I think they are all representative of DMS-IV diagnostics, from left to right: Down's Syndrom, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Co-dependency and aboulia.
It's a video I made somewhat outlining "Self-Presentational Concern" and the maintenance of self-esteem. It's not complete or very entertaining, but very informative.
"The individual feels the futility of human desires and aims and the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves both in nature and in the world of thought. Individual existence impresses him as a sort of prison and he wants to experience the universe as a single significant whole. The beginnings of cosmic religious feeling already appear at an early stage of development, e.g., in many of the Psalms of David and in some of the Prophets. Buddhism, as we have learned especially from the wonderful writings of Schopenhauer, contains a much stronger element of this.
A realization of how great is the danger is spreading, however, among thinking people, and there is much search for means with which to meet the danger--means in the field of national and international politics, of legislation, or organization in general. Such efforts are, no doubt, greatly needed. Yet the ancients knew something- which we seem to have forgotten. All means prove but a blunt instrument, if they have not behind them a living spirit. But if the longing for the achievement of the goal is powerfully alive within us, then shall we not lack the strength to find the means for reaching the goal and for translating it into deeds."
- Albert Einstein, New York Times, Nov 9, 1930
Note that Einstein thinks "the ancients" had similar knowledge. They did...
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."
There is no room in this for the divinization of a nation, of a class, let alone of an individual. Are we not all children of one father, as it is said in religious language? Indeed, even the divinization of humanity, as an abstract totality, would not be in the spirit of that ideal. It is only to the individual that a soul is given. And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way." - Albert Einstein, New York Times, Nov 9, 1930
The critical point is what they call in Self-Determination Theory as "Introjection". It's a type of thought-behavior that evaluates the self in comparative fashion within a contingent domain of self-worth by projection of the contingent regard of significant others. In contrast to this type of mental activity researchers identify "hypoegoic" mental states that are absent of introjection. Introjection occurs in a child when the parents have either praised them or punished them egoically. The difference has entirely to do with a conscious self-evaluation and introjection is the process of valuating the self by considering what others will think. According to researchers almost all of us do it all the time. Sociologist Irving Goffman coined the term Dramaturgy to describe the fact that all human behavior is basically an act approximating shared ideals about valuating self-worth. He says that in any situation there will usually be some reason for an 'actor' to withhold their real feelings and engage in a deceptive act. When it comes to the maintenance of self-esteem people will make irrational sacrifices and disease and death are linked to introjection. Moreover social polarization provides fertile ground for comparative self-worth, so the pursuit of self-esteem can tear civilizations apart by fueling social schisms. A lot of dualities come out of the woodwork to facilitate the pursuit of self-esteem, dualities like: Democrat and Republican, Theist and Atheist, Gay and Straight. Just about anything to grant one an identity reflecting some relative (contingent) self-esteem.
Been saying this for years (See: The Handbook of Self and Identity by Mark R Leary: A Sociological reference manual on self) Look up sections on self-determination theory and contingencies of self-worth. Also see: The Totalitarian Ego, Projection of the contingencies of self-worth into interpersonal circumplex space, the pursuit of self-esteem, contingencies of self-worth, altered egos, the ego tunnel, attachment styles and contingencies of self-worth and the narcissism epidemic. Most of the material is sitting here on my desktop waiting to be fired off to anyone who cares and it's been that way for years as I've tried to share this understanding of self-hood and the contingent regard of significant others. Due to the subject matter being so close to the heart, I've yet to find anyone interested in the material. But I have found lots of people that could benefit from it. (i.e. everyone in a given society).
Social cognitive psychologists Mark R. Leary, June Price Tagney, Jeanet Twenge, etc... would argue that the pursuit of self-esteem leads to cognitive bias in all domains of contingent self-worth. Including Academia. In-fact, according to Virgil Zeigler-Hill's Projection of the contingencies of self-worth into interpersonal circumplex space (2005)self-esteem grounded in academic competence makes people more extraverted and self-assured, but not necessarily more correct. Maintenance of self-esteem depends on the contingent regard of significant others, likely one's peers. Unpopular viewpoints are also unpopular to hold, if one's self-esteem is contingent on academic competence and the academic community are themselves incompetent maintenance of self-esteem would require deluding oneself. The science of self-esteem is interesting and I think other scientists fail to take adequate account of its distorting effects on cognition. Perhaps this is why even science with all its controls still produces long-standing but completely wrong theories with predictable regularity. In any case the pursuit self-esteem is the source of much error and should probably not be so closely attached to science. If you don't believe me, look up the 'science' I mentioned. (e.g. The Handbook of Self and Identity by Mark R. Leary and June Price Tangney)
I'm sure Beecher and Rosenthal wouldn't approve of sexing up science. Seeing that cognitive bias is the leading cause of bad science and sex is the leading cause of cognitive bias.
It's a video I made somewhat outlining "Self-Presentational Concern" and the maintenance of self-esteem. It's not complete or very entertaining, but very informative.
A realization of how great is the danger is spreading, however, among thinking people, and there is much search for means with which to meet the danger--means in the field of national and international politics, of legislation, or organization in general. Such efforts are, no doubt, greatly needed. Yet the ancients knew something- which we seem to have forgotten. All means prove but a blunt instrument, if they have not behind them a living spirit. But if the longing for the achievement of the goal is powerfully alive within us, then shall we not lack the strength to find the means for reaching the goal and for translating it into deeds."
- Albert Einstein, New York Times, Nov 9, 1930
Note that Einstein thinks "the ancients" had similar knowledge. They did...
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."
There is no room in this for the divinization of a nation, of a class, let alone of an individual. Are we not all children of one father, as it is said in religious language? Indeed, even the divinization of humanity, as an abstract totality, would not be in the spirit of that ideal. It is only to the individual that a soul is given. And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way." - Albert Einstein, New York Times, Nov 9, 1930
http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Self-Identity-Second-Leary/dp/1462503055
Does it keep track of the driver's flux on the BMI?