Word: mainstreaming
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...experience in America: masking. As the word itself makes clear, the mask is not an authentic representation of one's true self; rather it is a presentation of the self that angles for advantage. Today we blacks have two great masks that we wear for advantage in the American mainstream: bargaining and challenging...
...It’s true that psychoanalysis is not part of the mainstream psychology curriculum at Harvard or most other major universities,” said psychology professor Steven Pinker, who teaches the Core course Science B-62, “The Human Mind: Introduction to Mind, Brain, and Behavior...
...reason is that psychoanalysis falls outside mainstream science—its claims are not empirically tested, it doesn’t mesh with the rest of biology,” he said...
Introductory psychology textbooks treat psychoanalysis as “merely a desiccated and dead tributary to the psychological mainstream,” a “has-been” headed for the history books, according to a report by the American Psychoanalytic Association...
Pros » Votes for outside or “dark-horse” candidates are not wasted, thereby potentially increasing voter turnout » Voters are not pressured to vote for mainstream or consensus candidates for fear of wasting their votes (spoiler effect) » The winning candidate always emerges with a majority, thereby increasing the candidate’s legitimacy » Only one election is needed, because runoffs can be simulated instantly