Not exact matches
As behavioral
psychologist Susan Weinschenk explained on her blog recently (via a great personal story, of course), by putting us in their protagonists» shoes, stories manage to engage more of the brain
than straight recitations of facts or dry arguments, leading to more arousal and
interest.
Moreover, the entire article is gainsaid by a massive meta - analysis study by Northwestern University
psychologist Michael Bailey and his colleagues published in the September issue of the peer - reviewed journal Psychological Science in the Public
Interest, showing that «there is considerably more evidence supporting nonsocial causes of sexual orientation
than social causes.»
Maybe if he'd been a comparative
psychologist, some of the horses and cows would've lived past the age of three and the tomatoes would've had fewer worms, but in his heart he was more
interested in black liberty
than in pest management and the well - being of the animal kingdom.
Most
psychologists are now
interested in investigating how nature and nurture move with each other to develop character and attribute rather
than supporting nativists or empiricists.
After all, there are few areas that are really «denied» to men, if the level of operations demanded be transcendent, responsible or rewarding enough: men who have a need for «feminine» involvement with babies or children gain status as pediatricians or child
psychologists, with a nurse (female) to do the more routine work; those who feel the urge for kitchen creativity may gain fame as master chefs; and, of course, men who yearn to fulfill themselves through what are often termed «feminine» artistic
interests can find themselves as painters or sculptors, rather
than as volunteer museum aides or part time ceramists, as their female counterparts so often end up doing; as far as scholarship is concerned, how many men would be willing to change their jobs as teachers and researchers for those of unpaid, part - time research assistants and typists as well as full - time nannies and domestic workers?
Built on
psychologist John Holland's theory, it's backed by more
than 80 years of research into how people of similar
interests are employed, and what motivates individuals in the workplace.
She is the National Convenor of
Psychologists for Peace — an
interest group of the APS that advocates the use of peaceful rather
than violent methods for the resolution of conflict through psychological research, education and advocacy.