Saturday, December 24, 2011

Editor's Selections: Serious Gamers and Dictators


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Part of my online life includes editorial duties at?ResearchBlogging.org, where I serve as the Social Sciences Editor. Each Thursday, I pick notable posts on research in anthropology, philosophy, social science, and research to share on the?ResearchBlogging.org News site. To help highlight this writing, I also share my selections here on AiP.

If you are observing holiday festivities this weekend, I hope they?re full of good food and loved ones. On the docket this week:

  • Serious gamers take note: you?ll learn more from the experience if you have a growth mindset versus a fixed one, and take each challenge as a learning opportunity instead of a personal evaluation. More of a fixed mindset? Don?t worry?Dr. Shock tells us that the growth mindset can also be learned.
  • What does it take to be a?dictator? Jason Goldman has a few ideas: He reports on the??big six? constellation of personality disorders that may commonly reflect the personalities of dictators more generally.

I?ll be back next week with more from anthropology, philosophy, and research.

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Krystal D'CostaAbout the Author: Krystal D'Costa is an anthropologist working in digital media in New York City. You can follow AiP on Facebook. Follow on Twitter @krystaldcosta.

The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Scientific American.

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