Word: minding
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Finally, people misjudge their future happiness because they underestimate the power of the “psychological immune system.” In a dangerous or embarrassing situation, the human mind retreats into rationality, allowing those involved to move past the event and return to former levels of happiness. Because this psychological immune system does not kick in until necessary, people predict more dramatic changes in their happiness levels than actually occur...
...He’s constantly thinking about psychology,” says Wegner, who’s known Gilbert since the early 1980s, when both taught in Texas. “Questions come to mind, popping up like firecrackers all the time. Everything is relevant...
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE When he’s not pulling pranks on other professors, Gilbert’s mind is on his research. He resents anything that takes him away from his students or lab, even promoting his own book...
...When I tell people I study psychology, they either think everything I do is ‘B.S.’ or they think I can read their mind,” he says...
...airlines. Asked Monday night if the nation's air travelers have endured the worst in the latest round of groundings, Oberstar snapped: "We'll be through the worst of it when they take their customer service initiative directive and tear it up, shred it, and establish a new mind-set that is aviation safety-compliant. What they're doing now is going through the mechanics of what they should have been doing for months...