A couple of weeks ago, while talking with our social psychology students, I was reminded of a recent research trip to Ethiopia. We were talking in class about the influence of culture on social ...

I once sat in next to a well-dressed man who was clearly having a bad day. Endless phone calls had him almost yelling at the person on the other end of the line. I started feeling uncomfortable but I ...

Negative reinforcement encourages specific behaviors by removing or avoiding negative consequences or stimuli. It is different than punishment, which aims to discourage a specific behavior. Negative ...

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”―John Milton, Paradise Lost “Almost all painful feelings have their source in an incorrect way of looking at ...

The October 9 initiative launched in 2022 by the American Society on Aging (ASA), a national membership organization.