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Prompt #1357 Family Drama
Here are two examples of how drama can become the focus of the couple or family interaction. There are probably many other variations on the theme. Family of origin drama. These are unresolved...
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Prompt #1359 Motive Attribution Asymmetry
…research involved the participation of almost 3,000 people: Israelis and Palestinians in the Mideast, Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. The study shows each side felt their own group is motivated...
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Prompt #1364 Pluralistic Ignorance
Things get ridiculous when not even the crowd wants to go along with the crowd. The most famous case of this happened at Princeton University in the 1990s. The place was dripping with alcohol – some...
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Prompt #1366 Ecology and Religion
Scientists have been debating for some time what influence ecology might have on the religious aspects of our culture. It shouldn’t come as a big surprise that culture and the natural environment...
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Prompt #1371 Marital Happiness and Heart Disease
Liu set out to learn how marital quality is related to risk of heart disease over time, and whether this relationship varies by gender and/or age. Among her findings: Negative martial quality (e.g.,...
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Prompt #1373 Harsh Environments and Big Gods
In the absence of scientific explanations, our ancestors were forced to conclude — quite reasonably — that hardships such as plagues, floods, and famines were instigated by supernatural forces beyond...
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Prompt #1381 Creating False Memories
…false memories of committing crime with police contact can be surprisingly easy to generate, and can have all the same kinds of complex details as real memories,” says psychological scientist and...
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Prompt #1392 Grief Tourism
Contemporary society is far removed from death; few die at home; hospitals and funeral homes deal with the aftermath. Death rituals are private and many mourners are socially unsupported outside the...
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Prompt #1394 Military Gear, Civilian Police
Military gear may harm relations between police forces and citizens not only because they signal violence but because they may, in some sense, cause more violence. The same cues that signal “army” and...
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Prompt #1395 Memories are Fickle Companions
I have so many happy memories, but they are such fickle companions. They remind me only of that which is lost. –The Maya Papyrus by Richard Coady Fiction Writing Prompt: What happy memories remind...
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Prompt #1400 Filled with a Longing for the Wild
We are all filled with a longing for the wild. There are few culturally sanctioned antidotes for this yearning. We were taught to feel shame for such a desire. We grew our hair long and used it to...
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Prompt #1401 Bullying Leads to Gloomy Perception Mechanism
“Examples of Bullying at work include harassing, offending, or socially excluding someone repeatedly over a period of around six months. . “Workplace bullying leads to poor health because the victim...
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Prompt # 1406 Hostile Attribution Bias
On a crowded city sidewalk, a stranger knocks hard into your shoulder. Aggressive gesture or innocent mistake? In the split second it takes to lock eyes with your might-be assailant, your mind may...
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Prompt #1409 The Angry Child
Remember that lack of eye contact: Is a signal that the child is in a state of fear and overly stressed. Is driven from an unconscious place of fear – it is not a conscious choice by the child. Occurs...
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Prompt #1413 Low Self-Esteem
“There is a perception that people with low self-esteem tend to be more negative and complain a lot more,” says Megan McCarthy the study’s author and a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology....
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Prompt #1414 Sons of Divorce
Several recent studies indicate that boys are less able than girls to cope with their parents’ marital breakup and that the effects on them — which include lowered scholastic achievement, depression,...
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Prompt #1422 Researchers on Social Media
Researchers have long measured people’s thoughts, feelings, and personalities using survey questions. The widespread use of Twitter and Facebook has afforded new approaches to social science research,...
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Prompt #1429 Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder is thought to affect between 1% and 6% of the population. It is more common in women than men. The most telling sign of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a long...
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Prompt #1436 Traumatic Brain Injuries in Convicts
Nearly every inmate screened—96 percent—had a traumatic brain injury. That’s … far higher than the estimated 6 percent to 8.5 percent of the general population… . Traumatic brain injury has been...
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Prompt #1441 Political Polarization
A politically polarized society implies several risks, such as the appearance of radicalism or civil wars. –Rosa Maria Benito, a professor at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Fiction Writing Prompt:...
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