Why are People so Obedient? – Compliance and Conformity

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Carl Jung – Are Demons Real?

“[Modern man] is blind to the fact that, with all his rationality and efficiency, he is possessed by powers beyond his control. The gods and demons have not disappeared at all, they have merely got new names.” Carl Jung, Collected Works Volume 18 For millennia, in cultures spanni ...  Show more

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Why We Sabotage Ourselves – The Psychology of Self-Handicapping

“The self-handicapper reaches out for impediments, exaggerates handicaps, and embraces any factor reducing personal responsibility for mediocrity…” Steven Berglas and Edward Jones, Drug Choice as a Self-Handicapping Strategy Rather than simply contending with external obstacles t ...  Show more

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