by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems
Do you think of yourself as a perfectionist? If your perfectionism mostly helps you in life, keep going down that path. I call people in this category not perfectionists but hard workers with high goals. When they fail at something, they feel bad for a short...
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Observational learning, Social psychology
It is a good thing that my high school buddies were not drug users. No one ever encouraged me to use drugs. Being highly influenceable, I might have gone along. Much later, a friend vigourously encouraged me to use cannabis at a party. Persuaded by peer pressure, I...
by jmalouff | Jun 9, 2020 | Positive psychology
COVID-19 has created a worldwide health and economic disaster. Because I like to look on the bright side of bad events, I will give you good news inside the bad news: Online suppliers of goods and services are doing especially well now. The demand is great...
by jmalouff | Jun 4, 2020 | Coping, Emotions, Social Support
Let’s do word association. If I say “betrayal,” what comes to your mind? Some people would say Judas. According to the Bible, he betrays Jesus for 30 silver coins. One of the my friends responded instead with the brothers of Joseph in the Bible. The brothers sold...
by jmalouff | Jun 4, 2020 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems
When I started my training as a psychologist, I moved in with two students I did not know. One of them told me about an incident the prior year with the other one, “Doug.” Doug went far from home to attend university. Doug, feeling the freedom of being away from...