Wednesday, February 23, 2011

What the science of psychology can teach us about our daily lives


Check out the following article entitled, Social Animal: How the new sciences of human nature can help make sense of a life from the The New Yorker. In this insightful tale, David Brooks demonstrates how the science of psychology permeates our daily lives. A wonderful and interesting read!

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/01/17/110117fa_fact_brooks?currentPage=all

Kristin H. Whitlock

3 comments:

  1. Love it! I've heard other teachers talking about using this as a resource, and your post will be a great excuse for me to actually figure out how I can use it :) Thanks!

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  2. I'm putting together a list of the top 100 high school teacher blogs and I was wondering if I could interview you via e-mail to include more information in my article. Please e-mail me at alexisbrett@gmail.com and include the title of your blog in the e-mail, thanks!

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  3. Here is a link to a video about what happened to Little Albert from the John Watson study of 1920:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vdWDagV9IY

    enjoy

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