--- description: Mary C. Murphy is a professor of psychological and brain sciences and the author of Cultures of Growth. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mary C. Murphy ## Mary C. Murphy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Mary C. Murphy is a professor of psychological and brain sciences and the author of_ Cultures of Growth_._ ## Mary C. Murphy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Apr 2, 2024 ### [Labeling Some People 'Gifted' Hurts Us All](https://time.com/6962332/gifted-kids-future-success/) Social psychologist Mary C. Murphy explains what happens when we create a culture that obsesses over... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/mary-c-murphy/","name":"Mary C. Murphy"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/mary-c-murphy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/mary-c-murphy/"},"name":"Mary C. Murphy","jobTitle":null,"description":"Mary C. Murphy is a professor of psychological and brain sciences and the author of Cultures of Growth.","url":"https://time.com/author/mary-c-murphy/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```