Category Archives: psychology

Kids vs. Adults: Morality Smackdown

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Dave Gottlieb

Kids are often invoked as moral exemplars, for example when they refuse to engage in otherwise common race hatred. Kids are also often invoked as exemplars of cruelty, for example when they bully a classmate to death. In other words, … Continue reading →

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Depressive realism, or negativity?

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Dave Gottlieb

Has the experiment been done to distinguish the phenomenon known as “depressive realism” (depressed people lack certain happy delusions that regular people have) from a tendency towards negativity, real or otherwise? The classic experiment has depressed people accurately blaming themselves … Continue reading →

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