Rather than wait for some vague future to be happy, baby boomers subscribed to the idea that life, or at least one’s youth, was short, so you better enjoy it while you can.

With psychological thinking heavily informing everyday life in postwar America, there was considerable pressure to raise a “well-adjusted” child.

Words are vague and have multiple meanings while numbers are precise and definitive, a big reason why we put so much faith and trust in data, regardless of its source.

A Personal Perspective: We appear to be re-examining our priorities and, in the process, overhauling much of everyday life to seek out the positive wherever we can.

Anyone working in fields in which psychology intersects with business—marketing, marketing research, or advertising—should be familiar with Ernest Dichter.

Much of what takes place in this world is beyond our control, but the possession of a particular thing, especially if we don’t really need it, offers a feeling of being in charge.

While today it represents just a small piece of the therapeutic pie, there is no doubt that Freudian psychoanalysis heavily informed the development of both psychiatry and psychology.

One does not have to be a psychopath or sociopath to kill another individual.

A Personal Perspective: While prosperity has continued to climb, the psychological costs attached to our ever-escalating busyness are steep.

Baby boomers have never been liked by younger or older generations, and our determination to not disappear is making critics all the more unhappy.