In the last article, we evaluated why people follow the crowd—and when that may or may not be a good strategy for personal decision-making. In that evaluation, we discussed how individuals often look ...

Social norms and behavioral rules, even when outdated, are often resistant to change, but a recent paper by two UB philosophers argues that lasting shifts might be achieved by redirecting the effort ...

In other words, racism is a symptom of psychological ill-health, a sign of anxiety and of a lack of identity and inner ...

As our unwritten social constructs change and evolve over time, as a 2024 study suggests, there's certainly expectations and social norms that no longer serve our collective well-being, but rather, ...

The study of the human condition has long been fragmented into distinct silos, dividing the humanities from the interpretive social sciences. While each of these disciplines addresses vital questions ...

If you love dogs, scrolling social media is not for the faint-hearted. Sometimes there are cute dogs looking happy, but if you can read canine body language there are also many photos that make you ...

Social Trust began to decline in the United States in the mid-1970s, after Watergate, and it has gotten significantly worse in the last decade. The Pew Research Center has established that in 2024, ...