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Ineffectiveness and the N-Effect
Did you hear the one about the N-Effect? A research study published in “Psychological Science” found that when it comes to academics, the more competitors you have, the less motivated you are to do your best.
Researchers Stephen M. Garcia (University of Michigan) and Avishalom Tor (Haifa University) found students’ average test scores on the SAT and other tests go down when the number of test-takers increases. People taking the tests don't even have to see their competition to have their scor ...
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It takes two to tango
Dear Miss Kitty,
My future mother in law is driving me crazy over the details of my wedding. I am not marrying her so why won’t she leave it alone?
Sandy, SANTA BARBARA,
Dear Sandy,
Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver, cheap and readily a ...
The Rules Of Interaction
So I'm hard at work doing column research at a local coffee shop, my attention focused on a YouTube video of a cigarette-smoking chimpanzee, when a woman at a neighboring table interrupts to ask if I would mind watching her laptop, presumably while s ...
Baring loss
Dear Miss Kitty,
I have been dating someone for 2 months. Three days ago I left my laptop at his house and when I stopped by later that night to pick it up, he came to the door naked, stunk of wine and wouldn’t let me in. I heard a women’s voice c ...
The soup takes bronze
Over the years I’ve written a few books, oodles of magazine articles, countless columns and an amazing number of thank you notes, but until recently I had never, ever, ever written a recipe. In all honesty, I had hardly even looked at a recipe, let a ...
SeaWorld Has a Whale of a Problem
With its abundance of sports, shopping, and sunshine, Orlando, Florida offers residents and visitors alike a cornucopia of things to see and do. But beneath the surface of this perpetually sunny city lurks a dark secret and it goes by the name of SeaWorld.
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