In a 1998 study, children praised for being smart later chose easier problems and lied about their scores, while children praised for effort chose harder ones and told the truth
Morning people report being happier than night owls, but the gap may say less about discipline and more about the fact that schools, offices and social life were all built to their clock
In a 1998 study, children praised for being smart later chose easier problems and lied about their scores, while children praised for effort chose harder ones and told the truth
Morning people report being happier than night owls, but the gap may say less about discipline and more about the fact that schools, offices and social life were all built to their clock
The person you marry shapes your career more than most people admit
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A Finnish study on sisu found that pushing through discomfort splits into two separate traits, one linked to better well-being and the other to persistent work stress
Eating alone in a restaurant asks for a kind of security most people underestimate, because the empty chair opposite is very hard not to read as a verdict
In 2010, researchers coined the acronym WEIRD for the narrow slice of humanity most psychology research draws its participants from, a slice that’s 96 percent of the field’s samples but just 12 percent of the world’s population, and I’m part of it
