The Social Animal

paintings, 1

Palmquist, Bradley, 1

Panksepp, Jaak, 1

panty hose: Wilson-Nisbett experiment with, 1

paracosm, 1

paradigmatic thinking, 1

parents: Academy as “parent neutral” and, 1;

attachment theory and, 1;

children’s mimicking of behavior of, 1;

child’s relationship with, 1, 2, 3;

culture and, 1;

as examples of coping with problems, 1;

of great people, 1;

intelligence and, 1;

just-good-enough, 1;

morality and, 1;

parenting styles of, 1, 2;

public policy and, 1;

relationships with own parents of, 1;

respect for, 1;

sacrifices for children by, 1;

values and, 1.

See also Amy; Julia; Rob Pascal, Blaise, 1

passion, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

patterns/models: attachment and, 1, 2;

behavior and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

childhood as time for building, 1;

of children, 1;

as contagious, 1;

culture and, 1;

desire and, 1, 2;

epistemological modesty and, 1;

fractal, 1;

group loyalty and, 1;

limerence and, 1;

as main function of brain, 1;

marketing and, 1;

mathematical, 1;

music and, 1;

norms and, 1;

“old-age” style and, 1;

perceptions and, 1;

rationalism and, 1;

reality and, 1;

redoing of, 1;

rewards and, 1;

social science, 1;

stereotypes and, 1.

See also rhythm

Peck, Don, 1

peer pressure, 1

Pelham, Brett, 1

Pentecostals, 1

perception: aging and, 1;

brain and, 1;

character building and, 1, 2;

consciousness/unconsciousness and, 1, 2;

creativity and, 1;

as decision-making step, 1, 2;

of differences, 1;

evaluation distinguished from, 1;

heuristics and, 1;

learning and, 1;

mindfulness meditation and, 1, 2;

morality and, 1, 2, 3;

politics and, 1, 2;

rationalism and, 1;

self-control and, 1;

social class and, 1;

teenagers’ hormones and, 1;

of time, 1;

of world, 1

perfection, 1, 2, 3

Pericles, 1, 2, 3, 4

personality, 1, 2, 3

perspective, 1, 2, 3, 4

The Piano (film), 1

Pickett, Kate, 1

Plato, 1, 2

play. See games/play

pleasure, 1

Pleistocene ancestors, 1, 2, 3

Poincaré, Henri, 1, 2

political parties, 1, 2, 3

politics/politicians: advisors of, 1;

campaigning of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

character and, 1;

character of society as focus of, 1;

characteristics of, 1;

complexity and, 1;

culture and, 1, 2, 3;

politics/politicians

decision-making and, 1;

divisions among, 1;

emotions and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

general elections and, 1;

intuition and, 1;

morality and, 1, 2, 3;

partisan, 1, 2;

polarization of, 1;

political psychology and, 1;

rationalism and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

selection of candidates and, 1;

self-definition in, 1;

as social creatures, 1;

social-identity model of, 1;

social symbols and, 1;

stereotypes and, 1;

success of society and, 1;

talking of, 1;

as team sport, 1;

teamism and, 1;

terrorists and, 1;

Todorov study of, 1;

TV commercials of, 1;

underdebate in, 1;

values and, 1, 2

Popper, Karl, 1

pornography, 1

Portman, Frank, 1

poverty, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

power, 1, 2, 3, 4

power laws, 1

Powerless lunches, 1

practice: greatness and, 1

praise, 1, 2, 3

precampaign planning phase (map meld), 1

priming, 1

problem-solving: aging and, 1;

consciousness/unconsciousness and, 1;

Erica’s marketing and, 1;

Erica’s other education and, 1;

intelligence and, 1;

Intercom insurgency and, 1;

public policy and, 1;

rationalism and, 1

procreation: map meld and, 1

progress: Harold’s views about, 1;

of institutions, 1;

learning as principle of, 1;

morality and, 1

Project Implicit, 1

Project Valkyrie, 1

promiscuity, 1

proprioception, 1

Proust, Marcel, 1, 2, 3

Provine, Robert, 1

psychopaths, 1

public policy: authority and, 1;

character and, 1, 2;

culture and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

economics and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

failed, 1;

individualistic, 1;

leadership and, 1;

mistakes in, 1;

morality and, 1, 2, 3;

science and, 1;

social issues and, 1, 2;

social mobility and, 1, 2;

socialism and, 1, 2;

socio-centric, 1;

status in, 1;

think tanks and, 1

purity/disgust concern, 1

Putin, Vladimir, 1

Putnam, Robert, 1, 2