Author: T. Franklin Murphy
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When Life Is Unfair: Making Sense of Undeserved Suffering
Read more: When Life Is Unfair: Making Sense of Undeserved SufferingCareful choices and good intentions cannot protect us from every loss. Psychology helps explain why undeserved suffering unsettles beliefs about…
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Meritocracy: The Stories We Tell About Success
Read more: Meritocracy: The Stories We Tell About SuccessMeritocracy promises recognition for ability and effort. Psychological research helps distinguish that ideal from assumptions about unequal opportunities, biased evaluation,…
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Coercive Control: Emotional Abuse and the Loss of Everyday Freedom
Read more: Coercive Control: Emotional Abuse and the Loss of Everyday FreedomCoercive control can turn ordinary choices into calculations about consequences. This article explores how emotional abuse, isolation, surveillance, and restricted…
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Mastery Experiences: Learning to Recognize Our Capabilities
Read more: Mastery Experiences: Learning to Recognize Our CapabilitiesA successful experience can change what we believe we can do, but its meaning depends on how we interpret it.…
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Regulatory Flexibility
Read more: Regulatory FlexibilityA coping strategy can help in one moment and become less useful in the next. Regulatory flexibility involves reading the…
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Organizational Learning
Read more: Organizational LearningRecognizing a problem is only the beginning of organizational learning. Lasting change depends on examining causes, making room for employee…
