This post is in response to The Ghost of Situationism and Why Personality Is Not a Myth By Scott A. McGreal MSc. This article is part 1 of 2. Every year, the Edge asks many different scientists to ...

Due to considerations of length, I have split this article into two parts. This is part 1; part 2 is here. Social psychologists have developed names for a host of ...

I agree with all of Arthur Levine's conclusions in "Digital Students, Industrial-Era Universities." Where Levine gets it wrong is to assume that this shift is being driven by the demand of digital ...

Dr. Joshua Liao explains how to overcome attribution bias, which can lead to aggression and other harmful behaviors (road rage, anyone?) Society is grappling with how to safely send kids back to ...

His argument about how social situations, not personality, can govern behavior took hold in modern psychology and inspired thinkers like Malcolm Gladwell. By Alex Traub Personal humiliation inspired ...

Is Entitlement Among Millennials Overblown? New research suggests we may be exaggerating the generation gap in the workplace. The Fundamental Attribution Error: It’s the Situation, Not the Person ...