THES has an essay about chickens “and the psychopathic nature of modern ‘efficiency’”, by Peter Lennox, senior lecturer in spatial perception in artificial environments and director of the Signal Processing and Applications Group, University of Derby: In today’s economic climate, efficiency and competitiveness are the guiding principles of business, of life; more product faster, while […]
Tag: Psychology
5 not V, for mental disorders
The previous versions of the American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders were called DSM-I, DSM-II, DSM-III, and DSM-IV – but the new one is being named DSM-5. It seems the APA have, for reasons not yet clear, decided that Roman numerals are out for the 2013 edition. Can any readers […]
Alert: psych hair-pulling, spitting ahead
Psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists galore are in for a long period of hair-pulling, spitting, accusations, recriminations, name-calling and good old-fashioned spitefests. The proposed draft version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) just went online for comments. The DSM gets used in many ways. What’s included in the new version — and […]
The aim of the tiles
Meena Kadri looks at the psychology of tile placement: Disrupting Urination Norms In Mumbai someone kindly explained to me the custom of putting wall tiles of gods from different religions along street facades. They’re positioned at pissing height – and act as a perfect deterrent in a reverent nation.