Audio Attitude

Exploring situational influence on attitude and behavior.

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Entries from March 2008

Inconvenient Attitude

March 31st, 2008 No Comments

Al Gore’s attitude finally fits.
As Vice President his attitude was all about acting a role that would support his boss Bill Clinton. But being Vice President was never Mr. Gore’s mission. As his party’s nominee for President his attitude was focused on serving the party. But being the party nominee [...]

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Attitude Mountain

March 23rd, 2008 4 Comments

Do you remember in PSYCH 101 reading about the “Three Mountain Task?” The child psychology experiment that Jean Piaget conducted back in the 1940’s was an early study of how humans develop cognition. Essentially, Piaget showed young children a 3-D model of a landscape with three mountains. On the other side he placed [...]

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Attitude of Reverence

March 18th, 2008 No Comments

(I thought I posted the following this morning before the speech, but I discovered just now it never made it out of the “draft” category.)
Had the Reverend Jeremiah Wright yelled “God DAMN America” in the pulpit of any of God’s white houses I attended as a kid, I would instantly recognize the world was [...]

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Displaced Attitude

March 17th, 2008 No Comments

What do you imagine your attitude might be if one day you had to flee your own country? Where would you go? What if no country officially allowed you to stay?
Christian Payne, also known as “Documentally,” is a fine soul whom I also consider a friend. He is a perceptive journalist and [...]

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