Research shows that the behavior of the people you most spend time with can affect your own behavior, for better […]
Despite social development, gender attitudes chart different course globally: Support for equalizing gender roles rises with rates of women’s employment
In the half century since the birth of the women’s movement in the West in the 1960s, support for gender […]
People love to hate do-gooders, especially at work
Sometimes, it doesn’t pay to be a do-gooder, according to a new University of Guelph study. Highly cooperative and generous […]
What psychological science can offer to reducing climate change
For some years, there is a good deal of consensus among scientific experts that climate change is real, and that […]
New tools to systematically build cooperation: Theory of repeated games
When what we want as individuals clashes with what is best for the group, we have a social dilemma. How […]
In surveys, people say they’ll pay twice what they’re actually willing to spend: ‘Hypothetical bias’ study finds big gap between speculation and reality
Perhaps people like to think of themselves as big spenders. Or maybe they just aren’t very honest. But when researchers […]
The problem with solving problems: ‘Prevalence induced concept change’ causes people to re-define problems as they are reduced
Although it’s far from perfect by virtually any measure — whether poverty rates, violence, access to education, racism and prejudice […]