Experiments exploring the effects of group discussion on attitudes, jury decisions, ethical
decisions, judgments, person perceptions, negotiations, and risk taking (other than the …

Notes that shifts toward caution occur reliably in group discussions of certain issues and that
the earlier notion that groups always take more risk than individuals must be abandoned …

Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. If
reason is so useful, why didn't it also evolve in other animals? If reason is that reliable, why …

Online publishing, social networks, and web search have dramatically lowered the costs of
producing, distributing, and discovering news articles. Some scholars argue that such …

1.“Fatass Denial Bloggers,” Encyclopedia Dramatica, https://encyclope diadramatica.
es/Fatass _Denial _Bloggers. 2. Telephone interview with “Anna Mayer,” October 21, 2011 …

Social influence is the process by which individuals adapt their opinion, revise their beliefs,
or change their behavior as a result of social interactions with other people. In our strongly …

This book is about the social psychology of social influence. It aims to do several things:
provide an advanced level textbook and detailed review of the literature, develop an …

Americans often complain about the operation of their government, but scholars have never
developed a complete picture of people's preferred type of government. In this provocative …

Can the media reduce intergroup prejudice and conflict? Despite the high stakes of this
question, understanding of the mass media's role in sha** prejudiced beliefs, norms, and …

Risiken sind untrennbar mit menschlichem Handeln verbunden. Wenn die
Wirtschaftswissenschaften dem Risikoaspekt dennoch besondere Bedeutung beimessen …