Daily Archives: April 22, 2006

Influence

sex cues affect men’s decision making

by Brian David Phillips • April 22, 2006

In the let’s state the obvious category, researchers have confirmed what most of us have pretty much known all along . . . sex cues affect how men make decisions so that when men are exposed to sexual cues they don’t always think as clearly or as rationally as otherwise . . . duh .…

Social Influence at Work . . .
. . . Man Posed As Doctor, Gave Free Breast Exams

by Brian David Phillips • April 22, 2006

A seventy-six-year-old man went door to door posing as a doctor offerring free breast exams . . . Man Posed As Doctor, Gave Free Breast Exams . . . students in my communication courses will recognize the use of the social influence Law of Power . . . A 76-year-old man has been arrested after…

Baylor Boots Babes Baring for Playboy . . .
. . . students warned about Playboy posing

by Brian David Phillips • April 22, 2006

Baylor University has made it clear that personal decisions by students will affect their academic standing, warning them that if they pose for Playbory, they may get booted out of university . . . Baylor students warned about Playboy posing . . . Officials at the world’s largest Baptist university have warned students that they…

The “Lost Chatper” of “The Game”

by Brian David Phillips • April 22, 2006

Neil Strauss has posted the so-called “lost chapter” of his book “The Game” on his webpages here. Obviously, it isn’t really lost so much that Strauss chose to cut the original profile of David Shade from his finished book as well as the references to Mark Cunningham. The characterization of David’s book is a bit…