Human Cognition Talk: Understanding semantic change with cognitive impairment, and improving the wisdom of the crowd: Two applications of cognitive modeling in solution-oriented science.
Solution-oriented science is the idea that research aiming to solve practical problems leads not only to useful applied outcomes, but also benefits basic theoretical progress. We present two projects using this approach, both of which rely on the development of cognitive models and the use of...
Human Cognition Talk: Simulation and symbols: a framework for physical common sense
As humans we are experts at understanding and interacting with our physical world: we can judge whether a stack of dishes will topple, pour coffee from a new carafe without spilling, and figure out whether a box is empty or filled with heavy books by how it sits on the sofa. We find these...
Bias Intolerance
When public figures are accused of perpetrating prejudice, they often apologize. Whereas an apology may indicate to some that the perpetrator has changed and deserves forgiveness, other onlookers may continue to condemn them. What predicts condemnation, even when a perpetrator apologizes? In the...
When do "enemies" become friends?
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Having close relationships with outgroup members is an especially powerful form of intergroup contact that can reduce prejudice. Rather than examine the consequences of forming close...
Cultivating Unequal Minds
The United States has long been, and continues to be, a highly segregated society. When societies separate groups of people in the ways that we do in the U.S., that separation has not only economic, political, and sociological consequences, it also affects how people think and communicate about...
Mega-Studies Improve the Impact of Applied Behavioral Science
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Increasingly, policymakers are turning to behavioral science for insights about how to improve citizens decisions and outcomes. However, these insights can only inform policy insofar...
Identity, Sense of Connection, and Bureaucratic Representation in a Diversifying School
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Research on immigration-related demographic change in schools has highlighted the importance of educators professional missions and expertise in shaping their receptivity toward...
Clinical Science Colloquium
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What’s Race Got to Do with It? The Interactive Effect of Race and Gender on Negotiation Offers and Outcomes
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Research suggests that women negotiators tend to obtain worse outcomes than men; however, we argue this finding does not apply to all women. Integrating research on social hierarchies...
7 Rules of Power
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Power remains, to use HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanters apt phrase, the organizations last dirty word. Ambition is also something that nice people are sometimes reluctant...