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- Barry Schwartz home page
Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore College
- Decety and Cowell -Friends or Foes: Is Empathy Necessary for Moral Behavior?
Friends or Foes: Is Empathy Necessary for Moral Behavior?
Jean Decety, Jason M. Cowell
Perspectives on Psychological Science September 2014 vol. 9 no. 5 525-537
- Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind
Why good people are divided by politics and religion.
- Jonathan Haidt - The moral roots of liberals and conservatives
TED2008, March 2008 Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.
- Kidd and Castano - Reading Literary Fiction Improves Theory of Mind
Reading Literary Fiction Improves Theory of Mind
David Comer Kidd, Emanuele Castano
Science 18 October 2013;342(6156):377-380
- NPR - Why We Can Depend On The Kindness Of Strangers
NPR Goats and Soda - Why We Can Depend On The Kindness Of Strangers Thomas K. Grose, May 15, 2015 1:24 PM ET
- NY Times Op Ed - Give, if You Know What’s Good for You
Give, if You Know What’s Good for You Elizabeth W. Dunn and Ashley Whillans, Dec 24, 2015
- Quoidbach et al. - The end of history illusion
The End of History Illusion
Jordi Quoidbach, Daniel T. Gilbert, Timothy D. Wilson
Science 4 January 2013;339:96-98
"We measured the personalities, values, and preferences of more than 19,000 people who ranged in age from 18 to 68 and asked them to report how much they had changed in the past decade and/or to predict how much they would change in the next decade. Young people, middle-aged people, and older people all believed they had changed a lot in the past but would change relatively little in the future. People, it seems, regard the present as a watershed moment at which they have finally become the person they will be for the rest of their lives. This “end of history illusion” had practical consequences, leading people to overpay for future opportunities to indulge their current preferences."
- Social Psychology Network
The mission of Social Psychology Network is to promote peace, social justice, and sustainable living through public education, research, and the advancement of psychology.
- This American Life #595: Deep End of the Pool 595: Deep End of the Pool, Act Two - Mein Camp
Sometimes an entire government has to dive into the deep end of the pool and do something it’s never done before. One of our producers Karen Duffin has the story of the US government doing just that… in a high stakes sink or swim situation. Against a foe seeking global domination. Karen wrote a blog post elaborating on this story. (19 minutes) Karen Duffin
- Virtual reality might change the way you see the world
"Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, uses virtual reality technology to realistically place a person in the shoes of another. He's found that experiments like giving a young person the experience of being old, or making a white male become a woman of color, are potent tools for creating empathy. Brooke talks with Bailenson about the potential and limits of this burgeoning technology." WNYC, On the Media, Hosted by: Brooke Gladstone, November 13, 2015