You know you (and your friends) are dorks when you bring along to a May day party a pattern problem from an IQ test and 15 minutes later six friends are sitting around a table trying to figure it out. Honestly, it isn't quite that dorky. I knew the answer to this problem, but no one had been able to figure out the reasoning. I was hoping that ( Read more... )

I'm not sure how accurate these results are, some seem right on and others seem off. I tried to compensate some for the fact that it was self-report, but maybe I shouldn't have. Anyway, it's fun. :-)

My Personality

Neuroticism

85
Extraversion

32
Openness to Experience

85
Agreeableness

94
Conscientiousness

19
You rarely get angry and it takes a lot to make ( Read more... )

The company I've worked at for a few years was bought. Recently they have gone on a binge of laying people off. I'm the latest victim, and am now unemployed. One thing that bothers me is that there does not seem to be much logic to what they are doing. Some of me wonders if they are just flailing around because they realize that the market is in ( Read more... )

Thank You potential guinea pigs. I will definitely contact you ( Read more... )

I am in my last content class for my M.A. It is called Psychological Assessment and covers diagnostic exams, initial interviews, and tests like the WAIS. I am required to do some exams, give some tests, and then write up psychological reports on the results. Would anyone like to volunteer to be a subject? Of course it is 100% anonymous and ( Read more... )

I caught someone blatantly plagiarizing. There is a chance it was accidental and the person was incredibly clueless, but I highly doubt it. I subtly told the person that she forgot to put in quotation marks and should do that so she doesn't get in trouble (of course 3/4 of the writing should be in quotation marks - we are talking direct, nothing ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post this for a few days.

NPR had a story on Black Liberation Theology and interviewed its founder, James Cone. He has always been a hero of mine, so when I realized the interview was available on-line I felt like I had to share. I highly recommend listening to it. Leave a comment  1 

I can't figure out how to bold the text so I will just use an asterisk instead ( Read more... )

Philosophy attack ads.

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