Over the past several decades, Gottfredson & Hirschi's self-control theory (SCT) has
dominated research on self-control and crime. In this review, I assess the current state of self …

Highlights•Low income groups are criticised for making suboptimal decisions in domains
such as health and finance.•These reflect a psychological shift in response to …

Research on executive function in early childhood has flourished in recent years. Much of
this work is premised on a view of development of executive function as the emergence of a …

Interest in wisdom in the cognitive sciences, psychology, and education has been paralleled
by conceptual confusions about its nature and assessment. To clarify these issues and …

Individuals can experience a lack of economic resources compared to others, which we refer
to as subjective experiences of economic scarcity. While such experiences have been …

Since the late nineteenth century, cultural historians have noted that the importance of love
increased during the Medieval and Early Modern European period (a phenomenon that was …

On average, psychological variables are often statistically different in people living in poverty
compared with people living in affluence. The default academic response to this pattern is …

Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human
population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate …

Interest in incorporating life history research from evolutionary biology into the human
sciences has grown rapidly in recent years. Two core features of this research have the …

The task of studying the impact of social class on physical and mental health involves,
among other things, the use of a conceptual toolbox that defines what social class is …