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Americans Didn’t Wait For Their Governors To Tell Them To Stay Home Because Of COVID-19
APS Member/Author: Kyle Bourassa A favorite new debate taking place around the Twitter hearth is whether complying with social distancing guidelines is a partisan statement in and of itself. Blue states, such as Washington and
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How the News Changes the Way We Think and Behave
Alison Holman was working on a fairly ordinary study of mental health across the United States. Then tragedy struck. On 15 April 2013, as hundreds of runners streaked past the finish line at the annual
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on aging and prosocial behaviors, using context to explain the success of interventions for behavioral change, and supports for managing work and family.
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Sparking Change
Integrative research explores storytelling, metacognitive training, and exploring the “vuja de” as strategies for understanding and changing patterns of behavior.
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The Social Dynamics of Environmentalism
Our willingness to engage in proenvironmental activities reflects how we identify as a part of our social and political ecosystems, as well as how we envision our relationship with science itself.
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Renewing the New Normal
APS Fellow Betsy Levy Paluck demonstrates how the influential power of social norms can be channeled toward the greater good.