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Beliefs & Values
Swipe Right? Online Dating and the Changing Nature of Love & Relationships
How Online Dating is Changing Relationships At Optimistic Learner, we have addressed some of the unhealthy sociological effects of our…
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Growth & Development
On The Tip of Your Tongue: Language, Culture and Perspective
How Much Do Language and Culture Shape Perspective? Have you ever “borrowed” a word from another language? Schadenfreude is a…
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Habits & Productivity
Slight and Spite: Salving The Stings of Social Exchange
“How do you feel when someone cuts you off in traffic? Says they will meet you somewhere then doesn’t bother…
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Habits & Productivity
Rumination-Unraveling Solutions from the Maze of Overthinking
“You are talking to someone you like, trying to work up the courage to ask them out, and you make…
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Habits & Productivity
Ingroup Vs. Outgroup: The Concept of “Us” & “Them” and How to Push Back the Bias of Your Brain
Understanding Social Categorization and the Origins of “Us” and “Them” Over the course of human history, all the way up…
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Habits & Productivity
Preserving Empathy in the Digital Age – The Other Side of the Keyboard
In terms of connectivity for business, news, events, and satisfying surface level curiosity about what your high school ex had…
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Habits & Productivity
Digital Truth and Insta-Lies: Social Media Skepticism and the Truth of Search Data
In 2015, Instagram star Essena O’Neill very publicly declared that she was quitting social media. Her announcement was met with…
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Habits & Productivity
What You Need to Know About Procrastination
Have you ever stayed up all night writing a paper? Did you wait until the last day to file your taxes? Ever…
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Habits & Productivity
The Myth of Multitasking and the Reality of Our Distracted Attention
Do you think you are good at multitasking? Do all the social media sites, the range of apps, text messages,…
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Habits & Productivity
Learning How Little You Know: How the Dunning-Kruger Effect Might be Holding You Back
Following the U.S. election, there was a spate of articles mentioning the Dunning-Kruger Effect. While often brought up during an election…
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