Lately I’ve been battling a strange dilemma. As I learn more about social psychology and neuroscience in my grad program, I have come to better understand why people behave the way they behave and think the way they think. It turns out humans go out of their way to protect themselves and their egos. This causes them to ignore information that might challenge their pre-existing beliefs while eagerly searching for proof that they were right all along. We are also susceptible to societal pressure and have a strong desire to be a part of a tribe. None of this is groundbreaking, but hearing it reiterated week after week has forced me to examine something I have long held to be true. And that is the belief that in order to buy into the current Republican agenda, there has to be something morally wrong with you.
FORCING MYSELF TO UNDERSTAND (OTHER PEOPLE)
FORCING MYSELF TO UNDERSTAND (OTHER PEOPLE)
FORCING MYSELF TO UNDERSTAND (OTHER PEOPLE)
Lately I’ve been battling a strange dilemma. As I learn more about social psychology and neuroscience in my grad program, I have come to better understand why people behave the way they behave and think the way they think. It turns out humans go out of their way to protect themselves and their egos. This causes them to ignore information that might challenge their pre-existing beliefs while eagerly searching for proof that they were right all along. We are also susceptible to societal pressure and have a strong desire to be a part of a tribe. None of this is groundbreaking, but hearing it reiterated week after week has forced me to examine something I have long held to be true. And that is the belief that in order to buy into the current Republican agenda, there has to be something morally wrong with you.