Word: psychologist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Russian proverb, it should be: When skating on thin ice, move quickly. Like Gail Sheehy, who has learned some fast footwork and slick maneuvers during her career as a New Journalist and pop psychologist. Her biography of the Soviet leader marks Sheehy's debut as a pop political scientist...
...national malaise." The current economic slump -- not yet officially recognized as a recession + -- threatens to be particularly divisive because of the increasing disparity between haves and have-nots. "In the 1930s, everyone was in the same boat and knew other people were suffering too," observes Val Farmer, a clinical psychologist and syndicated columnist from South Dakota. "The current problems affect people so unevenly that they don't pull together...
...Psychologists say economic losses are no different from other kinds of losses. Homeowners have more than capital tied up in their homes; when their assets decline in a real estate slump, so does their sense of self-worth. People who have lost their jobs experience anger, denial and a need to grieve, just as they would if they had lost a loved one. This is especially true of the solid, stable employee who has worked in one place for many years. "That person has a mental contract," says Maury Elvekrog, a management psychologist in Birmingham, Mich. "Even though...
...academic success than high school class ranking or grade averages. They also charge that SAT success can be learned, pointing to cram schools that promise, for substantial fees, to raise students' scores by 100 points or more. After a two-year study, Dr. Stuart Katz, a University of Georgia psychologist, concluded last March that the verbal section of the SAT measures test-savvy, not reading ability. He found that 172 college students correctly answered, on average, 38% of the multiple-choice comprehension questions without even reading the test selections. Many colleges, notably in the Midwest, are turning to the rival...
...describes some pitfalls. Children from single-parent homes face an array of risks, ranging from mild cognitive delays in preschoolers to withdrawal and depression in older kids. Children pressured by aggressive scheduling often show signs of chronic stress. "With the amount of anxiety and juggling," suggests San Francisco clinical psychologist Jeree Pawl, there is a risk that the next generation could grow up "thinking that they're nuisances. An unhandy bundle, a shelf for which is not always easy to find...