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 | 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...
by jmalouff | Oct 17, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Positive psychology
Decades ago a Detriot-based guy named Rodriguez, who called himself Sugar Man, wrote songs and sang like Bob Dylan. I especially like his song I wonder. Rodrguez never made it in the music business. His two albums barely sold in the competitive U.S....
by jmalouff | Sep 11, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Social psychology
I live in a neighbourhood. I imagine you do too. When I look out my windows I see trees, bushes, and grasses. I reckon those views are good for my health — mental and physical. If I look farther I see the houses of my neighbors and beyond that downtown Armidale....