Sibel KaramarasIdentity and MigrationThis month marks the second year of my immigration journey, and this photo captures the beginning…Having been born and raised abroad, theseJul 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023
Sibel KaramarasA Teacher’s Experiment on DiscriminationAfter the murder of Martin Luther King, teacher Jane Elliot decided to conduct an experiment with 3rd grade students in 1968 and divides…May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Sibel KaramarasPsychological SafetyRecently, I see a lot of posts on social media platforms about psychological safety in the workplace, both in Turkey and abroad. It is…Mar 4, 2022Mar 4, 2022
Sibel KaramarasLoss and MourningRemember this: when you lose something outside, you gain something inside. And if what you’ve lost is so precious, don’t think you’ve lost…Feb 18, 2022Feb 18, 2022
Sibel KaramarasPhysical Exercise and Our WellbeingAlexander Pope, one of the 18th century poets, once said, “The strength of the mind is exercise, not rest.” said. Much earlier than that…Feb 11, 2022Feb 11, 2022
Sibel KaramarasSocial ConformityYou are participating in an experiment. You and the other participants are shown two pairs of cards; one card has 3 lines of different…Feb 4, 2022Feb 4, 2022
Sibel KaramarasBeing (and not being) IntrovertedThe concept of introversion has a history in psychology. The sciendce of psychology, by its very nature, encompasses (sometimes…Jan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
Sibel KaramarasEmotional LaborWe have an article on ‘Emotional Labor in Sales Employees’, which we worked with my dear thesis teacher, Cigdem Vatansever, 6 years ago and…Jan 19, 2022Jan 19, 2022
Sibel KaramarasThoughts We Are RuminatingThese days, articles about rumination are starting to appear more often — especially in popular science. Maybe the reason for this is…Jan 9, 2022Jan 9, 2022
Sibel KaramarasMinorities who say “No!” in ExperimentsPsychologist Stanley Milgram’s Authority Experiment is one of the most controversial experiments in psychology. In this experiment…Nov 29, 2021Nov 29, 2021
