Group-think: what it is and how to avoid it
What is group-think and what does scientific research tells us about how to avoid it?
Colin Fisher, Associate Professor of Organisations and Innovation, UCL
• conversation
May 27, 2021 • ~7 min
May 27, 2021 • ~7 min
Context influences the decisions you make – whether you're a homebuyer, a juror or a physician
Cognitive scientists are investigating the ways relative factors like new options and the order they're presented influence your choices and beliefs.
Jennifer Trueblood, Associate Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University •
conversation
March 19, 2021 • ~8 min
March 19, 2021 • ~8 min
Should I stay or should I go? Here are the relationship factors people ponder when deciding whether to break up
People have plenty of individual reasons to stick with or end a romantic relationship. But researchers have identified some common themes that influence this big decision.
Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University •
conversation
Feb. 12, 2021 • ~8 min
Feb. 12, 2021 • ~8 min
Your brain's built-in biases insulate your beliefs from contradictory facts
Cognitive shortcuts help you efficiently move through a complicated world. But they come with an unwelcome side effect: Facts aren't necessarily enough to change your mind.
Jay Maddock, Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University •
conversation
Dec. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
Dec. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
American society teaches everyone to be racist – but you can rewrite subconscious stereotypes
If you’re American – regardless of the color of your skin – racism structures how you think. Changing the system should change these implicit biases.
R. Nathan Pipitone, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Florida Gulf Coast University •
conversation
Sept. 17, 2020 • ~10 min
Sept. 17, 2020 • ~10 min
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