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When Michael lan Campbell, a would be actor, was brough before a jury on charges of threatening to “finish wha began” at the columbine High School shootings, his defense was a novel one : Internet addiction. According to his lawyer, who put forward the legal theory. Campbell was to immersed in the work of the internet that the could not telt fact from fiction, his threat, said his lawyer, was a virtual one, and not made with criminal intent (Janosfsky, 2000) Read the rest of this entry »

Probably not.

At least that’s the implications of an creasing body of research on subjective well – being. This research shwos that although winning the lottery brings an initial surge in happines, a year later winner’s level of happiness seems to return to what it was before. The converse phenomenon occurs for people who have suffered serious injuries in accidents : Despite an initial deline in happiness, most victims return to their prior levels of happiness over time (Diener et al, 1999). Read the rest of this entry »

One societal belief widelyheld at the start of the twenty first century is that we should do everything we can to nurture people’s self esteem. High self esteem is usualy viewed as a forerunner of success and accomplishment, ad low self esteem is seen as a problem to be remedied. Read the rest of this entry »

As he chats with the young mother, the doctor flicks a cotton swab into the mouth of her infant son, he inserts the sample into a machine, which extracs DNA from the mucus cells and compares it with the genetic material on a dime – size chip. Minutes later a computer printer begins to spit out a list of the infant’s genes. Fortunately, all but a few of the genes are labeled “normal”. It is those few that the doctor discusses as he explains the result to the mother. “You son’s genetic inheritance is generally good, “ he says, “but he is somewhat predisposed to skin lesions. So starting right away; he should be protected againts excessive exposure to the sun. “and the doctor warns, “he may well be susceptible to cardiovascular disease later in life. To lessen his risk, after about age two he should be lifelong low – fat, high – fiber diet.”

Jaroff, 1663, p.24) Read the rest of this entry »

Aldrich  Ames was given routine lie detector tests periodically by his employer, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, on every occasion he passed the test. Yet at the very same time his truthfulness was being vouched for by the lie detector, he was involved in high – level spying for the russians.

          No surprise, at least among researchers who study the validity of lie deterctor test results. Repeatedly, lie detectors have proved to ve unreliable indicators of lying Read the rest of this entry »