Why Bystanders Walk By
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The Situation of Hazing, Torture, Gender, and Tears, and
Journalists as Social Psychologists & Social Psychologists as Entertainers. (Source: The Situationist)
Source: The Situationist - January 7, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Social Psychology Video Source Type: blogs
The Situation of Bill Belichick and the “Frank Sinatra Principle”
Several of us on The Situationist are fans of the New England Patriots and their head coach, Bill Belichick. Belichick is widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best, football coaches around; he’s often called a “genius”. Why? His teams have won 3 Super Bowl championships, and he’s coached in five of the last 11 Super Bowls. And he seems consistently smarter than other coaches in his strategies and designs. It’s as if the Patriots begin each game with a sizable advantage in coaching.
But how much of Belichick’s success can be attributed to situation rather than ability ...
Source: The Situationist - January 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Entertainment Situationist Sports Bill Belichick Frank Sinatra Sinatra Principle Source Type: blogs
Trust and Reciprocity Situations Promote Social Common Goods
In the emerging field of tax psychology, the focus on regulation and overcoming tax evasion recently shifted towards searching for situational cues that elicit common goals compliance. Following this innovative behavioral economics quest, Situationist Contributor Julia M. Puaschunder found evidence (download paper here) for trust and reciprocity steering social common goods contributions.
In experiments at the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory, the same participants played an economic trust game followed by a common goods game. The more trust and reciprocity were practiced and experienced by player duos, the stronger th...
Source: The Situationist - January 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Altruism Choice Myth Environment Situationist Contributors Source Type: blogs
Robert Lustig on Effects and Politics of Sugar
Dr. Robert Lustig (Sugar: The Bitter Truth) speaks at Yale’s Peabody Museum on the policy and politics of the “Sugar Pandemic.” Hosted by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.
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Dr. David Kessler Waxes Situationist
The Situation of our Food – Part I
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The Situation of Our Food – Part III
The Situat...
Source: The Situationist - December 31, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Food and Drug Law Politics Video Source Type: blogs
Gary Wells on Improving the Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification
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Source: The Situationist - December 28, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Law Video Source Type: blogs
