Consciousness
Social psychologist Mahzarin Banaji talks about the concept of consciousness. Dr. Banaji explains that she thinks of consciousness as having four properties: awareness, control, intention and self-reflection
Counterfactual Thinking
Nobel Prize winning professor of psychology Daniel Kahneman talks about counterfactual thinking and counterfactual emotions. Dr. Kahneman explains that this field within psychology looks at the ways in which people bring..
Dangerous Intent
Psychologist and author Paul Ekman talks about his work that seeks to predict when someone will commit homicide or other violent acts. It involves recognizing the signs of impulsive, out-of-control rage, as well as the s..
Darwin and Psychology
Psychologist and author Paul Ekman talks about significant contributions Charles Darwin made to the study of emotions. "He was very interested in a question that almost no one has asked since," Dr. Ekman notes, "...which..
Deception
Psychologist and author Paul Ekman talks about work he's done that can be used to help determine if someone is being deceptive. Dr. Ekman adds that part of his work in this area has to do with understanding why people li..
Decision To Stop Treating Patients, The
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison talks about her decision to stop seeing patients after her book was published and she went public about her illness. "I had written a very personal book," Dr. Jamis..
Decisions and Uncertainty
Nobel Prize winning professor of psychology Daniel Kahneman talks about the way people make decisions in the face of uncertainty. Dr. Kahneman explains that gambles have traditionally been described in terms of how much ..
Different Strokes: Cultural Influences on Development
Culture sets forth the explicit rules, beliefs, assumptions, and social norms that organize people. At a very basic level, culture affects how parents interact with their children, as shown in a comparative study of Am..
Different Strokes: Differences that Define and Separate People
As humans we share a common heritage and face common problems. Yet the differences that help define who we are-our culture, our gender, our race-often separate us in ways that are both cognitive and social. Humans ar..
Different Strokes: Gender and Racial Divide, The
Cultural traditions often prescribe gender roles and relationships between women and men, ranging from the subordination of women to relative equality. Other than the biological differences between men and women, resea..