A selection of recent behavioral science news, articles, and resources of note: Members of the American Psychological Association voted unanimously (save one) this past week on a policy barring psychologists from participating in national-security interrogations. It follows what’s been called the darkest hour in the APA’s 123-year history, when an independent review confirmed accusations that […]
A selection of recent behavioral science news, articles, and resources of note: Facebook released a series of videos this week aimed at helping other companies address unconscious biases in the workplace. Announcing the new project, Sheryl Sandberg wrote, “We know we still have a long way to go, but by helping people recognize and correct […]
e like people like ourselves. Scientists call it the homophily principle, which states that like birds, people tend to flock with others who look and think and act like themselves. More often than not we do this according the easiest similarities to recognize like race, age, occupation, education, and gender (and roughly in that […]
nyone who’s stood before one of Cy Twombly’s gigantic scribbles or Jackson Pollock’s chaotic drip paintings knows it doesn’t take an expert to be a critic. One of the most common critiques, “my kid could have done that,” is a claim that’s inspired books and editorials and more than a few threatening tweets from art aficionados […]
Photo: Peter Kirkeskov Rasmussen y U.S. Census estimates, one in five children in the United States is living below the poverty line. For a single parent with one child, that’s about $16,000 in annual income. For a family of four with two children, the threshold is just below $24,000. It’s well documented that the consequences […]
ince 2010, a group of psychologists has been quietly working for a new U.S. intelligence unit on identifying and developing interrogation methods that work. It’s a task that, surprisingly, has largely escaped government attention until now. The methods currently used by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the military to question […]
