Megan Rooney

Offers insight on the 'spotlight effect,' a feeling one gets that the world is watching you. Comments from Kenneth Savitsky, associate professor of psychology at Williams College; Highlight on an experiment involving a student who was sent into a room with peers wearing a Barry Manilow tee-shirt; Percentage of the group who could not recalled the shirt; Details on another experiment called the 'Bad Hair Day Study.'

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The Expectations Trap

Why we're conditioned to blame our partners for our unhappiness.