Hi Tipsters,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone know of reputable psychological studies on the reaction to
> the millenium? A colleague asked if I would address some students on the
> psychological viewpoint of how people are reacting to the next change in
> the date, to year 2000.
Of course, for some of us, we are moving into the year 5760 in a few weeks -
the change in millennium to 2000 occurred 3760 years ago!
Remind the students that we are not talking about something that is
principally "real". It is a social construction. The only reality is that
the IBM folks (and others) were not as smart as the Apple/Mac folks in
recognizing that the calendar flip would occur.
linda
linda m. woolf, ph.d.
associate professor - psychology
webster university
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