People have done a lot of work trying to understand business in terms of behavior and psychology, but Chopra goes deeper, applying the rules of biology, neuroscience (and maybe a little philosophy) to corporate leadership.
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Markets and economic behavior are largely based on psychology, and now we have several powerful ingredients for a temporary but positive shift in psychology.
Lots of sociology and psychology influence this behavior.
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It is based on recent research into the psychology of flourishing (so called positive psychology), consumer behavior research, experiences and research about the diet industry and weight loss, my 25 years clinical experience as a psychologist and psychoanalyst, and well over a half-century of experience eating.
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That unconscious status-seeking motives largely drive human behavior is a major theme of recent work in evolutionary psychology.
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The desire to fly an airplane has been shown to represent one aspect of a sensation-seeking personality, a genetic trait associated with risky behavior involving driving, sex, sports and vocation, according to psychology studies.
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Dr. Samuel Putnam , an assistant professor of psychology at Bowdoin College in Maine, says thrill seeking behavior is mostly genetic, and that signs of it--from climbing the highest tree to swinging as high as possible on a swing set--can be recognized from very early ages.
The lesson ought to be: Whatever your innermost feelings -- and we have no idea, despite the claims of pop psychology, how to change inner feelings -- we demand certain behavior.
Allen McConnell, a psychology professor at Miami University in Ohio who studies pet owners' behavior, said those who opt for animal preservation can be motivated by grief, a need for belonging and anthropomorphism the act of ascribing human attributes to animals or even inanimate objects.
Then why do enthusiasts for evolutionary psychology insist that politicians and social scientists should pay attention to the evolutionary roots of behavior?
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