by jmalouff | Dec 2, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Positive psychology
Are you searching for meaning in life? If so, read Man’s Search for Meaning. Written by Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl after he survived imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps, the book points to the value of hope, love, responsibility to others,...
by jmalouff | Oct 17, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems, Personality
Gary Gilmore was a psychopathic American. He started committing burglaries when he was a boy and ended up in reform school. When he was released, he upgraded his crimes to armed robbery and went to prison. When Gary finished his long sentence, he worked at a normal...
by jmalouff | Oct 17, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Social psychology
I like to see justice occur. I wager you do too. It seems fitting when someone who claims that Covid is a hoax ends up getting Covid. It seems just when a wife killer is imprisoned. I like it when sports cheaters are banned from competition. When...
by jmalouff | Oct 17, 2021 | Social Support
When I worked as a lawyer in Colorado, other lawyers would talk about a drunk-driving expert prosecutors called to testify about the invisible effects of alcohol on a person: alcohol slows reactions, impairs judgment. The lawyers would make finger...
by jmalouff | Oct 17, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior
I like naming things. Many people do. My two children have official names, including hyphens. They also have nicknames, Huckleberry and Blue Boy. I also name my cars. I have had three in the past 20 years: The Silver Chariot, Midnight (a car...