Tag: psychology
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Anxiety or Award
As I was looking at my ‘Awards’ on my Apple watch – I remember when all of these little reminders to stand was a point of anxiety for me – not award. I needed to get all the marks for standing every hour. When I would go on a drive…
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Unknowing Yourself
I had never thought about ‘unknowing yourself’ as part of the process of getting to know yourself – or even more important being more yourself. It is a concept that I heard from Lori Gottlieb. She says, “But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go…
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Classspace
I – am an educator. Thank you very much. I’ve been one for many years. I have been studying it for even longer than I have been an educator. If you’ve been following this blog – you’ll know that I studied adolescent identity formation in online space. I have been…
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Attention Addiction
I recently heard about this possibility – that it’s possible to become addicted to attention in much the same way someone can become addicted to smoking or drinking. All people need attention – some more than others. It’s possible to not get enough attention and that comes with some issues.…
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More Insight into a New Way of Being
I don’t write long posts. I wrote about a New Way of Being. As I write this – we are still in that “quarantine and starting to re-open” phase. I keep the posts short and just work out the info – but I don’t spend much time explaining. My hope…
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A New Way of Being
It’s such a simple idea – but not easy to figure out or know what will happen. And honestly, we don’t think about how it changes us or our new way of being until it gets out of control. The Psychology always follows the Technology. We make the thing –…
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The Way Family Podcast
I had the opportunity to be a guest on the Way Family Podcast. It comes out June 20, 2016 and you can find it here. We talked about #identityformation and the impact that #socialmedia can have on identity. We also briefly talked about extended adolescence and the way that #millenials…
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The Psychology of Angry Birds
I know you are curious about it. You might even be addicted to Angry Birds. You’re reading this because you really want to know what the Psychology of Angry Birds is. Well, here it is. Psychology n., pl., -gies. The science that deals with mental processes and behavior. The emotional…
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What Does Your Starbucks Drink Say About You?
I didn’t realize how much I write about Starbucks until I did a search for Starbucks posts on my blog. As much as I rip on Starbucks for continually serving Pike, I do spend alot of time there – and consequently drink alot of their coffee. I was wondering about…
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Adolescing
Just because you are no longer a teenager, it doesn’t mean that you can’t act like one. No matter what developmental psychologist, most of them allow for you to revert to a previous stage of development. So when you see grown adults act like kids or teenagers – that’s what’s…
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An Ed Psych Lesson
I Googled a definition of Educational Psychology. The first hit defined it as: Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organization. Here is where I got it. I was…
