The Boss: Applied Psychology
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Debora J. Wilson, president of the Weather Channel, enrolled in college as a psychology major, but switched to business administration.
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By Hildebrand, Peter; Jarrell, Jerry; Higgins,
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Psychologists were studying false memories when they stumbled on a surprisingly easy target for manipulation: foods.
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Anthony Medoro had troubles with his boss. His supervisor was "dictatorial and micromanaging" and undermined his self-confidence, Medoro said. The stress was so oppressive he couldn't bear going to work.
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Experts in a field can benefit from an outsiderâs perspective.
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How do children respond to stereotypes about race, religion and gender? A child-development expert looks at contradictions in kids' behavior.
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A new generation of psychologists is exploring the way people change what they think and believe in order to achieve peace of mind. Happy birthday, 'cognitive dissonance.'
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Clive Thompson dissects the experiential phenomenon of the beloved (and often misunderstood) hypersocial app.
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"Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture" is not your typical business book. Instead, it's a wide-ranging work of social criticism peppered with examples from the movies and rock music. The authors focus more on the psychology of consumers than the inner workings of the boardroom, which is not surprising, considering that both come from backgrounds in philosophy. Each ...
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[Health India]: London, Oct 29 : Told your boss to get lost in a spur of rage? Blame it on stress.Researchers have now found evidence of how stress disrupts our rational decision-making and short-term memory.
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A mechanism in the brain may explain why some people cope better than others in the face of adversity.
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When I suggested in a recent column that a problematic 5 percent of employees account for 75 percent of the IT support burden, I expected a wave of âright on!â letters from IT support staffers. After the column was published, the letters did come â most of them disagreeing with my premise, with one reader suggesting that the real whiner was yours truly. I still think itâs outside the realm of overextended IT departments to provide training on basic computing skills (which I defined as âmanaging and finding files, and basic working knowledge of suites such as MS Officeâ). But my thinking was adjusted a bit by the thoughtful feedback.
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Neural impulses, synaptic transmission, and drug action : A 3 part series    Part I : \
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Tycho:  He came into work yesterday with a prescription for something that will alter his brain chemistry, which I thought was a big step for the man who refuses to take aspirin.  We've long canonized our respective lunacies, believing it is like some artistic sacrament that makes our bizarre endeavor possible.  We have relied upon them.  Or, at any rate, we did.
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Â· Girl, 2, in critical condition with head injuriesÂ· Executive examined by psychologists
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com senior editor. The âfamily treesâ of NFL coaching staffs are often fascinating and worthy of deep study that usually reveals a lot about the head coach&#39;s fundamental philosophies of offense, defense, drafting, etc.
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We've all worked with them at one time or another: People who are disruptive, abusive or just plain mean-spirited. Stanford University professor and author Robert Sutton talks about what managers and employees can do to muzzle jerks at work.