People often privately feel uncomfortable about bad behavior they see around them but mistakenly believe their peers don’t share their concerns.
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Though some LGBTQ+ health care providers may try to separate their personal and professional identities, the prejudice they experience highlights their queerness in the clinic.
As the cost of living continues to rise, the amount Canadians are being asked to tip is also increasing due to a phenomenon known as tip inflation.
The study reveals a consistently biased and negative depiction of sex workers by news media in Nigeria.
Banter can be fun, but it can quickly cross the line.
Our attitudes and behaviours are shaped by what others in society do. So there’s a real danger that vaccine hesitancy, when reported widely in the media, could catch on to more people.
Religion affects how people regard qualities like benevolence, kindness, conformity and fairness even after they stop practicing religion.
If we think about the success of the UK’s vaccine rollout to date, and factor in how social norms tend to diffuse, then there’s good reason to be optimistic.
During the pandemic, clear and reliable health communication can literally be a life-and-death issue. Researchers who focus on the science of science communication highlight strategies that work.
A social scientist argues that in the absence of strong government action, people took it upon themselves to work out conduct to stem the spread of virus.
Your most important piece of exercise gear may be the friends you buddy up with to work out.
Social norms are powerful forces, particularly around the festive season, and risk overriding protective behaviours we’ve adopted this year.
It’s draining and depressing to stay on high alert month after month after month. Understanding pandemic fatigue better might help you strengthen your resolve.
Video game ‘amoralists’ argue killing in gaming isn’t harmful since no living being is actually hurt. But when it comes to hurting virtual animals, we disagree.
Recognizing the influence of evolution on behavior and gender norms suggests ways to reduce gender inequality in leadership in the real world.
A scholar who studies consumer decision-making explains just what it is in the human mind that makes people susceptible to nudges toward one behavior or another.
Norms are perceptions or beliefs about what we understand the rules for acceptable behavior to be. Trump’s impeachment could help restore some of them.
The Autcraft community offers a controlled and filtered environment for autistic children to play and socialise
Do children understand the lesson that if you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours? Developmental psychologists suggest they’re more likely to punish bad behavior than they are to reward good deeds.
Where do the cooperative skills that hold together human societies come from and why don’t our selfish instincts overwhelm them? Evolutionary game theory suggests that empathy is a crucial contributor.
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
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Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Professor of History, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
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Professor of Formal Philosophy / Director of Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Associate professor, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Cultural Studies, Director, Graduate Program in Gender Studies and Feminist Research, McMaster University
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Lecturer in Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
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Assistant Professor, University of Idaho
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Poler Family Professor and Chair of Psychology, Amherst College
