PSYCHOLOGY

Getty Images Albert Einstein PSYCHOLOGY The Graying Professoriate: Maybe Not All Bad News The Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker and a former National Institutes of Health director are among the many observers who have wondered whether the 1994 end of mandatory retirement for professors in the U.S. will lead to less innovation (if it has not already).

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But also, and still more, oligarchy depends upon what we may term the PSYCHOLOGY OF ORGANIZATION ITSELF, that is to say, upon the tactical and technical necessities which result from the consolidation of every disciplined political aggregate.

Political Parties; a Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy 1916

PSYCHOLOGY Getting Out of Your Head People are more creative when they're thinking on someone else's behalf, according to a new study.

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PSYCHOLOGY Sweating the Small Stuff Decisions that are complicated but trivial, such as picking an elective course in college, cause an inordinate amount of wasted time and unhappiness, a study shows.

Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea 2011

PSYCHOLOGY Not Offended, Not Sorry Getty Images Men don't seem to say sorry very often, but it may not be because of macho pride.

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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Angry People See Guns Police responding to a crime scene often feel an emotional surge.

Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea 2010

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Accentuating Bias Think you're an enlightened, tolerant person?

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ECO-PSYCHOLOGY: People get the concept but aren't sure how to act

Going green registers with colleges 2008

ECONOMICS/PSYCHOLOGY Working and Thinking Longer Americans are working later in life, a trend that may be "good news for the cognitive capacities of our aging nation," a new study reports.

Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea 2010

LOL, why would he publicly state that he wants Obama to be the nominee, its REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY ...

Limbaugh comes out for Obama 2008