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David Brooks, the Situationist
Posted on July 9, 2011
From New York Times: Over the past 50 years, we’ve seen a number of gigantic policies produce disappointing results — policies to reduce poverty, homelessness, dropout rates, single-parenting and drug addiction. Many of these policies failed because they were based on an overly simplistic view of human nature. They assumed that people responded in straightforward […]
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The Tiger Mother
Posted on February 8, 2011
Over at the new Law & Mind Blog, several Harvard Law students have been blogging about about system justification theory. Here is one of those posts, written by first -year student Marty Ehlenbach. Yale Law Professor Amy Chua’s recently published book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has become a seemingly endless source of fodder […]
Posted in Book, Conflict, Education, Life, System Legitimacy | 1 Comment »
Hey Dove! Talk to YOUR parent!
Posted on September 21, 2009
[This post was first published in October of 2007.] Several weeks ago, as part of its much lauded “Dove Campaign for Real Beauty,” Unilever released “Onslaught,” a video (above) examining disturbing images of women in beauty-industry advertising. The video ends with this admonition to parents: “Talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does.” It’s […]
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Marc Hauser on the Situation of Morality
Posted on October 1, 2008
On the heals of yesterday’s post about Marc Hauser’s research, we thought the following videos would be of interest to our readers (viewers). * * * From TheTechMuseum: Understanding Genetics – An interview with Marc Hauser at the Future of Science Conference in Venice, Italy September 2006. Part 1 (3:40): You’ve written that the human […]
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The Situation of Standardized Test Scores
Posted on April 4, 2008
A press release from Science Daily describes a study indicating (perhaps unsurprisingly) that family wealth may play a significant role in explaining standardized test scores of children. * * * A new study published in the March/April 2008 issue of the journal Child Development finds that family wealth might partly explain differences in test scores […]
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Hey Dove! Talk to YOUR parent!
Posted on October 21, 2007
Several weeks ago, as part of its much lauded “Dove Campaign for Real Beauty,” Unilever released “Onslaught,” a video (above) examining disturbing images of women in beauty-industry advertising. The video ends with this admonition to parents: “Talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does.” It’s a powerful video with a disturbing collection of images. […]
Posted in Choice Myth, Deep Capture, Life, Marketing | 23 Comments »
Car Bonding
Posted on May 30, 2007
Last month, we wrote about the unhappiness and unhealthiness associated with commuting by car. Today we bring you a more positive take on the situation of driving: how cars facilitate family discussions. Alison Roberts of the Modesto Bee has the story, and we excerpt portions of it below. * * * According to the 2005 […]
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