Dale Hartley MBA, Ph.D.

About

Dale Hartley is a retired professor of psychology and business. His book, Machiavellians: Gulling the Rubes," will be released in September, 2023.

Recent Posts

Games Master Manipulators Play: Gaslighting

Gaslighting is a form of interpersonal psychological warfare. Master manipulators seek to steal other people's power for themselves.

Are You Foolproof? Resisting the Spread of Disinformation

A new book shows the way forward through the fog of misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, fake news, and conspiracy theories.

Knowing It From Shinola: An Academic Looks at "Malarkey"

John V. Petrocelli's new book takes us on a fascinating journey deep into problem thinking and shows us the way out.

How Psychologically Conditioned Rats Are Defusing Landmines

A non-profit organization is training African giant pouched rats to sniff out landmines. How can rodents be trained for such sensitive and dangerous tasks?

Games Master Manipulators Play: Stealing Your Power

Machiavellian schemes seek to steal your power to control your life. Stalking is one of several games master manipulators play.

Machiavellian schemes seek to steal your power to control your life. Stalking is one of several games master manipulators play.

Plugging Into the Power of Wonder

Book review: "The Power of Wonder" shows that wonder in our daily lives is both a choice and a gift from the world around us. Wonder has both practical and psychological benefits.

Book review: "The Power of Wonder" shows that wonder in our daily lives is both a choice and a gift from the world around us. Wonder has both practical and psychological benefits.

The Cobra Effect Redux: Because Fools Are So Ingenious

Incentives can go wrong when they produce unintended and perverse outcomes. Louisiana discovered this when it offered a bounty on nutria tails.

Incentives can go wrong when they produce unintended and perverse outcomes. Louisiana discovered this when it offered a bounty on nutria tails.

Fool Me Once: Of Machiavellianism and Misappropriation

A new book, "Fool Me Once: Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry," exposes the nexus between criminal fraud and abnormal psychology.

A new book, "Fool Me Once: Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry," exposes the nexus between criminal fraud and abnormal psychology.

Games Master Manipulators Play: Triangulation

Machiavellians may target you directly or they may try to recruit you as an unwitting accomplice in their scheme against someone else.

Machiavellians may target you directly or they may try to recruit you as an unwitting accomplice in their scheme against someone else.

The Semmelweis Reflex: Truth Is Hard on the Ears

A friend of J.W. Booth told Lincoln of a plot to kill him. Lincoln didn't listen. Doctors wouldn't believe that dirty hands can kill. Inconvenient truths often fall on deaf ears.

A friend of J.W. Booth told Lincoln of a plot to kill him. Lincoln didn't listen. Doctors wouldn't believe that dirty hands can kill. Inconvenient truths often fall on deaf ears.