This is an interesting study that shows that people in leadership positions think that they are taller than they actually are.
Powerful people think they are taller than they really are, new study finds
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Here is a RSA animate on a lecture by Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of the book "Smile or die: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America". It may be used for criticism of the cognitive perspective.
RSA Animate - Smile or Die The British psychiatrist has said that the abnormal often are more normal and the normal often are more abnormal than we usually think. Sometimes it might even be useful to be abnormal, such as when it comes to leadership. In a new book, the psychiatrist Nassir Ghaemi suggests that bipolar disorder is beneficial for leadership during a crisis. Leaders with bipolar disorder are particularly good if there is a real threat during the crisis. This is because these people have increased empathy and ability to see things realistically during their depressive periods and extraordinary endurance and creativity during their manic phases. They also have the ability to imagine possible futures that other, more normal people fail to envision. Historical political leaders who were active during a crises, like Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi have both been retrospectively been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Here is a (not so positive) review of Ghaemi's book:
A first rate madness This activity is funny and can be used to demonstrate schema theory. Go the web page and scroll down to the last post:
http://9gag.com/hot/5138 This is an RSA animate on Steven Pinker's lecture on language as a window into human nature. Enjoy!
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