Posts Tagged ‘psychologist’

The Vulnerability Of Human Beings II - Donation To China Red Cross

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Paul Slovic, a psychologist at the University of Oregon, has demonstrated that suffering on such a epic scale falls into one of the brains many blind spots. For example, Slovic found that when people were shown a picture of a single starving child named Rokia in Mali, they acted with impressive generosity. After looking at [...]

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Cyril Burt

Friday, April 25th, 2008

According to his data, Burt found a general intelligence factor that was primarily hereditary. Despite accusations of fraud, Burt, the first psychologist to receive a knighthood, has retained his reputation as the pioneer of educational psychology in Britain. Through these experiences, Burt became strongly drawn to his ideas, especially to Galton’s studies in statistics and [...]

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CHRISTINA DODD.. RULES OF ATTRACTION (Governess Brides)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

By questioning the study participants, Thornhill also found that men with higher degrees of symmetry enjoy more sexual partners than men of lower symmetry. Psychologist Devendra Singh of the University of Texas studied people’s waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). People in the ideal hip-ratio range, regardless of weight, are less susceptible to disease such as cardiovascular disorders, [...]

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John Smoltz Goes For 3000 K’s Tonight

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

By this feat he will become the 16th pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) history to accomplish this illustrious mark of excellence. At one time he even had a baseball psychologist help him try to control his mental state on game day when he was young and often lacked control. John is what is good [...]

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