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Student Experience Finding Who She is at College.
One of my incredible students did a video presentation on her experience at community college and finding out who she is and what she is capable of doing. Continue reading
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How Social Identity Influences Social and Emotional Loneliness
Dissertation Results on: “How Social Identity Influences Social and Emotional Loneliness”. In my research, I tested whether or not individuals will evaluate their level of loneliness when thinking about their identity as tied to a group (in this case being a college student) versus thinking about one’s personal qualities, or two other control conditions. I… Continue reading
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Explaining Pherme Bubble
Taylor explaining our current understanding of Pherme Bubble. Continue reading
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Reading to Infants and Toddlers
Reading to young children is important for children. First, it starts a love affair for reading and exploration. Second, it enhances our ability to understand and express language both verbally and in writing. The following video is a great example of how to properly read to young infants and toddlers. Note that the setting is… Continue reading
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ANR 111 Agroecology and Tohono O’odham Crop Production
Students at Tohono O’odham Community College planting trees. Many of the students are Early Childhood Education students. Continue reading
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Emotional Loneliness
I have written many articles on here about loneliness and rejection, mainly because as a social psychologist I believe that these two variables are a root cause of many of our social and psychological problems in the world. Continue reading
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Rejection is a pain – 10 ways to reduce it happening in intimate relationships.
To start this article, I want to begin with a simple premise: Physical pain and the pain from being rejected are the same. The human brain and the brain of other social animals reacts the same whether someone is dying from a chronic illness, being shocked, or being dumped by an intimate partner or… Continue reading
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What time zone are you existing in?
Present-oriented individuals are persons who are only at the moment, not thinking about the past or concerns of future consequences of behaviors. Often present oriented individuals are experiencing an extreme amount of stress or trauma, where the individual can only focus on current survival. Continue reading
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Physics
My son has a great website that talks a lot of about physics, and you can watch the development of an up and coming physicist. http://physics.curtistaylorpeterson.com/ Continue reading
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10 Qualities of a Happy Person
happy individuals live an engaged life, meaning that they do not see themselves as passive bystanders, but as an active participant in the human experience. Continue reading
About Me
Welcome to my site on identity and loneliness. My name is Dr. Curtis Peterson, I have been studying the connection between identity and loneliness for over 13 years. My goal is to emphasize the importance of being a social species and denial of this leads to many life difficulties.
Identity, Social Connection, and Loneliness 