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Social Psychology

PBS' 'This Emotional Life': Are We Born With 'Innate' Ideas?

Dr. Seth Pollak | Posted 01.04.2010 | Living

Read More: Social Cues, PBS' This Emotional Life, Relationships, Children, Innate Ideas, Behavior, Nature Versus Nurture, Childhood Development, Psychology, Parenting, Social Psychology, Wellness, Pbs-This-Emotional-Life, Traits, Living News
Dr. Seth Pollak

Rather than lots of fancy features, it is likely that what humans enter the world with is a general ability to learn. We have an amazing ability to be able to pick up on various things and group them together.

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PBS' 'This Emotional Life': Relationships Of Mutual Giving

Dr. Xavier Amador | Posted 01.04.2010 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Relationships, Health, This Emotional Life, Psychology, Dr. Xavier Amador, The Inner Life, Social Psychology, Wellness, Happiness, PBS' This Emotional Life, Living News
Dr. Xavier Amador

There is a psychological truth that has been voiced by philosophers and poets for thousands of years and tested in psychologists' labs: to achieve lasting happiness we need relationships based on mutual giving.

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Fighting the Big Lie of Mass Consumption

Natalia Rose | Posted 12.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Planet Earth, Social Change, Cancer, Mass Consumption, The Big Lie, Meat Industry, Processed Foods, Food Industry, Social Psychology, Green News
Natalia Rose

Keeping people employed is not a good enough reason to perpetuate the plunder of our precious resources. Convenience is not a good enough reason. Fear of change is not a good enough reason.

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A Second Opinion About Second Opinions

Ellen Langer | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Decision-Making, Health, Psychology, Evidence Based Decision Making, Doctors, Second Opinion, Wellness, Social Psychology, Medical Advice, Psychological Study, Living News
Ellen Langer

The medical world encourages us to get a second opinion before embarking on expensive procedures. While getting a second opinion may seem straightforward, the process is not so simple.

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Obama Rightfully Takes on Fox News

Azam Nizamuddin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, White House, Social Psychology, Barack Obama, Media, Media News
Azam Nizamuddin

Conventional political wisdom states that a politician should never get into a spat with any media network. But in the case of the Obama administration and Fox News, that caveat should be ignored.

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Courage Contagion: Social Influence in Protests

Jamil Zaki | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fear, Neuroscience, Courage, Iran Election, Protest, Social Movements, Iran, Psychology, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Neda, Social Psychology, World News
Jamil Zaki

The last few weeks in Iran have reminded us of many things we'd rather not remember about governments, and of at least one thing that we should remember about people: they can stand up for their beliefs even when doing so poses great risk.

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Time to End the Torture Experiment!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cia, Milgram Experiment, CIA Torture, NY Times, Stanley Milgram Experiment, Social Psychology, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Coleen Rowley

Remember folks that all it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing! There are only a few perpetrators but there are a lot of us.

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How and Why Madoff Was Able to Trick so Many "Smart" People

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology of Influence, Neuropsychology, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Scandal, Madoff Psychology, Robert B Cialdini, Social Psychology, Influence, Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

How Madoff was able to do it can be explained by social psychology and why he was able to do it can be explained by neuropsychology.

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