Attraction, as Told by an Utter Misanthrope

Indeed, physical attractiveness matters. This is proven by a study which found that attractive people are judged more positively than ugly people are, including a higher social appeal, but also in various forms of competence (Gruman et al., 2017, p. 424). Yes,...

Networked Individualism and Narcissism

I wanted to expand my thoughts from the discussion because one particular term stuck out to me from Reich’s 2010 study, “Networked Individualism” (Gruman et al., 2017, p. 331). The study found some connections were positive in that people would honor...

Violent Media and Violence

Violence in TV and video games can cause people to imitate violent acts they’ve seen by increasing their ‘repertoire’, so to speak. It rewards people for being violent, and also has a very subtle effect of pushing people to choose violent behaviors...

Fines and the Peasantry

Have you ever been running down an empty stretch of highway in your 1998 Toyota Tercel, enjoying the wind in your face (because the window doesn’t roll all the way up anymore), hearing the rumble of the exhaust (because the exhaust manifold is leaking), and...

The Chaos of a Team Without Structure

In the discussion, I talked about a team I was a part of that followed Tuckerman’s stages. Now, I will talk about a team that seemed not to have any structure whatsoever, and it nearly collapsed before it achieved anything. I was sent to Oregon Ballistics...