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Showing posts tagged psychology
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Boost Creativity: 7 Unusual Psychological Techniques
‘Off-duty’ creativity is just as important, if not more so, than all that ‘serious’ creativity.
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In schools, self-esteem boosting is losing favor to rigor, finer-tuned praise - The Washington Post
This is good news, but lots of normal people — and real-life teachers! — could have told the eggheads exactly what was wrong.
For decades, the prevailing wisdom in education was that high self-esteem would lead to high achievement. The theory led to an avalanche of daily affirmations, awards ceremonies and attendance certificates — but few, if any, academic gains. ….A growing body of research over three decades shows that easy, unearned praise does not help students but instead interferes with significant learning opportunities.
Duh.
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”Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
carl jung (via theartofhiding)
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”[T]he human kingdom, beneath the floor of the comparatively neat little dwelling that we call our consciousness, goes down into unsuspected Aladdin caves. There, not only jewels but dangerous jinn abide.
Joseph Campbell
from The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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I’m having a very difficult time finishing anything lately. Post-college blues? I literally forced...
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Minimalist DC Superhero Mugshot Poster by Michael Myers
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“When The Chips Are Down”
Emmanuel O’Brien
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The Fifth Element by Paul Andrew/December Studio
