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Despite Occasional Scandals, Science Can Police Itself
Due to the fraud investigation of Diederik Stapel, psychological science has recently been put under a magnifying glass, and questions (both fair and unfair) have been raised about the integrity of the field. APS Executive
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Anti-Prejudice Campaigns Do More Harm Than Good?
A study in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science demonstrated that some anti-prejudice campaigns are not only ineffective, they may actually encourage prejudice. The researchers found that autonomy-focused interventions, which emphasize anti-prejudice as a personal
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¿Cómo es la cara del jefe perfecto?
Yahoo Espana: Los resultados de una empresa dependen de las características físicas y del rostro de su presidente. Al menos así lo afirma un estudio publicado recientemente por la universidad estadounidense de Milwakee después de
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To children (but not adults) a rose by any other name is still a rose
Two vital parts of mentally organizing the world are classification, or the understanding that similar things belong in the same category; and induction, an educated guess about a thing’s properties if it’s in a certain
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I feel powerful — and so tall!
The Boston Globe: Power makes you feel tall. Growing up, children learn to associate tallness with power, and, among adults, we tend to assign power to those who are tall. But does this association also
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Thinking About Mortality Changes How We Act
Scientific American: The thought of shuffling off our mortal coil can make all of us a little squeamish. But avoiding the idea of death entirely means ignoring the role it can play in determining our
