Authors

Marian M. Jones

'Mom, when's our lunch hour?'
Provides information on the Take Our Daughters to Work Day, an event aimed at exposing girls to the career world. Influence of mothers' attitudes towards women and work to the shaping of girls' views of careers; Benefits from taking girls to work with either their mothers or fathers; Effects when mothers take their daughters to work but who don't have high-powered jobs.
Dissecting Dilbert
Deals with a study on how people relate to 'Dilbert', comic strip that depicts absurdities in the workplace to people's cynicism in the United States. How people tends to be cynical about work environment; Use of Dilbert as management tool.
Free screening for eating disorders
Informs on the 1998 National Eating Disorders Screening Program in the United States. Schedule for the event; Topics that can be learned in the program.
J'aime Le Super Bowl
Informs on the global interest being given to Super Bowl football game events in the United States. What interests the people to watch each event; Acceptability of the staccato pace of football to Americans.
Http://www.Aieeeee.com
Provides information on the hotline and Web site of the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH). Information available in the two NIMH information services; Caution when calling the hotline; Alternative on-line information service about anxiety disorders.
Do Vacations Really Cure Burnout?
Burned out? A vacation can help, at least for a while. Vacations boost performance and curb absenteeism.
Messing with mother (nature)
Dicusses moral and ethical aspects of genetic engineering or cloning as applied to human beings. Perfect human beings as a promise of genetic engineering; Advantages of genetic enhancements; Debatable issues concerning human cloning; Different views on the effects of human cloning.
El Nino made me do it
Informs on the effect of the El Nino phenomenon to people in the United States. How people perceived weather conditions during the phenomenon; How it creates mass hysteria.
The Incredible Shrinking God

Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung presented themselves as scientists—but functioned as gurus.

The Unconventional Wisdom of Emotional Intelligence

Presents information on the ninth annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Overview of the keynote address of Daniel Kahneman, Doctor of Philosophy, regarding colonoscopy; Concept of emotional intelligence; Predictors of depression.

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