I like to read books written by Nobel Prize winners. I figure they know things I do not. Mostly I read books by individuals who won the Nobel Prize in…
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Learning
Teens Who Attempted Suicide: What They Learned Could Be Important for Other Teens and Professionals to Know
Posted by jmalouff | Learning, Mental health problems, Suicide | 2 CommentsI interviewed three young adults who had each made serious suicide attempts as teens. The attempts included taking an overdose of drugs, jumping off a cliff, and self-cutting. All three…
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What We Learn from Works of Fiction
Posted by jmalouff | Learning, Observational learning, Problem solving | No CommentsA person can learn much from observing others, even fictional others. I had that thought when I watched a TV show based on a true story. At the end of a series of psychopathic…
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Being Easily Influenced
Posted by jmalouff | Learning, Observational learning, Social psychology | No CommentsIt 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….
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I have had an urge lately to talk tough. I keep on the tip of my tongue several tough-guy phrases. Here is one: “You talking to me?” I plan to…
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Do Not Use Punishment, Except as a Last Resort
Posted by jmalouff | Behaviour Modification, Emotions, Human Thinking and Behavior, Learning, Strategies for Teachers, Work | One CommentAustralian schools don’t smack pupils anymore. As years pass, fewer and fewer parents smack their children. I was never punished at all as a child, except that my mother tried…
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What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?
Posted by jmalouff | Human Thinking and Behavior, Learning | No CommentsAmerican researchers Robin Kowalski and Annie McCord asked a large number of workers who were at least 30 years old what advice they would give to their younger selves. The…
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Ten years ago I went with my three brothers to a Mexican restaurant in a small town near where we had lived as children. I ordered a tostada, a stiff,…
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