…Is Normal Group Psychology, Not Individual Pathology The psychology of state violence is twofold. There is the psychology of leaders who plan and order the violence, and there is the…

…for Understanding the Roles of Music in War Sheri Johnson (Psychology, University of California-Berkeley), Charles Carver (Psychology, University of Miami), and Ephrem Fernandez (Psychology, University of Texas-San Antonio). Aggression in…

…1900-1940 Alx Dark (Anthropology, New York University). Community Identity, Alliance, and Confrontation Over the Environmental Movement in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia Karen Franklin (Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology). Hate…

Much recent research suggests that preschoolers undergo a fundamental change in their ability to understand the internal states (desires, beliefs, emotions) of others (termed theory of mind). Little research has…

…campaigns from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s, did not go as deep in southern white culture and psychology as historians have hitherto thought. Other religious leaders of the white South…

…Allport’s classic social psychology text, to spark discussions of whether diversity programs based on the “contact hypothesis” can reduce ethnic tensions and conflict. But despite our increasing openness to multi-disciplinary…

…procedural justice as the first goal of policing, as [Yale law and psychology professor] Tom Tyler and colleagues sometimes do, that’s a mistake. I think it’s wrong to imagine that…

…who is devoting his career to combating the kind of toxic polarization that he believes is a precursor to political violence.  A professor of psychology and education, Coleman has written…

Aggressive behavior has traditionally been considered an indicator of psychological or behavioral maladaptation (impulsivity, social cognitive deficits) that puts the child at risk for peer rejection. Yet we casually observe…

Violence can take many forms, and it can vary in scale and intensity. This research project focuses on one specific type of violence that is usually perpetrated against a relatively…