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The Making of a Toxic Boss
The iconic bullying boss has to be Mr. Dithers, Dagwood Bumstead's nemesis in the long-running comic strip Blondie. Mr. Dithers is blustery, mean, stingy with praise and money, and both physically and emotionally abusive. And he's gotten away with his intolerable behavior for more than 70 years. (Click here to follow Wray Herbert)
October 19, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray HerbertSucking Up Has Its Limits
Remember the apple polisher? In my school days, apple polishers were kids who kissed up to the teacher. They would tell their biology teacher, I've wanted to be a biologist since I was 3; or say to the English instructor, I'm reading Faulkner's novels on my own time, just for fun. They'd ask for permission to work ahead.
September 09, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray HerbertAnalyze This
There is nothing ambiguous about the image in my mind. It clearly depicts two medieval wizards, with tall red hats and black cloaks. They are sitting facing one another other. They appear to be giving each other the high-five.
July 30, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray HerbertAll-Star? Sez Who?
in the broader culture, where any idea or fashion or practice seems to have the power to take on a life of its own. Wray Herbert writes the We're Only Human blog at www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman .
July 13, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray HerbertPoverty Hurts
a paycheck, to boost their confidence: food, alcohol, drugs. It won't work, but it would be understandable. Wray Herbert writes the We're Only Human blog at www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman.
June 15, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray HerbertTalking the Talk
lawyers, and this inflated self-image paradoxically made them less hard working. They had become legends in their own minds, and legends don't have to get down and dirty. Wray Herbert writes the We’re Only Human blog .
May 13, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray HerbertStanding By Their Men
humans are terrible emotional forecasters. The fact is bad events never make us as unhappy as we think they will. Emotional equilibrium almost always returns, given some time. Wray Herbert writes the "We’re Only Human" blog.
April 30, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray HerbertJust Say No to Aging?
Imagine that you could rewind the clock 20 years. It's 1989. Madonna is topping the pop charts, and TV sets are tuned to "Cheers" and "Murphy Brown." Widespread Internet use is just a pipe dream, and Sugar Ray Leonard and Joe Montana are on recent covers of Sports Illustrated.
April 14, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray HerbertIs Fraud Contagious?
course, Bernie Madoff and the rest of Wall Street's alleged fraudsters have already done a lot of that work for us. Wray Herbert writes the "We're Only Human" blog.
March 12, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray HerbertIn Our Nature
replenishment, this could emerge as one of the most compelling psychological issues of the not-so-faraway future. Wray Herbert writes the "We're Only Human" blog at www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman.
February 12, 2009 | Voices - Wray Herbert | By Wray Herbert- Showing 1 - 10 of 49 results
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