child-killer. What's behind it?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651872 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:01:22 +0100 5651872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651873&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201202%2Fproblems-emotional-intimacy-typical-borderliners-and-narcissists If you're in a relationship with someone with borderline or narcissistic personality disorder, you may be surprised to learn that the relationship may be less intimate than you think it is. It may be intense, time-consuming, long-lasting, and take up most of your mental space.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651873 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:39:45 +0100 5651873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651874&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fwho-am-i%2F201201%2Feverything-you-need-know-all-in-one-place The Handbook of Identity Theory and Research just arrived at my library – and it looks great! The editors have done an excellent job of incorporating work on identity from a range of theoretical perspectives, and from multiple disciplines.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651874 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:02:35 +0100 5651874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651875&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fhere-there-and-everywhere%2F201201%2F6-reasons-why-youre-jerk Been told you are a jerk? Here are 6 reasons why. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651875 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:53:51 +0100 5651875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651876&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fpeople-will-talk%2F201201%2Fwhat-dunk-tanks-tell-us-about-the-nature-heroism When helping is competitive, men become more helpful.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651876 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:03:55 +0100 5651876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651877&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-introverts-corner%2F201201%2Fsurvey-says-introverts-dont-mind-being-chatted-sometimes Thanks to everyone who responded to my survey about meeting introverts! I am happy to share the results and some of the comments over the next couple of posts. I will draw no conclusions, but at least it gives us all something to think about.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651877 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:46:39 +0100 5651877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5640027&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fscience-small-talk%2F201201%2Fthe-context-dependence-hot-guys-and-girls What makes someone attractive to you? Specific physical features? A particular personality type? A certain indefinable quality of character or depth of soul? All reasonable answers, sure, but there's an additional response you should at least consider. Another critical influence on who you're attracted to is context.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5640027 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:44:38 +0100 5640027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5640028&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-new-resilience%2F201201%2Fdo-romney-and-gingrich-display-inner-life-problem Both liberal and conservative political writers have been commenting on the negative public reactions to Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, despite their being the leading Republican contenders for their party's nomination. For example, conservative George Will portrays Romney as the person we don't trust -- writing of the "...read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5640028 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:20:08 +0100 5640028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5640029&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fdarwin-eternity%2F201201%2Fthe-dark-side-altruism The mobster Jimmy Burke was renowned both for his spectacular generosity and his terrifying cruelty. How could two traits that seem so different co-exist in the same person? The answer to this question has important implications for our understanding of human altruism.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5640029 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:05:44 +0100 5640029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5631374&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Funder-the-influence%2F201201%2Fthe-power-be-me We certainly have a wealth of anecdotes about what having power does to people: Power has led political figures like Herman Cain (allegedly) and John Edwards to engage in adultery, facilitated unethical financial practices on Wall Street, and contributed to some of the most overconfident moments in our nation's history.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5631374 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:07:24 +0100 5631374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5631375&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fwho-we-are%2F201201%2Ftwo-models-intrinsic-motivation Here I begin an analysis of two theories of intrinsic motivation on four scientific criteria. The brutal truth is that the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is invalid. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5631375 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:24:28 +0100 5631375 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5631376&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fimperfect-spirituality%2F201201%2Fbeing-you-even-when-youd-rather-not Computer-cussing moments and other annoyances can reveal who we really are, if we're paying attention.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5631376 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:57:51 +0100 5631376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5631377&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Flife-bilingual%2F201201%2Ffalling-in-love-culture-and-language Some people fall in love with a new culture and language. The way Julia Child discovered the French culture and language, and French cuisine—and became enamored with all three—is very moving. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5631377 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:18:24 +0100 5631377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5631378&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ffulfillment-any-age%2F201201%2Fthe-healthy-side-narcissism It's hard to love a narcissist. Although we tend to emphasize narcissism's negative qualities, however, there can be benefits to having narcissistic tendencies. Research shows that people high in "adaptive narcissism" have higher self-esteem, and can be more successful in relationships, health, and work. A little bit of narcissism may be a good thing.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5631378 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:15:03 +0100 5631378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5631379&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201201%2Flack-empathy-the-most-telling-narcissistic-trait Narcissists don't consider the pain they inflict on others; nor do they give any credence to others' perceptions.They simply do not care about thoughts and feelings that conflict with their own. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5631379 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:28:32 +0100 5631379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5631380&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fshadow-boxing%2F201201%2Fseeking-serial-killers Using a serial killer to help solve crimes is the stuff of fiction. Until now. A true crime writer teams with a criminal profiler to get a new perspective on cold cases. They use a serial killer to learn more about the motives and methods involved, allowing viewers of their new TV series to hear what this killer has to say. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5631380 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:33:30 +0100 5631380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5621868&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-intelligent-divorce%2F201201%2Fthe-malignant-divorce-has-nasa-gone-postal       Heaven has no rage like love betrayed  read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5621868 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:01:06 +0100 5621868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5621869&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fpsyched%2F201201%2Fhoroscopes-in-the-east-vs-west Around the world, everyone looks up at the same stars, trying to divine occult truths. But the kind of information they're looking for depends on their personality and on their culture, according to new research.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5621869 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:06:55 +0100 5621869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5621870&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fi-hate-you-dont-leave-me%2F201201%2Fborderline-personality-the-promiscuous-diagnosis-0 Promiscuous Borderline Personality hangs out with many other diagnoses.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5621870 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:32:45 +0100 5621870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5612420&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fenvy%2F201201%2Fenvy Commonly thought of as an emotion, envy may be the most misidentified and mislabeled attitude that people commonly encounter.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5612420 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:04:20 +0100 5612420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5612421&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fprescriptions-life%2F201201%2Fdont-try-reason-unreasonable-people Tired of being belittled, misunderstood, or having your words twisted around by a bully? If you're a "normal" nice person, when you encounter someone difficult your natural reaction is to try to reason with them and win them over. Forget it! Medical doctor and life coach Dr. Susan Biali explains simple strategies for dealing with these types once and for all.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5612421 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:11:13 +0100 5612421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5612422&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftheory-knowledge%2F201201%2Fwas-steve-jobs-narcissism-justified Is it okay to be a bully if you produce brilliant products?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5612422 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:43:44 +0100 5612422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5612423&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-fallible-mind%2F201201%2Fthe-key-self-esteem-accomplishment A fisherman wants to catch his own fish, not be handed one. If you want self esteem, do estimable things.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5612423 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:15:38 +0100 5612423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5612424&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fgreaseless%2F201201%2Fyour-story-is-survival-saga Every brain seeks rewards and avoids pain, but no one likes to think of themselves as a reward-seeking, pain-avoiding creep. So we edit our stories, sometimes gutting our true core out of them. Here are some strategies for honoring your primal self.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5612424 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:40:28 +0100 5612424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5612425&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201201%2Fsubstance-abuse-and-pain-management-in-borderlines-narcissists Human beings have remarkably inventive ways to rid themselves from painful feelings. The more agonizing the emotion, the more resourceful one has to be. People with borderline and narcissistic disorders experience may experience a great deal of pain, so they get pretty savvy. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5612425 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:59:32 +0100 5612425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5612426&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fshadow-boxing%2F201201%2Fcant-touch Joran van der Sloot, scheduled to plead guilty to murder earlier this month, wanted more time to "reflect" on the deal he would make. He seemed to think that the court should accommodate him, and even yawned widely to punctuate his arrogance. Certain offenders display a perplexing resilience. It's called narcissistic immunity, or "Teflon narcissism." They think they're special.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5612426 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:18:01 +0100 5612426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600337&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-career-within-you%2F201201%2Fmorrissey-famous-romantic-type-singer I had a student from the University of California help me out for two weeks during the winter break, which ended last week. This was the third year I've had a U.C. extern and I've enjoyed them a lot. Cara wrote a guest blog for me about Jack Kerouac and I and helped her with a short story. When I mentioned to people that I had an extern they would look at me with question marks in their eyes.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600337 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:22:03 +0100 5600337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600338&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fresolution-not-conflict%2F201201%2Fthe-art-disagreeing-agreeably Triple A (AAA) habits for expressing disagreement enable folks with differing perspectives to share their viewpoints in a way that keeps them talking together in a harmonious relationship.    read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600338 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:54:29 +0100 5600338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600339&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fyou-say-more-you-think%2F201201%2Ffake-it-til-you-make-it Fake it 'til you make it. That's what I tell the people I speak to across the country.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600339 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:17:00 +0100 5600339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600340&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fredirect%2F201201%2Fwe-are-what-we-do-0 Note: Each year, the website Edge.org poses a question for scientists to address. The 2012 question is,  "What is Your Favorite Deep, Elegant, or Beautiful Explanation?" My answer is below; for the others, check out the Edge web site.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600340 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:09:31 +0100 5600340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600341&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fscience-small-talk%2F201201%2Fwhen-professional-wrestling-meets-presidential-debate There's an old tongue-in-cheek line about going to see a fight and a hockey game broke out. Well, last night TV viewers tuned in to see a Republican presidential debate and an episode of Maury broke out. What impact does this have on those of us watching from home?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600341 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:42:42 +0100 5600341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600342&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fadulthood-whats-the-rush%2F201201%2Fthe-downside-slower-path-adulthood I spent the weekend in a skilled care nursing center with my 95-year-old father, who is recovering from a staph infection and pneumonia on top of congestive heart failure. Needless to say, he is depressed, struggling with leaving his home for assisted living and all those difficult realizations that come with it.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600342 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:50:41 +0100 5600342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600343&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ffulfillment-any-age%2F201201%2Fthe-introversion-creativity-link-how-build-your-brains-alpha-power How is personality related to creativity? Neuroscience research tells us that extroverts, not introverts, have greater "alpha power," allowing them to produce more original ideas. However, we're all a little introverted and all a little extroverted. Learn to achieve an optimal balance and you can maximize your own alpha power.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600343 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:19:10 +0100 5600343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600344&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fresolution-not-conflict%2F201201%2Fget-the-right-foot-so-your-viewpoints-wont-get-left-out Here's six safe sentence-starters, for use at home or at work. The first four starters launch explanations of your perspective. The last two are for responding to your dialogue partner's comments. Put all six together to co-create mutual understanding and win-win solutions. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600344 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:52:00 +0100 5600344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600345&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fresolution-not-conflict%2F201201%2Fplan-zero-arguments Exit strategies work best when they have been designed mutually, and when they have been carefully created prior to the emotionally upsetting situation. Plan your exit routines now using this checklist. Then your plan will be ready for action next time you need to avert a clash.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600345 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:52:48 +0100 5600345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600346&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fin-the-name-love%2F201201%2Fmy-heart-has-mind-its-own Emotional reasoning, which prevails in matters of the heart, is different from intellectual reasoning. Are these two types of reasoning condemned to fight each other, or can they be integrated? Should we follow our heart entirely in romantic matters, and are we able to resist it even if we want to? read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600346 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:35:02 +0100 5600346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5600347&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fgames-primates-play%2F201201%2Fgender-differences-in-personality-are-larger-previously-thought A new study confirms that men's minds come from Mars and women's from Venus. In an article recently published in the online journal PLoS ONE, Italian cognitive psychologist Marco Del Giudice and his collaborators compared the personality traits of men and women in a sample of over 10,000 people and found huge differences.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5600347 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:53:08 +0100 5600347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586478&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-shrink-tank%2F201201%2Fdo-nice-guys-finish-last-financially Easygoing guys and empty bank accounts. Being agreeable just doesn't pay.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586478 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:07:29 +0100 5586478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586479&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftraversing-the-inner-terrain%2F201201%2Fthe-good-evil-complex Who would you be without the good/evil complex?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586479 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:16:04 +0100 5586479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586480&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-99th-monkey%2F201201%2Fcouples-in-conflict A friend of mine was speaking to me today about an ancient relationship, and commented, "That was during my food-throwing years." I asked for further details. "Melons. I specialized in melons." "Canteloupe?" "Honeydew." "Are we talking the whole melon, or little melon balls?" "The whole melon; I'd usually crack it over their heads."read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586480 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:09:11 +0100 5586480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586481&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Freading-between-the-headlines%2F201201%2Fthe-twisted-mind-joran-van-der-sloot Joran van der Sloot pleads guilty in the murder of Stephany Flores. Why?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586481 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:49:06 +0100 5586481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586482&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-the-cycle%2F201201%2Ftrouble-city-decoding-detroit-violence With one of the highest crime rates in the country, Detroit is one city where you wouldn’t want to walk the streets alone, especially during Devil’s Night. But how did it become so violent? Did it grow a personality of its own?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586482 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:37:31 +0100 5586482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586483&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fcutting-edge-leadership%2F201201%2Fare-you-skilled-social-actor-or-social-chameleon We all engage in impression management - trying to put our best foot forward and "fit in" in social situations. Two psychological constructs address how people "perform" in social situations, and there are subtle, but important, differences. Which are you?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586483 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:23:01 +0100 5586483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586484&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fleading-emotional-intelligence%2F201201%2Fsteve-jobs-ei-profile-technical-giant-or-narcissistic-tyr  Steve Jobs EI Profile: Technical Giant or Narcissistic Tyrant?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586484 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:07:52 +0100 5586484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586485&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fprofessor-cromer-learns-read%2F201201%2Fafter-brain-injury-learning-love-stranger Remember the part of your marriage vows that covers loving each other in sickness and in health? Would the vows still be relevant if your partner awakened from a coma as a very changed person? The issue of rebuilding marital relationships while composing a new life has received much-deserved attention in three media venues this week.New vowsread more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586485 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:23:30 +0100 5586485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586486&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fscience-small-talk%2F201201%2Fgoing-your-gut-in-the-voting-booth Political pundits, campaign consultants, and exit pollsters can ask all the questions they want regarding how voters are making up their minds this election cycle. But when you get right down to it, our impressions of the candidates are also driven by forces we're not aware of. Like what the candidates look like.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586486 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:47:42 +0100 5586486 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586487&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fincompetence%2F201201%2Ffoolish-arrogance A neighbor of mine in Colorado, "Bob Smith," was a wealthy man who owned his own airplane. He had a reputation for being a know-it-all who would dismiss any advice, on the ground that he knew better. A benign example of this occurred when Bob hired a photographer at a substantial fee to take a family portrait, and then informed her that she would only get the chance to shoot one picture.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586487 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:48:27 +0100 5586487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5586488&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fbeautiful-minds%2F201201%2Fmust-one-risk-madness-achieve-genius-0 Must one risk getting lost in the sea of madness in order to reach the lone island of genius?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5586488 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:14:04 +0100 5586488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5563142&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201201%2Fshame-is-the-root-narcissistic-borderline-personality-disorders Toxic shame isn't about making a mistake. It's about feeling like you are a mistake: intrinsically bad based on the fact that you exist. If other people find out about your "badness," they will surely leave you.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5563142 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:59:29 +0100 5563142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5563143&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-happiness-pursuit%2F201201%2Fcall-depart You but arrive at the city to which you were destin’d — you hardly settle yourself to satisfaction, before you are call’d by an irresistible call to depart. [ Leaves of Grass: Song of the Open Road (82:11) — WALT WHITMAN]read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5563143 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:11:46 +0100 5563143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5563144&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fmood-swings%2F201201%2Fiowa-speaks-how-should-we-choose-president Iowa chose the most normal candidates, psychologically speaking. But this may be just the wrong way to choose a president. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5563144 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:55:32 +0100 5563144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5563145&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fhere-there-and-everywhere%2F201201%2Fthe-3-reasons-why-people-unfollow-you-twitter Don't do these 3 things and you'll keep more Twitter followers. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5563145 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:38:01 +0100 5563145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5563146&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-social-thinker%2F201201%2Fis-lisbeth-salander-psychopath In an earlier post, I posed the question "Is Dexter a successful psychopath." Given the upcoming release of the David Fincher film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I wanted to revisit this question but instead ask, "Is Lisbeth Salander a Psychopath?" In the recently published book The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, my colleague (who is an expert in the empirical study oread more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5563146 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:19:34 +0100 5563146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5563147&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-novel-perspective%2F201201%2Fare-you-the-star-your-own-story Whether we care to admit it or not, we are all the stars of our stories....and there's nothing wrong with that.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5563147 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:30:32 +0100 5563147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5563148&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-intelligent-divorce%2F201201%2Fthe-malignant-divorce-hitting-close-home Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-- Albert Einsteinread more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5563148 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:02:45 +0100 5563148 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5563149&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fcouch-meets-world%2F201201%2Fare-you-perfectionist I know a woman who feels she must get everything right. Margaret agonizes over work projects, convinced she will never please her boss. She spends a fortune buying the best of everything, yet still questions her choices. She throws parties and has a miserable time trying to assure that everyone is having fun.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5563149 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:23:23 +0100 5563149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5563150&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fsurviving-your-childs-adolescence%2F201201%2Fadolescence-and-not-fitting-family Part of the loneliness that accompanies the entry into adolescence is from fitting less well into family than the young person comfortably did in childhood.As the push for more freedom begins, more distance and contention and incompatibility troubles the relationship with parents starting the process that will finally lead to social independence in the early to mid-twenties.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5563150 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:53:05 +0100 5563150 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5554059&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fhere-there-and-everywhere%2F201112%2Fmusical-dynasties-it-genetically-runs-in-the-family Your family's musical talent (or lack thereof) may be explained by genetics. Primary Topic:  Creativity read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5554059 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:01:15 +0100 5554059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5554060&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fpassive-aggressive-diaries%2F201112%2Fpassive-aggressive-signs Some people go to hilarious lengths to avoid expressing anger directly. This passive aggressive sign might just take the cake! (Or just lick the icing off of it for revenge when no one is looking.) Primary Topic:  Relationships read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5554060 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:08:33 +0100 5554060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5554061&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ffulfillment-any-age%2F201112%2Fthe-psychology-sports-fans Playoffs, Bowl games, and clutch matches bring out the true fans but also reveal the fickle ones. Find out what you are, and whether you BIRG or CORF. Sports fans also show other strange behaviors, including some discovered by B.F. Skinner. Primary Topic:  Sport and Competition read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5554061 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:38:30 +0100 5554061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5554062&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fwho-am-i%2F201112%2F7-clues-identity-achievement-part-5 Why is it so hard to figure out who we are? Today, we consider #5: Context. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5554062 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:55:39 +0100 5554062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5554063&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fintense-emotions-and-strong-feelings%2F201112%2Fbeing-envied-is-not-enviable Whether or not you worked hard for what you have, you may become the object of another person's envy. As well, your appearance, even though it may have little to do with your own efforts, can trigger envy in others. Primary Topic:  Evolutionary Psychology read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5554063 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:27:02 +0100 5554063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5554064&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fhere-there-and-everywhere%2F201112%2F23-new-years-quotes New year's quotes—funny, poignant, and in-between. Primary Topic:  Happiness read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5554064 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:05:58 +0100 5554064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5554065&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftheory-knowledge%2F201112%2Fkahneman-well-being-and-domains-consciousness Daniel Kahneman, whose work launched behavioral economics, turns his attention to hedonic psychology. Primary Topic:  Behavioral Economics read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5554065 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:39:04 +0100 5554065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5554066&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fcutting-edge-leadership%2F201112%2Fwhy-your-boss-doesn-t-realize-he-s-jerk People often mention that their bosses are jerks, but that they are completely unaware of how awfully they treat others. How can that be? How do the jerks get into the system? Why doesn't the company get rid of jerks? Primary Topic:  Work read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5554066 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:14:31 +0100 5554066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5546389&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftraversing-the-inner-terrain%2F201112%2Fthe-f-word-fear Can fear and empowerment exist in the same breath? Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5546389 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:32:00 +0100 5546389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5546390&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftheory-knowledge%2F201112%2Fseligmans-psychology Martin Seligman's positive psychology has brought many benefits, but his conception of the field as a whole is lacking in theoretical and philosophical depth. Primary Topic:  Philosophy read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5546390 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:27:18 +0100 5546390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5546391&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fbeautiful-minds%2F201112%2Fthe-will-and-ways-hope Hope involves the will to get there, and different ways to get there. Primary Topic:  Creativity read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5546391 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:44:28 +0100 5546391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5546392&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-art-non-conformity%2F201112%2F2011-annual-review-looking-forward Merry Christmas and Happy Everything! Wherever you are and whatever you’re celebrating, I hope you’re having a great holiday week. This is the final post of the 2011 Annual Review series. Looking back over the year, here’s what we’ve covered thus far: Overview of the Process 2011 Highlights and First Thoughts 2011 Business Lessons 2011 Travel Roundup Primary Topic:  Creativity read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5546392 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:58:54 +0100 5546392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5539911&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fcutting-edge-leadership%2F201112%2Fare-you-emotionally-contagious-whats-your-body-language-style Why is it a more intense experience watching a scary or thriller movie with others than by oneself? Are you a person who can “infect” others with your emotions, or are you highly susceptible to emotional contagion in others? Primary Topic:  Social Life read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5539911 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:59:23 +0100 5539911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5539912&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fquiet-the-power-introverts%2F201112%2Fwhy-atheists-and-believers-need-each-other Here's the question that comes up every holiday season, sometimes explicitly, often not: "Is there a God?" You already know the answers. Some say yes, others say no, and then we argue about it ceaselessly. But here's a different way to look at the question. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5539912 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:58:27 +0100 5539912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528175&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fscience-small-talk%2F201112%2Fthe-magic-spell-pretty-face Attractive people grab our attention. Even babies spend more time gazing at attractive faces, suggesting to some that hardwiring in our brains automatically diverts attention to the good-looking others around us, much in the way moths are helplessly drawn to light... Primary Topic:  Sex read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528175 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:34:18 +0100 5528175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528176&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ffinding-zen-in-the-city%2F201112%2Fsingle-and-medicating Many single girls what to know how to finally find Mr. Right and get married later in life. Here are some magical lessons you can pull out of your skinny jeans. Primary Topic:  Relationships read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528176 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:26:59 +0100 5528176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528177&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftwofold%2F201112%2Ftwin-tidbits Twins have twice as many tidbits! Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528177 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:43:57 +0100 5528177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528178&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fanimals-and-us%2F201112%2Fscientific-mystery-wild-baboons-kidnap-puppies-and-keep-them-pets This YouTube clip claims that wild baboons kidnap puppies and raise them as pets. It's a sceintific mystery that I can't get out of my head. Primary Topic:  Animal Behavior read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528178 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:38:04 +0100 5528178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528179&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fevolution-the-self%2F201112%2Fnarcissism-why-its-so-rampant-in-politics Consider that two of the things narcissists most desire are money (i.e., lots of money) and power (the more the better). Consider also that many of the individuals entering the political arena have already made their fortune, or inherited it. . . . Primary Topic:  Politics read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528179 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:59:43 +0100 5528179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528180&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-introverts-corner%2F201112%2Fthe-introverts-corner-holiday-survival-guide We're in the heat of the party-family-togetherness season and introverts may be starting to feel the strain, so I thought it would be useful to collect all the relevant posts I've written over the past couple of years into one Introverts' Corner Holiday Survival Guide. And remember that the comments, thanks to the wonderful readers of this blog, are full of ideas and insights. Primary Topic:  Social Life read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528180 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:25:21 +0100 5528180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528181&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fevil-deeds%2F201112%2Fdiagnosing-scrooge-syndrome-what-christmas-carol-can-teach-us-about-treating- Ebenezer Scrooge's ill-tempered, pessimistic misanthropy is reminiscent of something I've written about here in the past: Post-Traumatic Embitterment Disorder. Could Scrooge be a poster boy for PTED? How might Mr. Scrooge be diagnosed and treated today by a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist? Primary Topic:  Spirituality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528181 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:35:33 +0100 5528181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528182&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fvalley-girl-brain%2F201112%2Fhow-quit-facebook A safe and effective 12-step plan to permanently deleting your Facebook. *Try this at home. Primary Topic:  Media read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528182 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:19:24 +0100 5528182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528183&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201112%2Finterpersonal-exploitation-typical-narcissists Sometimes the narcissist doesn't get everything she needs through more subtle means. She needs to take a more direct approach. Thus another narcissistic trait "Is interpersonally exploitative, that is, takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends." Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528183 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:36:12 +0100 5528183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528184&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ffulfillment-any-age%2F201112%2Fwhat-is-your-facebook-personality In an online social environment, people often behave in ways that are simple extensions of how they behave in the real world. Just as often, however, they do not. Make the most out of your Facebook experiences by understanding your online personality. Primary Topic:  Media read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528184 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:14:29 +0100 5528184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528185&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftheory-knowledge%2F201112%2Fthe-influence-matrix The fourth and final piece of the Unified Theory, the Influence Matrix, is an integrated model of human social motivation and emotion. It is applied here to understand a scene from one of the best psychological movies ever made, Ordinary People. Primary Topic:  Relationships read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528185 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:55:40 +0100 5528185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528186&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fintense-emotions-and-strong-feelings%2F201112%2Fembarrassment is considered one of the self-conscious emotions, quite at ease in the company of guilt, shame, and pride. Given that embarrassment happens in relation to other people, it is a public emotion that makes you feel exposed, awkward, and filled with regret for whatever your wrongdoing happens to be. Primary Topic:  Evolutionary Psychology read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528186 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:14:43 +0100 5528186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528187&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-career-within-you%2F201112%2Fwhat-is-putin-s-personality-type Sometimes my readers let me know they're upset when they disagree with how I type a famous person, especially when they think I mistake a counter-phobic Questioner for an Asserter, or vice versa. These two types, which can both be aggressive, are often difficult to tell apart. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528187 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:23:31 +0100 5528187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5528188&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftheory-knowledge%2F201112%2Fthe-justification-hypothesis The JH is a new theory of human self consciousness and the evolution of culture. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5528188 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:15:20 +0100 5528188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5516977&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-introverts-corner%2F201112%2Fsurvey-how-meet-introvert My last post about chatting up an introvert inspired two basic reactions:1) If I'm alone in a bookstore or coffee shop, I am happy to be chatted up.2) DO NOT talk to me in a bookstore or coffee shop. Yuck! Primary Topic:  Relationships read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5516977 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:57:34 +0100 5516977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5516978&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fquiet-the-power-introverts%2F201112%2Fdo-you-play-inner-or-outer-audience Do you march to your own drummer, or do as the Romans do? The answer to this question says a lot about you. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5516978 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:37:56 +0100 5516978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5516979&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ffirst-person-plural%2F201112%2Fcell-phones-and-selfishness-0       As a research on driver behavior, I applaud U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's call for a nationwide ban on texting and cell phone use while driving. The recommendation from the National Transportation Board followed a fatal crash in Missouri last year, caused by a teen driver distracted by texting. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5516979 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:14:57 +0100 5516979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5516980&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-squeaky-wheel%2F201112%2Fthe-5-most-read-articles-the-squeaky-wheel-blog-in-2011 Five articles were read by more readers than any of the other thirty-something posts of 2011. Following are the articles, their intros and my thoughts about why they struck a chord. Also, my thoughts on my least read article of the year. Primary Topic:  Self-Help read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5516980 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:57:39 +0100 5516980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5516981&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fcreative-synthesis%2F201112%2Fgive-yourself-yourself An advocate does not chastise, does not berate, does not push to the point of exhaustion. An advocate does not blame or bring up old mistakes. Primary Topic:  Self-Help read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5516981 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:08:08 +0100 5516981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5516982&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201112%2Fare-you-coparenting-borderline-or-narcissist I am currently researching how to help nonBP/NP parents. I will be interviewing some major child psychologists and people who are in a position to help. For now, I would love you to give me answers on some very specific questions WITHOUT going into a major, major story because I need to compile the answers and it will be difficult to wade through a long email to find the answer. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5516982 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:55:33 +0100 5516982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5516983&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201112%2Fenvy-part-the-definition-narcisistic-personality-disorder Narcissists must be superior to others in every single way. So when someone else has something they don't have that they want: admiration, status, skills, objects, etc.--the narcissist sees it as a major threat. Like so much else in the narcissistic mind, it is unconscious. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5516983 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:29:37 +0100 5516983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5507810&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201112%2Fenviousness-part-the-definition-narcisistic-personality-disorder Narcissists must be superior to others in every single way. So when someone else has something they don't have that they want: admiration, status, skills, objects, etc.--the narcissist sees it as a major threat. Like so much else in the narcissistic mind, it is unconscious. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5507810 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:29:37 +0100 5507810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5507811&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fscience-small-talk%2F201112%2Flife-love-and-tebow We're all amateur psychologists. We spend countless hours pondering those profound yet ethereal mysteries of human nature. Like happiness. Love. The meaning of life. And Tebow. Primary Topic:  Sport and Competition read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5507811 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:33:47 +0100 5507811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5507812&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Faddiction-in-society%2F201112%2Fthe-worlds-love-affair-lisbeth-salander Lisbeth Salander is the driving force in the monumentally popular set of novels (and movies) by Stieg Larsson known as "The Millenium Trilogy." Lisbeth is an antisocial misfit who violates what we believe about the criteria for psychological health -- yet we hold her all the more dear as a result. How come? Primary Topic:  Happiness read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5507812 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:05:46 +0100 5507812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5507813&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fbiocentrism%2F201112%2Fwhere-is-the-universe-the-answer-could-change-your-life The key to understanding life and nature. Why you’re free to enjoy the unfolding of life without the guilt-ridden sense of control, and the obsessive need to avoid messing up. What appears “out there” is actually occurring in your mind, not in an external location distant from yourself. Primary Topic:  Neuroscience read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5507813 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:34:28 +0100 5507813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5507814&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201112%2Fwhy-some-narcissists-and-borderlines-lie Being truthful takes the ability to be honest with one's own self, because if you're not honest with yourself, you won't be honest with others Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5507814 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:26:45 +0100 5507814 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5507815&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fam-i-right%2F201112%2Fthe-love-you-make You love yourself because others have loved you and others love you because they have been loved by you Primary Topic:  Happiness read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5507815 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:13:45 +0100 5507815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5497201&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fbeautiful-minds%2F201112%2Fbaba-brinkmans-psychological-profile I had the pleasure of sitting down with rapper, playwright, and science/literature popularizer Baba Brinkman. We chatted about his development as a rapper. I also gave him a battery of psychological tests, and we discussed his results. Have you always wondered whether Baba Brinkman has adaptive forms of narcissism (admit it, you have)? Then check out this video right away! Primary Topic:  Creativity read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5497201 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:05:32 +0100 5497201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5497202&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fhere-there-and-everywhere%2F201112%2Fborderline-personality-disorder-big-changes-in-the-dsm-5 Learn the DSM-5's new "Levels of Personality Functioning" and "Proposed Trait System" for Borderline Personality Disorder. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5497202 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:05:08 +0100 5497202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5497203&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-fundamental-four%2F201112%2Fyour-fundamental-four-journey What is The Fundamental Four blog about? What subject areas can you expect covered on this blog? What are the dogmas around with the blog revolves? What is sacrosanct and what is not to be touched upon? Do read on to find what the blog has in store for you ... Primary Topic:  Cognition read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5497203 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:49:56 +0100 5497203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5497204&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fhere-there-and-everywhere%2F201112%2Ffacebook-your-communication-style-impacts-how-you-lie Whether you tell a white lie or an outright lie depends on why you are on Facebook. Primary Topic:  Media read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5497204 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:50:13 +0100 5497204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5497205&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201112%2Fmy-wife-makes-me-feel-zombie-radical-acceptance-in-action A reader asks, "I have been struggling with the roller coaster for 32 years. I go from trying to connect to trying to survive, to realizing (very recently) that I've become an emotional zombie where she's concerned. It breaks my heart. What do I do?" Primary Topic:  Relationships read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5497205 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:31:31 +0100 5497205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5497206&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fall-the-rage%2F201112%2Fwhy-driving-makes-us-so-mad If you were an evil genius and wanted to develop a situation that made people angry, it would look a lot like driving. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5497206 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:02:59 +0100 5497206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5497207&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fscience-small-talk%2F201112%2Fthe-science-seinfeld-top-7-life-lessons I've long believed that those of us who make a living studying human nature should be as well-versed in popular culture as we are well-read in the scientific literature. So in that vein, I hereby present to you my Top 7 List of Lessons about Human Nature offered by Seinfeld... Primary Topic:  Social Life read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5497207 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:00:20 +0100 5497207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5497208&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ffinding-love%2F201112%2Fthe-secret-story-behind-your-romantic-relationships Each of us has our own "myth of lost love," which explains why our hearts have been broken-and how to repair that damage. Unrecognized, this myth leads us into new painful relationships. Yet, within in this myth lies gold; our core gifts, which lead us to real love and our authentic self. This post will help you find and decode your own myth of lost love. Primary Topic:  Relationships read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5497208 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:58:14 +0100 5497208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5497209&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fcreating-in-flow%2F201112%2Fare-you-funny-you-think-you-are Humor: what it is, what is it for, and how does it happen? Two books explore the subject. One is a practical, popular culture approach in which sitcom writers share their process; the other is a more nuanced and thorough take. Primary Topic:  Creativity read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5497209 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:52:08 +0100 5497209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5489335&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-99th-monkey%2F201112%2Fwords-good-cheer-mostly Dear Reader, At this very moment, I am taking up your valuable and precious, limited time within this transitory, earthly existence. You could stop reading right now, Primary Topic:  Philosophy read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5489335 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:54:59 +0100 5489335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5489336&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fquiet-the-power-introverts%2F201112%2Fare-extroverts-happier-introverts-yes What kind of happy are you? There are many different ways to define happiness. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5489336 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:35:44 +0100 5489336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5489337&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201112%2Fradical-acceptance-can-inhibit-suffering To accept your circumstances radically simply means that you do it from the depths of your soul and in every bone in your body. It does not mean that things will never change or that you are not affected by the realities of your life. Radical acceptance just means that you acknowledge reality for what it is. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5489337 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:40:05 +0100 5489337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5489338&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-blame-game%2F201112%2Fdominoes-vs-rainbows As Buddha said, "It is better to travel well, than to arrive." Becoming journey-oriented rather than outcome oriented is essential for creating our own positive reality in a mindfully spiritual way. I propose a "domino" theory of goal-setting and urge you to give up on the pot-of-gold at the end of the rainbow. Yes, you can still believe in the tooth fairy... Primary Topic:  Happiness read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5489338 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:27:16 +0100 5489338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5489339&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fgenius-and-madness%2F201112%2Fthe-psychobabble-reduction If you do any sort of psychological writing at all, it's an allegation impossible to sidestep. It comes from predictable quarters, but unexpectedly too. I'll call it the psychobabble reduction. What it means is this: a strict tendency to dismiss any and all forms of psychological analysis with the reflexive charge, "Psychobabble!" A little history. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5489339 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:02:31 +0100 5489339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5489340&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fgreaseless%2F201112%2Fi-thought-i-could-get-away-it Some people believe in their own invincibility, but everyone can learn to expect trouble when they break the law. Primary Topic:  Politics read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5489340 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:05:33 +0100 5489340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5479262&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-narcissism-epidemic%2F201112%2Falec-baldwin-its-the-narcissism-again Not every narcissist who gets thrown off a plane makes the news, but actor Alec Baldwin did today. According to the airline, Baldwin refused to turn off his iPad after repeated requests and then -- with the seatbelt sign on -- went to the airplane bathroom to try to continue playing a game ("Words with Friends") on the device. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5479262 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:35:39 +0100 5479262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5479263&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fethical-wisdom%2F201112%2Fgossip-is-human-why-we-share-secrets Gossip is a good thing. It all depends on how you do it. Primary Topic:  Social Life read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5479263 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:04:40 +0100 5479263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5479264&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Frethinking-men%2F201112%2Fsunny-anal-and-balanced-puzzling-over-personalities How do we know how to know ourselves? From our parents and friends? But they are biased. So are our enemies, though they may be less tactful and more truthful. From our therapists? By introspection? Perhaps from personality tests? Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5479264 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:50:15 +0100 5479264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5479265&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Ftraversing-the-inner-terrain%2F201112%2Fsexy-sexy-power-0 Why is power such an aphrodisiac? Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5479265 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:22:38 +0100 5479265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5479266&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fjust-listen%2F201112%2Fcain-not-able-what-was-herman-cain-thinking-0 We don't yet know what or if there will be a "bawdy count" of stories regarding Herman Cain that will now be exposed. If so, he will likely have the strong negative reactions that Bill Clinton and Tiger Woods triggered by their amoral activities. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5479266 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:41:28 +0100 5479266 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5470796&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Frethinking-men%2F201112%2Fhow-cope-beautiful-narcissist It's not about you, dear. Sorry. Primary Topic:  Relationships read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5470796 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:51:06 +0100 5470796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5470797&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fscience-small-talk%2F201112%2Fwhat-the-face-love-looks Ever wonder what the face of love looks like? Just look in the mirror. We literally make very different faces when we interact with those we love... Primary Topic:  Relationships read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5470797 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:52:39 +0100 5470797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5470798&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201112%2Fblack-and-white-thinking-splitting-is-both-borderline-and-narciss Being split black can happen out of the blue and can leave one reeling. One day you may be enjoying the "best" intimacy, sex, love, times of the relationship and the next you are dealing with a robot void of emotion, icy cold, and being completely ignored. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5470798 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:13:44 +0100 5470798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5479267&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fjust-listen%2F201112%2Famerica-land-the-takers How can American go from getting, having and holding on to giving, sharing and letting go? Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5479267 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:06:22 +0100 5479267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5470799&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fjust-listen%2F201112%2Famerica-land-the-takers How can American go from getting, having and holding on to giving, sharing and letting go? Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5470799 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:06:22 +0100 5470799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5470800&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2F%255Bfield_blog_ref-title-raw%255D%2F201112%2Fthe-courage-grow-stress Come Back From Adversity, Through Hardiness. Primary Topic:  Resilience read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5470800 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:10:51 +0100 5470800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5470801&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Finside-out%2F201112%2Fberlusconis-reign-toxic-leadership-in-italy A headline on the cover of the November 21, 2011 issue of TIME magazine really caught my attention. It read,"Ciao, Berlusconi! How he became Italy's most toxic asset." This caught my attention because I've researched and have been writing about Toxic leaders—in addition to those whom I consider to be Remarkable and Perilous. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5470801 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:06:30 +0100 5470801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5470802&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-happiness-project%2F201112%2Fwhat-difference-few-small-consistent-changes-can-make One of the most complicated and emotionally charged topics within the larger subject of happiness is the relationship between money and happiness. Primary Topic:  Happiness read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5470802 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:34:44 +0100 5470802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5461017&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fhollywood-phd%2F201112%2Fhouse-psychology-episode-20 Wilson: "MRI looks exactly the same as it did two years ago. Nerves don't seem to be regenerating." House: "I figured as much." Wilson: "Several researchers have proven that psychological pain can manifest as physical pain." House: "You think I have a conversion disorder? You want me to see a shrink." (Skin Deep Season 2, Episode 13) Primary Topic:  Media read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5461017 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:20:54 +0100 5461017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5479268&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-fallible-mind%2F201112%2Fimage-ego-2-decision-time-how-know-what-you-really-want Being a person takes work. Being the person you want to be takes special effort, much of it centered on making decisions everyone has to face but many try to avoid. Which is to say that most consequential things in life depend on knowing how to choose. In the first "Image and Ego" post I illustrated how ego defense mechanisms work. Primary Topic:  Cognition read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5479268 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:05:03 +0100 5479268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5461018&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201111%2Ftwo-types-narcissists-pose-somewhat-different-challenges All narcissists are typically self-absorbed, see themselves as superior, lack empathy, display arrogance and disdain toward others, and experience "narcissistic injuries" when others don't treat them as superior. However, clinical experience and the research literature indicate that there are two or more general subtypes: "vulnerable" and "invulnerable" narcissists. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5461018 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:38 +0100 5461018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5461019&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-gene-factor%2F201111%2Fis-your-personality-in-your-genes Over the past decade, a growing number of studies have begun to ask the incredible: Can we find the genetic basis for who we are? Each time a new study comes out, news outlets report that a new gene has been found: there's the depression gene, the criminal gene, or the cuddly gene. Last week, my colleagues and I reported one such finding. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5461019 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:40:42 +0100 5461019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5461020&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fwho-am-i%2F201111%2Fconflict-precursor-change Your best friend just told you that although he is losing patience with his girlfriend who complains about her job all the time yet doesn’t take any steps to do anything about it, he is confident that if he just gives her time, she will change. Is this likely? Will she change? Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5461020 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:17:46 +0100 5461020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5461021&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fresolution-not-conflict%2F201111%2Fthe-art-listening-how-open-are-your-ears Eating lunch today in the dining room in my office building I was struck by the range in quality of the listening skills of the various professionals who eat there. How would you rate yourself on listening skills? Here's a self-assessment quiz that zeros in on the five key listening skills for successful relationships at work and at home. Primary Topic:  Relationships read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5461021 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:59:49 +0100 5461021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5461022&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Flook-around-and-look-within%2F201111%2Fwillful-ignorance-penn-state-and-dont-ask-dont-tell According to James Carse, Professor Emeritus at NYU, there are three kinds of ignorance: ordinary ignorance, willful ignorance, and higher ignorance. The first is the very essence of learning—you move from unknowing to knowing—like learning history, science, facts and trivia. The second type, willful ignorance, is when you know something but choose to pretend you do not. The thir Primary Topic:  Ethics and Morality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5461022 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:00:35 +0100 5461022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5461023&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fquite-character%2F201111%2Fwhat-is-humanitys-biggest-challenge-today-0 I recall a morning in 1997 when I opened the newspaper to read that a sheep, named Dolly, had been genetically cloned. The enormous power of genetic cloning was upon us and I shuddered inside thinking of how ill-prepared we were to handle this power for the common good. At that time in my life I had a casual custom of reading ancient Chinese and Japanese poetry. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5461023 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:03:44 +0100 5461023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5451213&cid=s_35657_36_f&fid=35657&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-walking-eggshells%2F201111%2Fwho-am-i-the-conundrum-both-borderlines-and-narcissists Imagine yourself an amnesia patient, adrift. Sense the paralyzing emptiness that must go with not knowing who you are. People with BPD and NPD have specific--and different--approaches for dealing with their identity crisis. This post is about the BP strategy. Primary Topic:  Personality read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center) Psychology Today Personality Center news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5451213 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:35:05 +0100 5451213