MD / MBA Reflecting on the Mind

Psychological Effects, Behavioral Laws, and Cognitive Phenomena
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 979-8-31782417-4
Verlag: BookBaby
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E-Book, Englisch, 364 Seiten

Reihe: Reflecting on the Mind

Why do we remember emotionally charged moments more vividly than ordinary ones? Why do we often stick with bad decisions just because we've already invested time or money into them? Why do we trust someone more if we've seen someone a few times before, even if we've never spoken? Whether you're trying to design a better product, lead a more effective team, teach more engagingly, or understand Cognitive Phenomena, this book - Reflecting on The Mind: Psychological Effects, Behavioral Laws, and Cognitive Phenomena, offers a powerful framework and resource for decoding the key, important psychological forces that shape the human experience. The narrative charts both a map of the mind and a practical guide to navigating the human condition. Rich with insights, grounded in research, and validated by history, it is written for the intellectually curious. It provides an essential toolkit for anyone who wants to understand the Psychological Effects and Behavioral Laws that govern us all, both in concert and the 'navigational rules of the mind' that govern us all. Hidden cognitive patterns that govern our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are revealed. Drawing on psychology, behavioral economics, and cognitive science, the work chronicles the mechanisms underlying our everyday mental processes, problem-solving, and decision-making. Through a comprehensive overview, it provides readers with a clear and engaging understanding of the invisible forces that shape our lives.

Dr. Jerry J. Marty received his medical degree (M.D.) in 1976 from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. After that, he completed six postgraduate years of training at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Postgraduate Year one), Strong Memorial Hospital/University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York (Postgraduate Years two to three, and five to six) and completed an additional year in straight Internal Medicine at Saint Joseph's University Hospital -VA Medical Center/Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska (Postgraduate Year four). An eight (8) week Fellowship in Forensic Pathology was taken under the direction and tutelage of Dr. Werner Spitz, Co-Author of the reputed bible of Forensic Pathology - Medicolegal Investigation of Death (now in its 5th Edition, 2020) at The Detroit Medical Examiner's Office in Detroit, Michigan, lamentably a designated murder capital of the United States, at that time. A Visiting Fellowship in Clinical Cytology and Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) was subsequently undertaken in the fall of 1989 under the World-renowned Dr. Torsten Lowhagen at the Karolinska Hospital and Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The author is Board-certified in Anatomic, Clinical, and Cyto-Pathology with a sub-specialization in Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Cytology. He has authored several publications in peer-reviewed medical journals and two separate Book Chapters in his field of expertise, specifically in Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Cytology. Among his earlier responsibilities, Dr. Marty held teaching positions at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and later at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy (now Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine, NEOMED), Rootstown, Ohio. A Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the George Washington University School of Business (GWSB) in Washington, D.C., was conferred on May 17, 2009. Dr. Marty's most recent professional position until 2016 was as Chairman of Pathology and Medical Director of Laboratories at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (MFSMC), a three hundred seventy-eight (378) bed Joint Commission (JC) accredited hospital facility in Baltimore, Maryland (one of ten Hospitals comprising MedStar Health across Baltimore, central Maryland, Washington, D.C., and southern Maryland). Dr. Marty is based in the United States and enjoys travel, photography, and Chess when not working.

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A curated list of fifty important Quotes In Psychology that capture the essence of key Psychological Effects, Behavioral Laws, and Cognitive Phenomena follows, drawn broadly from observation, basic, foundational research, major psychological theories and concepts, and classic, well-known experiments, and are divided into five groups: 

A. Cognitive Biases and Heuristics

B. Social Psychology

C. Learning and Memory

D. Developmental and Cognitive Psychology

E. Modern Psychology, and Meta-Psychology.

A multitude of insights will be gleaned from studying these quotes.

Wisdom will emerge after contemplative reflection on their meanings.

A. COGNITIVE BIASES AND HEURISTICS

“What you see is all there is.”
— Daniel Kahneman
(WYSIATI Effect (Cognitive Bias))j

“We are blind to our blindness.”
— Daniel Kahneman
(Overconfidence Bias, Cognitive Illusions)

“The essence of intuitive Heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.”
— Daniel Kahneman
(Attribute Substitution)

“People judge the probability of an event by the ease with which examples come to mind.”
— Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman
(Availability Heuristic)

“Representativeness is... an assessment of similarity or resemblance.”
— Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman
(Representativeness Heuristic)

“Losses loom larger than gains.”
— Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky
(Loss Aversion (Prospect Theory))

“Framing Effects occur when different but equivalent descriptions of the same decision problem lead to different choices.”
— Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman
(Framing Effect )

“A small change in context can cause a large behavior change.”
— Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
(Nudge Theory)

“The map is not the territory.”
— Alfred Korzybski
(Cognitive Models and Perception)

“The more choices we have, the less satisfied we become.”
— Barry Schwartz
(Paradox of Choice)

B. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND GROUP BEHAVIOR

“The power of the situation.”
— Philip Zimbardo
(Situational Attribution (Stanford Prison Experiment))

“Behavior is a function of the person and the situation.”
— Kurt Lewin
(Lewin’s Equation: B = f(P, E))

“We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
— Anaïs Nin (commonly quoted in Psychology)
(Subjective Perception, Schema Theory)

“The presence of others can facilitate performance on simple tasks but impair it on complex tasks.”
— Robert Zajonc
(Social Facilitation)

“The individual who is alone is more likely to act in an emergency than when others are present.”
— Darley and Latané
(Bystander Effect / Diffusion of Responsibility)

“People conform to avoid rejection or to gain social approval.”
— Solomon Asch
(Normative Social Influence)

“Obedience is the Psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose.”
— Stanley Milgram
(Milgram Obedience Study)

“Once people label an event as a ‘crisis,’ they are more likely to justify extreme measures.”
— Philip Zimbardo
(Deindividuation, Power of Roles)

“Cognitive dissonance is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts.”
— Leon Festinger
(Cognitive Dissonance Theory)

“Self-perception arises from observing our own behavior.”
— Daryl Bem
(Self-Perception Theory)

C. LEARNING, CONDITIONING, AND MEMORY

“Give me a dozen healthy infants... and I’ll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select.”
— John B. Watson
(Behaviorism, Environmental Determinism)

“The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.”
— B.F. Skinner
(Operant Conditioning)

“Learning is not a passive process.”
— Albert Bandura
(Observational Learning (Social Learning Theory))

“People learn through observing others’ behavior and the outcomes of those behaviors.”
— Albert Bandura
(Modeling and Imitation)

“Neurons that fire together, wire together.”
— Donald Hebb
(Hebbian Learning, Neuroplasticity)

“The magical number seven, plus or minus two.”
— George A. Miller
(Working Memory Capacity)

“Memory is reconstructive.”
— Elizabeth Loftus
(False Memory, Misinformation Effect)

“Reinforcement is more effective than punishment in shaping behavior.”
— B.F. Skinner
(Behavior Modification)

“Classical conditioning is learning through association.”
— Ivan Pavlov
(Pavlovian Conditioning)

“Every memory is a reconstruction, not a reproduction.”
— Frederic Bartlett
(Schema Theory of Memory)

D. COGNITIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

“Intelligence is what you use when you don’t know what to do.”
— Jean Piaget
(Cognitive Development)

“Children are active thinkers, constantly trying to construct more advanced understandings of the world.”
— Jean Piaget
(Constructivism)

“The zone of proximal development defines those functions that have not yet matured but are in the process of maturation.”
— Lev Vygotsky
(Sociocultural Theory)

“Language is the tool of intellectual adaptation.”
— Lev...