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Unfortunately, some children grow up with maltreatment and household dysfunction. In this post, I will explain how these adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) not only have a negative influence during childhood, but later on in life as well, and I will give some advice about how to prevent these long-lasting negative outcomes. more

A social dilemma is a situation where our short-term individual interest clashes with the collective long-term interest. Social dilemmas are everywhere! Recycling, responsible energy use, regulating fishing in international waters, reaching global agreement on carbon emissions, endemic corruption in society - these are just some examples of social dilemmas. In this video, Nils Köbis and Paul van Lange discuss some lessons from social dilemmas research on how to achieve and sustain cooperation. more

Susan Fiske discusses research on stereotypes. She presents an outline of its origins in European immigration and interracial relations in the US, the automatic nature of stereotopes and implicit prejudice, and the main basic dimensions of group stereotypes (competence and warmth). She discusses the social consequences of stereotyping and ways to mitigate their effects. more

David Schroeder briefly introduces the social psychology of helping, looking at the conditions that facilitate helping, the types of people most likely to help others and their motivations for helping. more