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Political Psychology
science of us
Dec. 13, 2017
By Melissa Dahl
Researchers Accidentally Found One Way to Help Kids Grow Up to Be Voters Children who were in a program designed to help develop social skills were more likely to vote when they grew up, an unintended but happy side effect.
By Lily Carollo
Liberals and Conservatives Are Equally Likely to Seek Out Political Bubbles A new study found that people on both sides of the political divide will actively avoid exposing themselves to opinions they disagree with.
By Olivia Campbell
What Shapes Your Political Beliefs at 18, 35, and 50 A new study looks at the most powerful influences throughout a person’s life.
By Natalie Jacewicz
Appeals to Selfishness Can Nudge People to Act in a More Pro-Environmental Way A new study adds to a growing pile of evidence about how to best frame environmental arguments.
By Jesse Singal
Can Curiosity Help End Scientific Quackery? An intriguing new study suggests that curiosity, not knowledge, can drive people to seek out the truth.
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Feb. 3, 2017
Are Conservatives More Scared of Stuff Than Liberals? A new study adds some weight to the idea that they might be, but it’s important to recognize the caveats.
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Jan. 27, 2017
This is a Great Psychological Framework for Understanding How Fake News Spreads It’s way more complicated than “some people are dumb or ignorant.” We’re all capable of believing wacky stuff.
By Jesse Singal
Should We Call ‘Fake News’ ‘Folk News’ Instead? A folklore researcher argues that we’re focusing way too much on what’s true and what’s false, rather than why people believe crazy things.
By Jesse Singal
behavioral economics
Jan. 18, 2017
A Two-Word Psychological Concept Can Explain the Anger Over Obamacare Repeal People are much more likely to get riled about the prospect of having something taken from them as opposed to given to them.
By Jesse Singal
Why the Liberal Infighting Over ‘Coddling’ Racists Matters Stigma and shaming can be effective ways to get people to do what you want, but they’re pretty complicated tools to wield.
By Jesse Singal
Millennials Have Bad Views on GMOs Kids these days will fall for any bit of environmentally flavored fearmongering, and that’s too bad.
By Jesse Singal
donald trump
Nov. 20, 2016
Why Some Protests Succeed While Others Fail History and academic research have some vital lessons for those who are hitting the streets to protest Donald Trump.
By Jesse Singal
forecasting
Nov. 18, 2016
‘Shy Voters’ Can Help Explain Why Everyone Got the Election Wrong According to one pollster, all over the country, there were voters who wouldn’t acknowledge that they were voting for Trump.
By Jesse Singal
Why There Probably Won’t Be Much Election Violence An expert on one of the more infamous recent examples of election violence sees few warning signs in the U.S.
By Jesse Singal
There’s (More) Hope for Political Fact-checking Two new tests of the so-called backfire effect bring an important update — and a lesson of how social-science collaboration should work.
By Jesse Singal
Want More Trump-like Politicians? Make White People Feel Whiter As America gets closer and closer to being majority minority, white people will feel more threatened and politics will get uglier.
By Jesse Singal
The North Dakota crash was an inside job
Oct. 27, 2016
It’s So Easy to Get People to Believe in Conspiracy Theories a Little Why won’t the government tell us what really happened with the North Dakota Crash? What gives them the right to hide the truth from us?
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Oct. 18, 2016
These Are the 3 Types of American Nationalism We think of nationalism in pretty two-dimensional terms, but it’s actually a fairly complex psychological concept.
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Sept. 25, 2016
Maybe There’s Some Hope for Political Fact-checking After All New research suggests that we shouldn’t be overly gloomy about the potential for fact-checking to correct people’s political misperceptions.
By Jesse Singal
There’s No Explanation for Lone-Wolf Attacks, and Our Brains Can’t Handle That It would be nice if there were some one-size-fits-all narrative that could explain Ahmad Khan Rahami and others like him, but there just isn’t.
By Jesse Singal
Donald Trump
Sept. 19, 2016
Jane Goodall Explains Donald Trump’s Debate ‘Strategy’ The one-on-one format of the debates could make it harder for Trump to go Full Trump.
By Jesse Singal
A Terrorism Researcher Makes the Case for Hope Right now it seems like ISIS is taking over the world, but some perspective is useful.
By Jesse Singal
A Primatologist Explains the Gentler Donald Trump In the search for a Trump reference point, it might be time to bring in other species.
By Jesse Singal
social media
Feb. 17, 2016
Sometimes Social Media Can Change Minds It might feel like Facebook fights only reinforce people’s preexisting views, but there can be an upside, too.
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Feb. 10, 2016
How Voters React to Mixed-Race Families Using fake campaign ads to test how voters think.
By Jesse Singal
There Were Always Going to Be Chipotle Truthers A viral, conspiracy-addled column offers a fascinating real-life example of political psychology in action.
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Dec. 18, 2015
It’s Okay to Block Your Trump-Supporting Friend Public political conversations on Facebook and Twitter really don’t get us anywhere anyway.
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Dec. 17, 2015
How to Save Lives by Countering ISIS Propaganda “We wanted to say, ‘Let’s stop guessing. This is possible, and this is how it can be done.’”
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Dec. 11, 2015
How Terrorism Affects Voter Psychology “In understanding the impact of terror threats on the 2016 election, we are to a great extent in uncharted territory.”
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Oct. 20, 2015
How Conservatives Can Sway Liberals, and Vice Versa Stop using moral framing that appeals to you but not your argument adversary.
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Aug. 12, 2015
By Jesse Singal
conspiracy theories
Aug. 7, 2015
Here’s a Cool Conspiracy Theory About Ted Cruz “We’ve already decided. At the last retreat … we already decided.”
By Jesse Singal
presidential debates
Aug. 6, 2015
By Jesse Singal
Amy Schumer’s Gun-Control Push Could Backfire Heavily politicized issues are trickier from a persuasion perspective.
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
July 17, 2015
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
July 9, 2015
Politics, Emotion, and Knee-Jerkiness The more heated you get, the less logical you get.
By Claire Landsbaum
political science
July 1, 2015
Why the Confederate Flag Fell So Suddenly After decades of stalled debate, the symbol swiftly lost support.
By Jesse Singal
michael lacour
June 1, 2015
By Jesse Singal
How a Grad Student Uncovered a Huge Fraud “What’s the book? There’s no book for this. What do we do?’”
By Jesse Singal
An Interview With Donald Green, the Co-Author of the Faked Gay-Marriage Study “I’m quite embarrassed by the whole situation, embarrassed to have any role in the situation.”
By Jesse Singal
death penalty
May 15, 2015
By Jesse Singal
Chipotle Is Promoting Opportunistic Anti-Science Hysteria It’s not that different from pandering to anti-vaxxers or climate-change deniers.
By Jesse Singal
anti-vaccination
Feb. 10, 2015
Why Shaming Anti-Vaxxers Won’t Work There are many ways shaming can backfire, even when it’s done in a thoughtful way.
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Jan. 30, 2015
By Jesse Singal
political psychology
Dec. 19, 2014
Stephen Colbert Made Conservatives More Conservative The faux -blowhard icon had some surprising effects on his viewers, not all of whom were in on the joke.
By Alice Robb
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