Why do we want to win all the time?
One reason we want to win at sports and games and so on is that winning has had evolutionary value for humans. The winner in combat or real-life or staged tests of strength or cunning may have had extra opportunities to reproduce. The winners may have been like modern...What specifically does psychological treatment change?
Every year journals publish hundreds of psychotherapy-evaluation articles showing that some treatment or other produced a positive change in the main outcome variable — something such as anxiety level or anger level. Often unclear is what types of changes the...The board games you like playing say something about you
Different individuals like playing different board games. My favorite used to be Scrabble. That preference suggests that I like words and thinking. Right on both counts — I do like words and thinking. As a scientist, I use words and think for a living. In recent...How do you want to die?
Most people die lying in bed. Do you consider that a boring way to go? I read somewhere about a fellow who wanted to die standing up. I don’t think he succeeded, but I give him credit for trying. Some individuals might want to die in the saddle (not easy, I am...How would you describe your romantic relationship?
With other researchers, I set out to determine the fundamental psychological characteristics of romantic relationships. We started by asking hundreds of adults to give us (anonymously) eight terms that describe their romantic relationship. We boiled those terms...
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