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After Trayvon: The science of protecting innocent black men

... of stereotypes may take hold extremely early on in the social interactions that people engage in. These reactions can have lethal ... the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, showed in a laboratory experiment that people who embrace stereotypic beliefs are more ... / more

How stress influences our morality

... they’re under a lot of stress.” Consider this dilemma: A trolley is racing down the railway tracks towards five people who ... standardized psychological stressor called Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), involving public speaking and difficult arithmetic ... is of much higher intensity than the stress induced in laboratory settings. Considering the high prevalence of stress, the ... / more

Always on the Move: How Residential Mobility Impacts Our Well-Being

... especially to the newcomers. Even more exciting, their social circles were so broad that John would likely meet various kinds of ... to the loss of close, highly cherished relationships. In laboratory experiments, people who thought about a mobile lifestyle expressed ... / more

Cooperation in social dilemmas: How can psychology help to meet climate change goals?

... national and local levels. Bringing together research on social dilemmas from the laboratory and the field gives us hope that we can work together to make a ... / more