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Dangers of loneliness
The Boston Globe: By all rights, Betty Lewis should be a lonely woman. Now nearly 90, her daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren — whom she’s never met — all live in California. Her friends have died
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Students’ Race Affects How Teachers Judge Misbehavior, Study Says
Education Week: Racial disparities in school discipline are well-documented: According to recent studies, students of color are disciplined and taken out of class at higher rates than their white peers, and black students are more likely
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Learn Self-Control, Stay Off the Dole
Pacific Standard: It’s an age-old debate: Are we the masters of our fate, capable of shaping our own destinies? Or are we at the mercy of our genetics and/or upbringing to such an extent that
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Researchers Found the ‘Bystander Effect’ in 5-Year-Olds
New York Magazine: The 1964 stabbing death of Kitty Genovese in New York City went a long way toward kicking off social psychologists’ interest in the subject: In the story’s initial reporting and subsequent retellings
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Teachers More Likely to Label Black Students as Troublemakers
Black children are disproportionately disciplined in school. Results of a psychological study suggest some potential reasons.
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Your Friends Are More Extroverted Than You Are
New York Magazine: Maybe you’ve heard of the friendship paradox, the somewhat mind-bending idea that most of your friends probably have more friends than you do. A new study inPsychological Science builds on that concept, adding