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psychology

noun as in study of the mind; emotional and mental constitution

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Jamil Zaki is a professor of psychology at Stanford University, the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab and author of “The War for Kindness” and “Hope for Cynics.”

Thucydides’ mastery of perspective allows him to populate his landscapes with the dilemmas of democratic politics—the battlefield where psychology meets strategy.

But the companies that purchased his furniture—or one of the many imitations offered by his competitors—were more often drawn to his design because of economics rather than organizational psychology.

“No one can self-police for eight hours with the camera in front of them,” said Amanda Almond, a psychology professor at New York City College of Technology.

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Gordon Hall, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Oregon, explained that Asian Americans have high dropout rates after going to therapy.

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