Letter "N"

NARCISSISM

It's All About Me
You know them—they're all around us. They think they're exceptional, and they're just waiting for you to realize how superior they are. To meet a narcissist is to like one; but to know them over time is to seriously sour on them.

Field Guide to Narcissism
The weird world of the megalomaniac, explained.
Narcissists are charming, exasperating, captivating—and sometimes downright ludicrous. The weird world of the megalomaniac, explained

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/what-about-me/field-guide-narcissism

Would You Marry Yourself?
We gravitate toward people, places, and things that resemble the self
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/what-about-me/would-you-marry-yourself

The "Me" Generation
Have young people always been this self-absorbed?
Have young people always been self-absorbed?
Narcissism in the young: Age or generation?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/what-about-me/the-me-generation

Celebrity Know-It-Alls
Welcome to the world's most self-selected group of narcissists
The Narcissism and Grandiosity of Celebrities.
What do Jenny McCarthy, Oprah and Madonna have in common?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/what-about-me/celebrity-know-it-alls

Model Existence
The minds behind model bodies
Takes a first-ever look at modeling to determine why so many of the women who seem to have it all tend to wind up with so little.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/what-about-me/model-existence

How Do You See Me?
What others think of you
Metaperceptions: How Do You See Yourself?
To navigate the social universe, you need to know what others think of you—although the clearest view depends on how you see yourself.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/what-about-me/how-do-you-see-me

Big Egos in Business
Career narcissists
Narcissists are considered a liability in business. But sometimes their lack of empathy and inherent selfishness helps them rise straight to the top.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/what-about-me/big-egos-in-business

The Narcissist Mother
Self-obsessed parenting
The Six Faces of Maternal Narcissism
What does the empty mirror reflect for you?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/what-about-me/the-narcissist-mother

Letter "F"

FACTS BE DAMNED

Let the Backlash Against Birtherism Begin
Birtherism—a symptom of Americans' growing disdain for facts and evidence

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/happy-birth-certificate-mr-president/facts-be-damned

Letter "W"

WRITING

To write, or not to write? (Or: what Plato didn't know)
When is it better to write than to talk?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cultural-evolution/201008/write-or-not-write-or-what-plato-didnt-know

"Only a simpleton would trust his thoughts to writing." Socrates. Plato, his most famous pupil, wrote down what he said Socrates said.

Letter "Y"

YEAR in REVIEW

The Year of Fear, in Review
Scary as it was, somehow we survived!
Reviewing this past 'Year of Fear' tells us how our risk perception system works

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-risky-is-it-really/201012/the-year-fear-in-review

Letter "M"

Mixed Marriages

The Laws of Chemistry -- Bound by Biology

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200704/the-laws-chemistry

Leaky Love -- The power of different pasts
Mixed Marriages
How to handle a marriage when you're divorced but your new spouse isn't

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200410/mixed-marriages

Matzoh or Jellybeans?

Two faiths, one family
Sometimes Kids Aren't Asking What We Think They Are
A quarter of marriages are interfaith. What does it mean for the kids?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/stepmonster/201104/matzoh-or-jellybeans-sometimes-kids-arent-asking-what-we-think-they-are

Introverts and Extroverts in Love

Making space
Can an introvert and an extrovert find happiness together?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-introverts-corner/201003/introverts-and-extroverts-in-love

Morality and the good life

Can one live well without being good?

http://www.philosophypress.co.uk/?p=1894

Letter "A"

Atlas Shrugged

I’m Not John Galt

http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=2744

ATTENTION-SEEKERS

Look at Me: Living in a society of attention-seekers
we've hit a crescendo of ‘look at me' activity

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/look-around-and-look-within/201011/look-me-living-in-society-attention-seekers

Letter "C"

CHOICES

7 Stress Tips I Wish I'd Known before I Entered the Real World
Advice to give the student or young professional in your life.
Eliminate choices by setting standards - what is your "good enough"?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/pressure-proof/201104/7-stress-tips-i-wish-id-known-i-entered-the-real-world

Corporal Punishment

Ethical issues and child discipline.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201104/corporal-punishment

COSTUME

Being A Superhero--It's About the Costume?
Why wear a costume? And why a specific costume?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-superheroes/201104/being-superhero-its-about-the-costume

Culture

Is There a Logic to History?
When is it meaningful to say that one culture is more advanced than another?
I have been pondering this question: When, if ever, is it meaningful and fair to say that one culture is "more advanced" than another?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/world-wide-mind/201104/is-there-logic-history

Letter "U"

Universe

Are We Alone in the Universe?
Good recent books on the search for extraterrestrial life.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/world-wide-mind/201104/are-we-alone-in-the-universe

Letter "D"

Democracy

When Leaders Fake Democracy: The Illusion of Shared Leadership
When does the leaders' power outweigh democratic processes?
As Americans we highly value the principal of democracy - the idea that when it comes to choosing our leaders, each and every one of us has a vote. But sometimes leaders like to give the illusion of shared leadership and democracy, but in reality they hold tight to the reins of power and control.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/201104/when-leaders-fake-democracy-the-illusion-shared-leadership

Are the Despots Winning?

No matter how many bombs we drop, there will always be violent dictators.

What goes on inside the minds of megalomaniacs?

The Cardinal Sins of Bad Leaders: Revisiting Bosses From Hell
What are the worst sins that a leader can commit?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/are-the-despots-winning/the-cardinal-sins-bad-leaders

Why We Love Oppression
Behind one tyrant lies the next
Sociopathocracy: What Information Theory Teaches Us About Tyrants
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/are-the-despots-winning/why-we-love-oppression

Tweeting the Next Revolution
How social media can topple regimes
The Arab Uprisings: The Beginning of a New Solidarity?
The Internet and the Arab Uprisings

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/are-the-despots-winning/tweeting-the-next-revolution

All My People Love Me
The dangerous mind games of Colonel Qaddafi
A classic experiment shows how dictators stay strong

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/are-the-despots-winning/all-my-people-love-me

DOG

Where Does Your Dog Rank?

The New List Ranking Breeds by Popularity Is Now Available
How popular is your dog breed? The complete ranking.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201104/where-does-your-dog-rank-the-new-list-ranking-breeds-popularity-is-now-ava

Letter "G"

Gender Truths

The Truth About Women's Beauty
Yes, it does matter
The Truth About Beauty
It would be so nice if inner beauty triumphed over outer appearance. But men are designed to care about packaging. It's time to accept the not-so-pretty facts about looks
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201010/the-truth-about-beauty

Field Guide To The Seducer
Hooked on the hunt
Field Guide to the Casanova: The Lady-killer Files
Are players socially skilled hedonists, or self-destructive psychopaths?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200711/field-guide-the-casanova-the-lady-killer-files

The Rise Of The Cougar
Older women / younger men
Field Guide to The Cougar
Why society has not quite accepted the May/December relationship.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201101/field-guide-the-cougar

The Appeal Of Bad Boys
What Mr. Nice Guy Can't Teach You
What I Learned From My Bad Boyfriends
You want a "Nice" boyfriend or "Bad" boyfriend?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/snow-white-doesnt-live-here-anymore/201104/what-i-learned-my-bad-boyfriends

What to Do About Negative Conversations

How to make a negative conversation into something positive.
Women don't necessarily worry more then men. They just verbalize it more

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wander-woman/201104/what-do-about-negative-conversations

Letter "I"

First Impressions

Who Is Liked At First Sight?
Who Is Popular at First Sight?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-barry-kaufman/interpersonal-attraction_b_842060.html

Letter "R"

RACE EFFECT

When Obama Is Not a U.S. Citizen (And a Muslim, Anti-Christ)
The effect of race primes on acceptance of Obama smears

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/happy-birth-certificate-mr-president/the-race-effect

READING

How Reading Improves Your Social Life
Reading fiction exercises our empathy muscles

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/quiet-the-power-introverts/201104/how-reading-improves-your-social-life

Relationships

Having Trouble Making New Friends Stick? 11 Possible Causes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/irene-s-levine/making-new-friends_b_850254.html

RESISTING RUTS

Kick Daily Doldrums:

Tease, Please
10 Ways to Perk Up Your Relationship

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200910/10-ways-perk-your-relationship

Pursuing a Passion
Go Ahead, Obsess

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201005/go-ahead-obsess

Jaded on the Job
Feeling Bored At Work? Three Reasons Why, And What Can Free You

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-new-resilience/201005/feeling-bored-work-three-reasons-why-and-what-can-free-you

Bored in Bed?
Myths About Low Sexual Desire
The truth about couples, and how to reignite the flame

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200802/myths-about-low-sexual-desire

ROYAL WEDDING

Royal Wedding: A story about ourselves as well as love
Why are people enthralled by the Royal Wedding?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-social-self/201104/royal-wedding-story-about-ourselves-well-love

Rethinking our fascination with love

http://yalebooks.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/author-article-by-simon-may-rethinking-our-fascination-with-love/

HOW RUMORS GAIN STEAM

The 8½ Laws of Rumor Spread
Some rumors grind to a halt, while others circle the world.

Why some ideas spread and others die.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/happy-birth-certificate-mr-president/how-rumors-gain-steam

Letter "P"

Parenting

Are You Motivating Your Child The Wrong Way?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13128701

PREDICTOR

Why We're Terrible Predictors
Duncan Watts shares his compelling take-down of common sense.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brainstorm/201104/why-were-terrible-predictors

Letter "H"

Gross National Happiness

The Key to a More Inspired Future?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shelley-a-lewis/gross-national-happiness_b_849792.html

HONESTY

"I Never Lie"
Is honesty a superpower, requiring a very strong will?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-superheroes/201104/i-never-lie

Letter "T"

Tax

What is a Fair Tax?

http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=2727

Tight Spots - When psych savvy counts

The Art of Breaking up

Doing it with dignity

The Thoroughly Modern Guide to Breakups
How to end affairs with dignity and minimal distress.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201012/the-thoroughly-modern-guide-breakups

Making Marriage Work Better

Bring respect home

Everything I Know About Love
Communication and respect make an office work; the same things benefit personal relationships.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200403/everything-i-know-about-love

When the Other Woman Is an iPhone

The allure of technology
Saving your relationship means sometimes putting down the iPhone

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/therapy-matters/201104/when-the-other-woman-is-iphone

When People Avoid Anger

The passive-aggressive problem
Honor Thy Anger
Everyone gets angry, but not everyone expresses it correctly. Learn the key to expressing anger healthfully

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200406/honor-thy-anger

TOUCH

What Couples Really Fight About
Hold Me Tight
Love demands the reassurance of touch. Most fights are really protests over emotional disconnection. Underneath the distress, partners are desperate to know: Are you there for me?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200812/hold-me-tight

Twitter

Does Twitter Help You Forge Meaningful Connections?

Would Jesus Have Tweeted His Last Moments?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-cara-barker/twitter-life-quality_b_847808.html

Letter "B"

Belief in Conspiracies Linked to Machiavellian Mindset.
New research suggests people are more likely to endorse conspiracy theories if they would be willing to personally participate in such a conspiracy

http://benvitale-saints-among-us.blogspot.com/2011/04/belief-in-conspiracies-linked-to.html

Body Movement

Body Movement Influences Attitudes
The Body Controls the Mind
Do we nod yes when we enjoy something—or do we enjoy it because we nod?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-big-questions/201104/body-movement-influences-attitudes

Boundaries

The Importance Of Setting Boundaries
Why You Should Set Working Boundaries

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wendy-strgar/setting-boundaries_b_846491.html

BRAT

Field Guide to the Drama Queen
Demanding divas can spin riveting shows out of dull moments—

and tempests out of peaceful times.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200709/field-guide-the-drama-queen

Parenting: How NOT to Raise Spoiled Brats
What does it take to NOT raise spoiled brats?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201102/parenting-how-not-raise-spoiled-brats

BULLYING

Bullying Works: Why People Cower Before Donald Trump
We can't stand up to bullies, like D. Trump, so why should our kids?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201104/happy-birth-certificate-mr-president/donald-trump-bully-work

Letter "E"

Education :

(1) Clarity Not Always the Best for Learning

http://benvitale-education.blogspot.com/2011/04/clarity-not-always-best-for-learning.html

(2) The Socratic Method:
Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling

http://www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html

Educators :

How Educators Misunderstand Students
Education is based on an invalid model of human nature.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/who-we-are/201104/how-educators-misunderstand-students

Empathy

Does the 'Empathy Gap' Encourage Torture?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wray-herbert/empathy-gap-torture_b_844996.html

Letter "J"

Jealousy - Guardian of love?

The Most Destructive Passion

A Sign of Personal Pathology

Jealousy: Love's Destroyer
Jealousy has long been deemed the guardian of love. But more often it's love's downfall. We typically blame our partner for paying attention to another, but the real issue may be what jealousy teaches us about ourselves

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200906/jealousy-loves-destroyer

Darling, Are You Suspicious of Me?
“He that is not jealous, is not in love.”

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-the-name-love/200909/darling-are-you-suspicious-me

Advice: A Jealous Fiancé

Hara Estroff Marano gives advice to a woman whose fiancé suffers from delusional jealousy

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200402/advice-jealous-fianc

Mad About You: Simple and Complex Jealousy

If I weren't mad about you, I'd just be mad.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/anger-in-the-age-entitlement/201002/mad-about-you-simple-and-complex-jealousy

Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do?

http://benvitale-saints-among-us.blogspot.com/2011/03/justice-whats-right-thing-to-do.html