Is there a free full text version of Norman Mailer's article "The Psychology of Astronauts" available online anywhere? Or in an anthology that I could buy? [more inside]
posted on May 14, 2008 - 1 answers

Lately, the concept of "friends" seems to have become incredibly diluted by the casual use of the term by Facebook, MySpace et al. But in "the real world" what do you consider to be important when you are making and becoming friends? Is it how long you've known someone? How frequently you meet up? What you have in common? Something more intangible? Also, I'd love recommendations of any books looking at the psychology of how people become friends.
posted on May 14, 2008 - 21 answers

Ambition vs. Altruism: How do you know if you are going "too far" in terms of self-interest or self-sacrifice? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 22 answers

The phrase "high on life" is usually a sarcastic punchline, but a recently I've been wondering: how high exactly can one get on life? More specifically: if you put your mind to it, how would you take 5 or 6 willing participants and over the course of a few hours, engineer a state of transcendental euphoria? An ecstasy party without MDMA? [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 37 answers

Where can a 21 year old girl go in the Dallas area for free or low cost psychiatric help besides JPS and Parkland? [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 4 answers

What is the first question people ask when you tell them what you do? Are there common misconceptions or generalizations that people make? How do you tactfully and/or humorously correct them? [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 151 answers

Describe for me if you would the itching sensation you felt when you had lice [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2008 - 14 answers

How useful would a minor be anyway? [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 25 answers

Cutting edge strides and theories in neo-psychology - does an up and running, active Wiki exist? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 2 answers

I have an interest in psychology that I'd like to explore further, but I'm not really sure how to start. I can't say I know much about the field of psychology. I'd like to explore alternatives to taking classes at the local community college (I'm not looking for a degree), but I'd definitely like to understand the mind more. Some books I've enjoyed reading: Prozac Nation, Paradox of Choice, Stumbling on Happiness. [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 18 answers

How can I bring myself to like doing something? [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 10 answers

What's some speculative fiction that uses magic or fictional technology to explore psychology, sociology, or political science in a deep way? I'm not as much interested here in fabulous monsters or space operas or even deep thinking about physics -- I'm interested in books that explore the nature of the mind and/or human society by imagining a world that worked differently.
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 45 answers

I'm looking for writings about human psychological endurance in the face of extreme hardship, whether that hardship is by choice or circumstance. Examples inside. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 27 answers

My siblings and I are trying to find kinds of therapy for my dad, in dealing with the death of our mom/his spouse 17 years ago. He's still very very emotional about any discussion of her, and has never talked to a "professional" about it. Ideas suggestions for types of therapy, and recommendations in the Washington DC area. [more inside]
posted on Mar 29, 2008 - 7 answers

Anyone know a good psychologist or psychiatrist in Columbus, O? In fact, which might be better? [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 4 answers

I am 96% sure that I have read/heard from a reputable source that murderers, especially serial killers, are an inherent reflection of Western society, and that both actual murderers and fictional portrayals are important significant elements. Part A: Is this just a half-remembered bit of dialogue from some prime-time criminal procedural, and Part B: if not, where is it from? [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 11 answers

Looking for suggestions on how to help, or simply deal with, a friend who changes personalities more often than his underwear. [more inside]
posted on Mar 23, 2008 - 23 answers

Years ago I read a book on organizational psychology written by an anthropologist. His thesis IIRC was that the ideal forms of human organization can be seen in the ways hunter-gatherer societies organized, and that nearly all modern organizations are diametrically opposed to that. Can anyone help me find this book? [more inside]
posted on Mar 22, 2008 - 7 answers

Calling all neuroscientists! Is there a word for the times when you see something but don't know that you've seen it? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 16 answers

I am applying for psychology instructor positions at community colleges and have lots of cover letters to write. What is an acceptable length for these cover letters? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 19 answers

Recommendations for treatment of social anxiety disorder in or around Boston or Cambridge, MA? [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 1 answers

Social Psychology Ph.D. from Penn State? Or Psychology and Social Behavior Ph.D. from University of California at Irvine? [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 9 answers

Interesting careers with a social sciences PhD? / Talk me out of grad school! [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2008 - 13 answers

(Psychology) Questionnaires designed to elicit the truth? [more inside]
posted on Feb 27, 2008 - 8 answers

What are your favorite experiments? [more inside]
posted on Feb 27, 2008 - 23 answers

Therapist recommendations in the Phoenix, AZ metro area? [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 3 answers

Ever gone to couples therapy? What worked? What didn't? What different approaches are there? What should we expect? [more inside]
posted on Feb 23, 2008 - 12 answers

Why do I deserve happiness when there are other people in the world who don't have it? I seriously need to know. [more inside]
posted on Feb 22, 2008 - 53 answers

I never finished college, instead I've been a passionate self-learner for a long time now. I'm interested mostly in cognitive in behavioral sciences. I've read a number of academic and college textbooks on the subject. And now, I really don't know what to do with all this knowledge. [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2008 - 16 answers

How do people form questions? What fields of study cover the concepts of question formation? Why do people question differently, within the same cultural milieu? [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 11 answers

Freud and his followers have been thoroughly discredited for quite a while now. Our scientific understanding of the brain has grown by leaps and bounds since their heyday, and we now have treatment methods that are cheaper, quicker, and more effective than anything psychoanalysis had to offer. So why is psychoanalysis still practiced? [more inside]
posted on Feb 3, 2008 - 41 answers

FatFilter: Help a morbidly obese woman find a compatible psychologist or therapist. [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 7 answers

I am interested in the mimetic and narrative capacities of artefacts, how cultural remnants transmit information through time and how meaning is translated once an artefact is re-appropriated or examined from a new perspective. I have several avenues of study at the moment (a list in extended explanation), but would like some more ideas. Areas of critical theory, linguistics, evolutionary psychology and poetics are all relevant. [more inside]
posted on Jan 27, 2008 - 12 answers

I want to become a therapist. What kind of degree should I get? [more inside]
posted on Jan 27, 2008 - 10 answers

Why should I be generous? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2008 - 78 answers

Is there a word for: expecting to feel grief or ache of conscience and then not feeling it? [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2008 - 22 answers

What to do with a Rorschach ink blot set? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 22 answers

Help me find an article about chess, might have involved Garry Kasparov, might have been in Smithsonian magazine and/or on the Blue likening chess playing to a really violent sport with quotes like this "There is nothing cute or charming about chess; it is a violent sport, and when you confront your opponent you set out to crush his ego." from this article but I recall it being longer and in a more general magazine.
posted on Jan 18, 2008 - 8 answers

It’s that time - the beginning of the last semester before I graduate from collee. It’s time to find a job or graduate school program and plot out the rest of my life. A renewed interest in charity and decreased interest in psychology, my chosen field of study, have led me to question my planned life course. Open my mind to what I might be able to do with my life. [more inside]
posted on Jan 7, 2008 - 9 answers

Anxiety medication for panic attacks? What should I look out for / expect. [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 32 answers

How do I help my brilliant - but broke - friend go to school? [more inside]
posted on Dec 27, 2007 - 23 answers

I haven't smoked in over a month. How can I inspire myself to extend that indefinitely? [more inside]
posted on Dec 23, 2007 - 34 answers

I'm looking for novels that are pageturners (genres preferred: science fiction/fantasy, magic realism, mystery/suspense/thriller) but also have psychologically acute character development. Any recs?
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 33 answers

Books about anthropology, psychology, sociology, modern rituals...I think. Can you point me in the right direction? [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 11 answers

How do I deal with a sociopath that is connected to my social circle? [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 34 answers

Nosy filter: You are a research scientist in psychology, neuroscience, brain imaging, and/or related. What is your job like? Tell me anything and everything...before I apply to grad school. [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 11 answers

I'm a social psychologist looking for some advice about where to find a programmer to write what would basically be a very simple flash-type game. The game itself would require some simple user-interactiveness (e.g. selecting options), a fairly low level of graphics (maybe not stick figures, but nothing too artsy), and the ability to collect and store user data. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2007 - 5 answers

I am searching for examples of The Infinite, or the immeasurably large, in our mythologies and archetypes. I am also interested in the categories of Truth which came out of the emergence of Western, ontological thought. Does the trust in a rationally conceivable reality deny us the infinity of the mythological realm? By rooting ourselves in the present, and denying atemporal mythologies, do we also deny the infinite origins from where we came? [more inside]
posted on Nov 28, 2007 - 22 answers

Bernard Williams had a pretty low opinion of evolutionary biology. Are there any essays where he directly or indirectly criticizes the field? What about 'Shame and Necessity'? [more inside]
posted on Nov 27, 2007 - 12 answers

Does anyone know of any books or articles that look at conspiracy theories from an anthropology of religion or psychology point of view? [more inside]
posted on Nov 22, 2007 - 6 answers