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Study of the Day: Social Inequality May Foster Distrust, Cheating in School
The Atlantic: PROBLEM: It’s unclear which factors influence how dishonest people. Does the tendency to cheat lie in people’s genes or psychological makeup? Or are environmental factors more to blame? METHODOLOGY: To uncover the roots
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How to Handle Little Liars
The Wall Street Journal: When Cindy Ballagh’s 10-year-old son Kaden lost his portable videogame recently, she asked him where he last put it. His answer: on his dresser. After they spent several minutes searching on
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Google searches for “Free Term Paper” expose cheating in income inequality states
KALW Public Radio: A new study published in the journal Psychological Science shows a correlation between college students that come from states with high income inequality and students that cheat. The researcher, Lukas Neville, is
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The Language of Lies
The Huffington Post: It turns out to be difficult to tell when other people are lying. There are lots of cues that we believe will tip us off to whether someone is telling the truth.
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How to spot a liar in 20 seconds flat
msnbc: A little snap judgment goes a long way toward making friends: According to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, all it takes is 20 seconds to decide whether or not a
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For Creative People, Cheating Comes More Easily
NPR: Five months after the implosion of Enron, Feb. 12, 2002, the company’s chief executive, Ken Lay, finally stood in front of Congress and the world, and placed his hand on a Bible. At that
