Quotes by Psychologists

In the past, modeling influences were largely confined to the styles of behavior and social practices in one's immediate community. The advent of television vastly expanded the range of models to which members of society are exposed day in and day out. Albert Bandura
Day Behavior Past Community Society Immediate Range Television Members Out Vastly Day-Out Advent Practices Styles Were Modeling Models Confined Influences In The Past Which Social Exposed Largely
Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers. Albert Bandura
Better Developed Over Subjects Very Than Often Worked Teachers Grasp
Osama bin Laden characterized his terrorist activities as 'defensive jihad,' provoked by 'debauched infidels' bent on enslaving the Muslim world. The lead industry blamed 'ignorant parents' for applying lead paint to juvenile furniture. Albert Bandura
World Parents Defensive Jihad Furniture Bent Characterized Muslim Muslim World Blamed Lead Industry Terrorist His Provoked Juvenile Ignorant Paint Bin Activities Applying
It's in our ability to selectively engage and disengage our moral standards, and it helps explain how people can be barbarically cruel in one moment and compassionate the next. Albert Bandura
People Our Moral Ability Cruel How Explain Next Engage Standards Moment Helps Compassionate
When I'm introduced at invited lectures at other universities, the students place a Bobo doll by the lectern. From time to time, I have been asked to autograph one. The Bobo doll has achieved stardom in psychological circles. Albert Bandura
Time Other Circles Introduced Students Invited Doll Been Lectures From Time To Time Achieved Autograph Psychological Place Asked Stardom Universities
I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert. Albert Ellis
Work Happy World Various Like Gospel Around According Very Going Aspects Teaching Albert
Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency. Albert Ellis
Think Gene Had Inefficiency Freud Efficiency
I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. Albert Ellis
Listening Analyst Finally Several Criticizing Objections Wrote Practicing Were Years Articles Quit Six Psychoanalysis After
Many psychoanalysts refused to let me speak at their meetings. They were exceptionally vigorous because I had previously been an analyst and they were very angry at my flying the coop. Albert Ellis
Angry Me Speak Analyst Meetings Flying Exceptionally Had Because Were Been Very Refused Vigorous Many
People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. Albert Ellis
People Contribute Get Just Upset
I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them. Albert Ellis
People Unconditionally Accept Truly Get Anyone Whether Loves Them Themselves Therapist
I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public. Albert Ellis
Myself Age Women Fear Behavior Approaching Young Eclectic Had Over Get Public Young Women Used Speaking Therapy Public Speaking
I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist. Albert Ellis
Myself Behavior Later Rational Emotive Term Call Used Therapist Now Started
The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. He belongs rightly to the 'action generation' whose motto is 'do more but feel less.' Alexander Lowen
Generation Action Rightly More Individual He Feel Motto Person Committed Modern Being Successful Less Whose Belongs
Because we are afraid of life, we seek to control or master it. Alexander Lowen
Life Master Control Seek Because Afraid
The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex. Alfred Adler
Work Relationship Behavior Sex Society Test Pattern
War is organized murder and torture against our brothers. Alfred Adler
War Our Torture Brothers Against Organized
It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. Alfred Adler
Man Patriotism Lie Country Duty Every His Patriotic Every Man
Nobody is born evil. Alice Miller
Evil Born Nobody
The science can tell you that the thousands of pseudo-scientific parenting books out there - not to mention the 'Baby Einstein' DVDs and the flash cards and the brain-boosting toys - won't do a thing to make your baby smarter. That's largely because babies are already as smart as they can be; smarter than we are in some ways. Alison Gopnik
Parenting You Science Smart Babies Baby Books Ways Out Tell Thousands Some Mention Smarter Toys Make Because Than Flash Einstein Your Largely Thing Cards
As adults, when we attend to something in the world we are vividly conscious of that particular thing, and we shut out the surrounding world. The classic metaphor is that attention is like a spotlight, illuminating one part of the world and leaving the rest in darkness. Alison Gopnik
World Darkness Rest Out Classic Vividly Something Adult Part Attend Attention Particular Like Spotlight Metaphor Leaving Surrounding Illuminating Conscious Thing Shut
The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect. Alison Gopnik
Telegraph Effect Improvement Same Transformative Exponential Radio
Animals are certainly more sophisticated than we used to think. And we shouldn't lump together animals as a group. Crows and chimps and dogs are all highly intelligent in very different ways. Alison Gopnik
Together Animals Group Think Ways More Crows Highly Sophisticated Dogs Very Intelligent Than Different Used Certainly Different Ways Lump
Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental. Alison Gopnik
Learning Result Assume More Adult Spontaneous Most Unusual Often Teaching Fundamental Actually
One of the things I say is from an evolutionary point of view: probably the ideal rich environment for a baby includes more mud, livestock, and relatives than most of us could tolerate nowadays. Alison Gopnik
Relatives Rich Nowadays Baby Say Evolutionary One Of The Things More Point Could Point Of View Environment Ideal Most Than Us Mud View Tolerate Livestock Things
Young children seem to be learning who to share this toy with and figure out how it works, while adolescents seem to be exploring some very deep and profound questions: 'How should this society work? How should relationships among people work?' The exploration is: 'Who am I, what am I doing?' Alison Gopnik
Work Learning People Young Society Relationships Out Some Seem Adolescent Share Toy How Am Doing Questions Very Children Young Children While Should Exploration Exploring Figure Who Who Am I Deep Works Among Profound
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