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Facts? We Don’t Need No Stinking Facts!
Pacific Standard: Are your opinions solidly based in fact? Most everyone likes to think so. Yet plenty of research suggests our beliefs are driven more by psychological needs than objective assessments. To cite just one example, if our
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How ‘Solution Aversion’ and Global Warming Prescriptions Polarize the Climate Debate
The New York Times: Anyone eager to understand, and move past, the deep political polarization around global warming would do well to explore the findings in “Solution aversion: On the relation between ideology and motivated
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There’s a surprisingly strong link between climate change and violence
The Washington Post: Earlier this year, when a study came out suggesting global warming will increase the rates of violent crimes in the United States — producing “an additional 22,ooo murders, 180,000 cases of rape,” and many other crime increases
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Remember Me: Personal Legacy and Global Warming
The Huffington Post: Later this month, the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change will release its fifth and latest assessment of the scientific evidence regarding human interference in the world’s climate. Based on the working
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, “Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science” offers advice and how-to guidance about teaching a particular area of research or topic in psychological science that has been
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Remember Me: Personal Legacy and Global Warming
Later this month, the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change will release its fifth and latest assessment of the scientific evidence regarding human interference in the world’s climate. Based on the working papers that have
