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Crime Scene Investigation: Are You Guilty of Profiling?

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 by admin

It’s Labor Day weekend, and you’ve escaped the crowds in the city to spend time with friends on Long Island. After catching up on the latest news over a leisurely meal, you settle in on the couch downstairs, shrugging off the weight of a rigorous work week and settling into what promises to be a relaxing weekend. (more…)

Tags: Accusations, Alarm Clock, Biases, Crime Scene Investigation, Disastrous Results, Federal Officials, Friends And Neighbors, Hispanic Immigrants, Immigration Law, Labor Day, Labor Day Weekend, Leisurely Meal, Misunderstanding, Racial Profiling, Relaxing Weekend, Reverie, Righ, Rigorous Work, Suffolk County, Suspicious Persons
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Judging With Empathy

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 by admin

Check out any news feed, blog, or late night TV show, and you’ll probably hear something about President Obama’s Supreme Court selection Sonia Sotomayor. While in the past, the justices-mostly white males-have been chosen for their judicial record, Obama added a new criterion: empathy.

Empathy? Isn’t that just another word for touchy-feely?

At first glance, empathy in a Supreme Court Justice seems to favor someone irrational, emotional, even activist. But maybe we should dig into this term-empathy-before we make those assumptions. (more…)

Tags: Biases, Business Direction, Cognitive Network, Cognitive Neuroscience, Emotional Component, Empathy, First Glance, Judgment Call, Judicial Record, Late Night Tv, Latino Woman, Left And Right Brain, Logical Decisions, New Criterion, Obama, Slant, Social Psychologists, Supreme Court Justice, Time Right, Touchy Feely
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