Posts Tagged ‘dentist’
Boy fakes his own kidnapping to avoid dentist. A hero emerges in the process.
A 12-year old boy in France faked his own kidnapping to avoid a dentist appointment, appearing in a town 100 miles from his own after claiming to have escaped his captors and sending police into a month-long search for his kidnappers. The boy is reportedly terrified of the dentist. Obviously, this was not a good…
Read MoreA unicorn and the tendency towards loss aversion result in cleaner teeth and a new idea in behavior management.
The pre-gifting of the stuffed unicorn as a reward for the excellent behavior that we expected from my daughter during her recent dentist appointment was a stroke of genius on my wife’s part because of the nature of loss aversion. In economics, loss aversion refers to people’s tendency to strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquiring…
Read MoreIf Dennis is a dentist, what is a Dicks?
You may have heard about this research, which seems to suggest that your name can influence your future career choice. If your name is Dennis, you are more likely to become a dentist. This works with other names, too. Lauras and Larrys are also more likely to become lawyers, for example. The effect is attributed…
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