The Psychological Difficulty of Media Exposure

I was listening to some friends discuss TV shows over the weekend and heard them talking about the effects that certain shows have on them. It was interesting to hear the differences between male and female reactions to a particular show. Differences in background...

Attitude Change At the Flip of a Switch

Ever feel like you’re trapped in a particular mood or attitude and can’t get out of it? Well, sometimes I think it’s all in your head. Literally. For instance, this evening I found myself feeling irritable and cranky (still do, in fact). It was...

Delusions of the Religious Variety

I briefly caught some of Larry King’s coverage of the Andrea Yates story last night, along with some of the interview that officials had with Andrea. It was interesting to hear how she believed that Satan was telling her to kill her children and how she drowned...

Forced Worship

[Why is it that I always come up with my best thoughts when I’m driving down the road, listening to jazz, away from any venue where I could possibly actually record my thoughts as they come to me? I really ought to find my mini-recorder and keep it in the...

Myers-Briggs

Yeah, stole this from someone else, but since it is related to my field, I don’t feel too guilty about it. Introverted (I) 55.26% Extroverted (E) 44.74%Imaginative (N) 54.84% Realistic (S) 45.16%Intellectual (T) 57.58% Emotional (F) 42.42%Organized (J) 69.7%...