Nemeth, Charlan, 50
net positive energizers, 77–79
Neufeld, Peter, 8
Newly Powerless, 117–23, 125–27, 130–31
news media, 126
New York City, 37–39, 42
New York Stock Exchange, 230n
New York Times, 43, 90
New York University, 23
Nichols, Nichelle, 86–88, 186
non-conformity, 40, 46–47, 171
Northern Ireland, 168
North Paulding High School, 173–75
Northwestern University, 141
O
objectivity, 64–66, 139. See also open-mindedness
observation skills, 103
obstacles and obstructions, 109–10
O’Neal, Shaquille, 18, 208n
online forums, 147, 168–69. See also social media
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (Darwin), 3
open-mindedness
and conformity pressures, 33–34
cultivating openness to unconventional ideas, 170–71
and dissenters in groups settings, 169–70
and overcoming psychological distress, 139–41
and promoting critical thinking, 183
and value of creativity, 50
and value of insubordination, 52–53, 54
See also diversity
opportunity, gauging, 106–10
optimal distinctiveness theory, 229n
optimism, 30–33
optimizing relationships, 72
orthodoxy, 3–4, 12, 64, 66, 190, 194. See also conformity
“otherness,” 168
overconfidence, 144–50
Owuamalam, Chuma, 23, 28–29, 31
P
Palestinian conflict, 168, 170
