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This effect can also occur when experiments are more open-ended. The authors cite a 1991 study in which participants were asked to recall either six or 12 examples of instances when they behaved assertively. "Paradoxically," the authors write, "those in the 12-example condition rated themselves as less assertive than did those in the six-example condition. Participants apparently inferred from their difficulty retrieving 12 examples that they must not be very assertive after...
...lives. Unfortunately, middle-class conservatives assume that if you’re a member of the “elite,” you’re liberal. When I revealed that I wrote for The Harvard Crimson, one man asked me, “Are you going to write about how dumb we are?” A second warned that the crowd might run me out of town...
...from Hamden, Conn. But who will that counterweight be? “I’m excited about Palin, Romney…” Melissa Welsh, an onlooker, told me, her voice trailing off as she hit the bottom of a short list. Conservatives shouldn’t write off their elite; they need them. After all, the Founding Fathers weren’t populists...
...known for your handwritten notes - of thanks, consolation or congratulations. Why do you do this? Because I believe that I must thank the people I work with, and I think if you write a handwritten note - that I took the time to sit down and write - if I typed it, people may think that I may have dictated it or written 50 of the same and just signed it. And I also find that if I hand-write it, it also makes me stop and think - think about the casualties. It makes me think about everyone...
...been in war a long time, so it wasn't the sudden shock of losing people. But if you read the circumstances of every servicemember's death, it makes you think about what you are doing here. It stops being a number and becomes a person. If you write their next of kin, it makes you realize the impact on them as well...