Showing posts with label Lies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lies. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Spies, Lies, and Schadenfreude

The scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's news empire raises concern about collusion in elite British circles, and one key question about human nature: Why does it feel so good to watch powerful figures fall?


Two Fairly Goodlooking Men in Prison
Can you guess what crime a man will commit from his hair style?

Bridling envy in the age of Facebook
Social status hierarchy negotiation now follows us 24/7

Laugh At Your Own Risk
Why Schadenfreude makes us miserable

Your Pain, My Gain
Your brain's pleasure center lights up when your rival suffers.

Promises promises: When politicians don’t deliver
The harsh reality of the morning after

The Cardinal Sins of Bad Leaders: Revisiting Bosses From Hell
What are the worst sins that a leader can commit?

What’s With All These Big-Time Liars?
Why do people lie and then keep lying?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201107/spies-lies-and-schadenfreude/what-s-all-these-big-time-liars

How Power Corrupts Leaders
Why and how does power corrupt leaders?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201107/spies-lies-and-schadenfreude/how-power-corrupts-leaders

Do Presidents Lie?
How are great liars and great leaders alike?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201107/spies-lies-and-schadenfreude/do-presidents-lie

Just Don't Do It
Actively doing something wrong vs. staying passive.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201107/spies-and-lies/just-dont-do-it

Excuses, excuses, excuses: Why people lie, cheat, and procrastinate
Why do honest people lie, cheat, and make excuses?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201107/spies-and-lies/excuses-excuses-excuses-why-people-lie-cheat-and-procrastinate

How to Withstand a Parliamentary Inquiry
Unlike Americans, British media executives play parliamentary hearings well
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201107/spies-and-lies/how-withstand-parliamentary-inquiry

Psychopathy in Unexpected Places
What our leaders—and office mates—are hiding.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201107/spies-and-lies/psychopathy-in-unexpected-places