Entitlement, laziness, and internal attributions: What Romney and the rest of us think about government assistance.

Source "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are wi...

Five Classic Psychological Catch-22s

Source Yossarian, the protagonist of Joseph Heller's classic novel,  Catch-22 , wants to be excused from air combat. To be excused, he n...

How to survive a break-up: Give yourself a break

Source There is no shortage of advice on how to recover from a bad break-up: keep busy, don't contact your ex, go out with friends, make...

In Just 1 Hour: Reducing the Achievement Gap

Today we bring you a post by another amazing guest blogger, Michelle Rheinschmidt . Michelle is a graduate student at Berkeley and her guest...

Would you eat the worm?

Source Imagine finding yourself in the following situation. You arrive at a psychology laboratory to participate in an experiment. The exper...

The Power of Prejudice: A Class Divided

Do you remember your first brush with prejudice as a child? These students certainly do. A classic in intro social psychology classes, the v...

Adversity: A path to vulnerability or resiliency? Depends on how much.

source Throughout my life I’ve been lucky to be friends with a diverse array of people, who have had quite varied past experiences. There ar...