Category: Identity
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The YouTube Trap
Have you ever fell for that YouTube trap of watching more videos than you should? Come on. You know what I’m talking about. Last night I fell for that trap. I was looking for a song, and listened to the original. Then I wanted to hear a live version of…
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Practice Your Identity
I went on a walk today with my dogs at our normal park that we go for walks at. There’s a huge field there and there are always games and practice at the fields. After tonight’s walk, I was hit with the idea that these kids – soccer today –…
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Social Networks
When we think of a social network – we tend to think about Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. But social networks have existed for centuries. Your family is a social network. Your church is a social network. Your classmates are a part of your social network. The social networks online and…
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Commercials About You
I hardly ever watch commercials. My DVR makes that possible, but we happened to be watching Man Vs. Food – live tonight so we had to endure the commercials. Two commercials stood out because it happened one right after the other. The first was Holiday Inn where the tag line…
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Mark Zuckerberg and Identity
Zuckerberg is the CEO of Facebook. There’s a movie that will be coming out about him and Facebook. Many have talked about him. You have heard them make fun of how young he is or how he sweats profusely when he does interviews. It’s ironic to me that he’s running…
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Relationships Like a Geek
I teach a course on Interpersonal relationships. I wanted to make the point that relationships are fundamentally changing right before our eyes. I brought up Farmville and how people will spend time feeding their virtual cows, and then one of the students brought up the fact that you can download…
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What the Shows You Watch Say About You
This is another one of those posts – where I don’t know the answer. I would be interested though in knowing the answer so if you know the answer, please help me understand. I have not done the study, but I would assume that the shows that we watch reveal…
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Nonconscious Awareness
We talked about this in a class today. It’s easy to think of the conscious things in our lives – because it’s in conscious awareness for us. We can easily explain it to someone else because we are conscious of it. But there’s a whole other side of our consciousness…
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Lem Usita ’95 and Lem Usita ’99
Those are 2 identity markers for me. It stood out to me when I wrote it in an e mail this morning. I guess technically I could add Lem Usita ’91, and I hope to add Lem Usita ’10 as another identity marker. I don’t know why it fascinates me…
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Your Mom and Identity Formation
I was preparing for class today. It was on self-control and self-regulatory principles for interpersonal relationships (I’m sorry for any of my students that will be in class tomorrow – you’re going to hear this again). Self-control is necessary to maintain interpersonal relationships. Children – as young as 3 months…
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