I received a nice response from Sharon Mann of Pendaflex regarding my question about the politics of Pilers. Here is the breakdown Sharon shared with me: “Out of the 516 office workers surveyed, 249 admitted to “piler” status. Of those 249 pilers: 36 percent–Democrats 35 percent–Republicans 18 percent–Independent 12 Read more…
I’m definitely dating myself when I say that the average hardcover textbook I bought at UCLA cost around $10. New. Of course minimum wage was $1.65, and I was delighted to earn $2.74 as an admitting clerk in the UCLA Emergency Room (I learned a lot about psychology in Read more…
Office supply giant Pendaflex commissioned a study of people’s filing habits, and discovered that you could learn a lot about a person by visiting his or her office. Three main personality types emerged in the study: Pilers accounted for 48 percent of office workers. Pilers can be identified by Read more…
Would you trust this man? People offering psychological services have a baffling array of degrees. The Eating Disorder Referral Information Center offers a very long page of abbreviations to help clients decipher their therapists’ diplomas. I am not a clinical psychologist. I never could get past that “non-judgmental” thing, where you Read more…
Richard Lewis of Pomona College has written a thought-provoking article on the status and future of undergraduate neuroscience education for J.U.N.E. Richard asks whether neuroscience should be a department or a program. As Richard points out, most of us like to define neuroscience as interdisciplinary. The American Heritage Dictionary defines Read more…