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People Favor Highly-Reviewed Products, Even When They Shouldn’t
We often rely on the ratings and reviews of others to help us choose a product or service, but we sometimes use this information in ways that can actually work to our disadvantage.
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Psychologists surveyed hundreds of alt-right supporters. The results are unsettling.
Vox: Recently, psychologists Patrick Forscher and Nour Kteily recruited members of the alt-right (a.k.a. the “alternative right,” the catchall political identity of white nationalists) to participate in a study to build the first psychological profile of their movement. The results, which were released on August 9, are just in working paper form, and have yet to be peer-reviewed or published in an academic journal. That said, the study uses well-established psychological measures and is clear about its limitations. (And all the researchers’ raw data and materials have been posted online for others to review.) Read the whole story: Vox
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Social And Emotional Skills: Everybody Loves Them, But Still Can’t Define Them
NPR: More and more, people in education agree on the importance of schools' paying attention to stuff other than academics. But still, no one agrees on what to call that "stuff." I originally published a story on this topic two years ago. As I reported back then, there were a bunch of overlapping terms in play, from "character" to "grit" to "noncognitive skills." This bagginess bugged me, as a member of the education media. It bugged researchers and policymakers too. It still does. If anything, the case for nonacademics has gotten even stronger since then. In fact, it has been enshrined in federal law.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring links between procrastination and psychopathology, post-divorce depression and mortality, and co-development of relational aggression and disruptive behavior.
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Too Fast, Too Slow: Judging–And Misjudging–Speeds
Video played at different speeds can quickly alter what people perceive as normal speed, which may affect how we drive, play sports, and even make decisions as jury members.
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Strangers Can Detect Social Class in Just Seven Words
New research shows that a person’s social class is communicated in very brief interactions and maybe even in a few words.
