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Creativity Linked to Rule Bending
Scientific American: Why do cheaters cheat? Perhaps because they can think up original ways to avoid work: a new study finds that creativity is tied to a willingness to cheat. The work is in the
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Why Creative Types May Be More Likely to Cheat
TIME: Creative people think “outside the box,” a gift of psychological flexibility that, it turns out, may also apply to their ethics, according to the latest research from the American Psychological Association. Creative types, in
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Creative thinkers ‘more likely to cheat’ as they can dream up more imaginative defences
Daily Mail: Creative thinkers are more likely to cheat as they can come up with elaborate explanations to justify their actions, researchers claim. The psychologists tested a range of students and found that those with
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The lies we email each other
msnbc: Wondering if that fabulous man you’ve been chatting with online is really a mountain-climbing astronaut fluent in six languages, including Latin? According to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology
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Lying Is More Common When We’re Emailing, Study Shows
Huffington Post: Conversing online might make you more inclined to lie, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst found that people lied more when they were emailing or instant-messaging, compared with when
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How We Know You (Might Be) Lying
Forbes: Few topics in psychology get as much attention as the telltale signs of deception. The emphasis on this topic has intensified tenfold over the last decade in response to terrorism, and a great deal of
