Due to diffusion of responsibility, majority voting may induce immoral and selfish behavior because voters are rarely solely responsible for the outcome. Across three behavioral experiments (two ...

One way people may mediate immoral behavior is by viewing immoral actions not only as wrong but as actually impossible, outlines a new report. Imagine you're getting hungry at work and you see a candy ...

In previous blog entries, I have talked about research suggesting that there is a positive impact of foreign travel. People who spend time in other countries and learn to adapt to another culture are ...

Experiments conducted by UC Merced researchers find that people who perform good deeds are far more likely to be thought of as religious believers than atheists. Moreover, the psychological bias ...

If you saw someone steal an expensive item from a department store, would you think he is less capable at his job? Most people would think that, according to new research. If you saw someone steal an ...