by jmalouff | Nov 15, 2018 | Human Thinking and Behavior
I recently visited Estonia, where locals fear that Russian tanks and soldiers will one day pour across the border, as they did decades ago. I had in my mind that if the Russians invaded and locals fought, I would join them on the barricades. I got the idea of joining...
by jmalouff | Nov 15, 2018 | Human Thinking and Behavior
We think with distaste of bad decisions we made. Hitler decided to invade Poland. I bought an MG Midget. Along with our bad decisions are many good decisions. One of my best decisions was to move to Australia to take an academic position at the University of New...
by jmalouff | Nov 14, 2018 | Human Thinking and Behavior
I recently visited Aarhus, Denmark. As I entered the botanic gardens, I saw a big poster on a kiosk. The poster has on it the famous photo of a South Vietnamese general shooting a prisoner in the head. I don’t read Danish, so I could not determine why the...
by jmalouff | Nov 14, 2018 | Human Thinking and Behavior
Are you a better than average driver? Almost everyone says yes to this question. Even people in the hospital because they just drove their car into a stranger’s house. Students think that they are better than average students. Teachers think they are better than...
by jmalouff | Nov 25, 2011 | Coping, Human Thinking and Behavior, Positive psychology, Uncategorized, Well-Being
I am thinking about Thanksgiving in the U.S. For some time Leah Dieterich has been writing a blog (thxthxthx.com) giving thanks to ordinary aspects of life. In a recent posting, she wrote: “Dear Not Drinking, Thanks for being like drinking but with fewer...