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Examining relationships, big and small.

Teamwork
The Stone Soup of Collaboration

Deb Mashek Ph.D. on January 18, 2021

Good collaborations are a lot like stone soups: co-created goodness that nourishes all. But, to which pots should you contribute your ingredients?

Good collaborations are a lot like stone soups: co-created goodness that nourishes all. But, to which pots should you contribute your ingredients?

Ethics and Morality
How Do You See It?

Deb Mashek Ph.D. on May 5, 2017

How is it that perfectly reasonable, informed people come to hold opposing views? Ambiguous figures teach unambiguous lessons about perspective taking.

How is it that perfectly reasonable, informed people come to hold opposing views? Ambiguous figures teach unambiguous lessons about perspective taking.

Teamwork
Collaboration: It's Not What You Think

Deb Mashek Ph.D. on February 22, 2016

We move about the world with a vague sense that working together is a good thing—something we should do. But what exactly does it mean to collaborate?

We move about the world with a vague sense that working together is a good thing—something we should do. But what exactly does it mean to collaborate?