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Why didn’t psychology lose its credibility?

Why didn’t psychology lose its credibility?

By Nina Powell
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Nina Powell
Nudge, Nudge, Nudge. Why Don’t You Ever Think?!

Nudge, Nudge, Nudge. Why Don’t You Ever Think?!

Blog post by Derbyshire and Powell to motivate their book, Think! The Antidote to Nudge.
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Nina Powell
Psychology is the problem, not the answer

Psychology is the problem, not the answer

Written by Nina L. Powell
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Nina Powell
Do We View All Wrongdoers as Equally Immoral?

Do We View All Wrongdoers as Equally Immoral?

Every so often, we hear of crimes wherein someone inflicts harm on blameless others. This could be in the form of a petty theft, bullying…
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edinatan
Academia is starting to look a lot like church: How the need for answers is harming psychology

Academia is starting to look a lot like church: How the need for answers is harming psychology

As a female psychology academic, I found myself in a Facebook group called “Academic Mamas” — a group with tens of thousands of female…
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Payal Lal
Is there a “you” anymore? A problematic divide between psychology and society

Is there a “you” anymore? A problematic divide between psychology and society

Psychology’s main goal has been to better inform our understanding of human beings using a scientific approach. While this goal remains…
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Payal Lal
When it comes to intelligence, do schools and parents make a difference?

When it comes to intelligence, do schools and parents make a difference?

It’s all about the genes
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Payal Lal
It might be morally OK to eat your dead pet dog

It might be morally OK to eat your dead pet dog

We spend our lives as human beings worrying about doing the right thing, avoiding doing the wrong thing, and judging others on the basis…
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Payal Lal
The 100 year history of morality as a science

The 100 year history of morality as a science

Morality has been a scholarly subject for centuries, but only recently has morality become a subject of scientific inquiry. Psychologists…
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Payal Lal
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