Word: psychologistic
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...radio play itself became a textbook example of mass hysteria: in 1940, Princeton psychologist Hadley Cantril used an analysis of listeners' reactions to posit that social panics occur when large groups can't discern reliable sources of advice from unreliable ones. That said, there's little chance that a media hoax of this magnitude could happen again. We've grown too sophisticated, too cynical to believe that little green men from Mars with big silver spaceships will land in New Jersey, of all places. We're too smart, for example, to be fooled by telephone calls suggesting that John McCain...
...unexpectedly are so devastated and ashamed of what they view as their own failure that they may never be able to face a therapist in person. Further, an interactive online setting lets therapists disseminate counseling to many people at once. "The Web offers tremendous potential," says David Mohr, a psychologist at Northwestern University. "We know from research that certain procedures in psychotherapy are likely to be effective for most people. The Web allows that type of standardized material to be presented in a way where it is available 24/7, and patients can access them whenever they want, and from anywhere...
...Morgan, a psychologist whose practice centers on senior-level banking executives, recognized that burst of animal spirit as the "euphoria" phase; he knew it signaled darker emotional repercussions to come as the Masters of the Universe undergo the psychological fallout from the global economic downturn. As jarring as the market drops have been, he says, "the psychological shock has been every bit as great" for bankers who have lost their jobs at Lehman and other institutions...
...psyche, "especially when Gordon Brown uses antiterrorism laws against Iceland," he says, referring to the British Prime Minister's move to invoke an antiterrorism law to freeze Icelandic companies' assets in the U.K. "The people here not only suffer financially - it also makes us feel bad." Indeed, says psychologist Ólafsson," Icelanders have always seen themselves as an independent people, and now we simply can't be as self-sufficient...
...psyche - "especially when Gordon Brown uses antiterrorism laws against Iceland," he says, referring to the British Prime Minister's move to invoke an antiterrorism law to freeze Icelandic companies' assets in the U.K. "The people here not only suffer financially - it also makes us feel bad." Indeed, says psychologist Ólafsson, "Icelanders have always seen themselves as an independent people, and now we simply can't be as self-sufficient...