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How Science Can Reward Cooperation, Not Just Individual Achievement
Two social scientists propose a different approach to scientific recognition and rewards: shifting the focus away from individual scientists and toward the larger groups in which scientists are embedded.
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Science for Society: How Research Can Foster Social Equity
To create lasting social change, psychological scientists are not just studying marginalized communities, but partnering with them.
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The U.S. Needs Tolerance More Than Unity
The 2020 United States election and the ensuing riot are further evidence—as if we needed more—of how deeply divided the country is today. The divisions are regional, ideological, cultural, moral and, some say, intractable. A team of
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Lonely Young Adults See Their Neighborhoods as Less Cohesive
Feeling lonely and being alone are different, often unrelated, states — some may find themselves feeling lonely in the midst of a gathering full of friends and some people experience few moments of loneliness despite
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Terrorist Attacks Knit Communities Together, According to New Research
The Australian man accused of last Friday’s massacre at a New Zealand mosque stated bluntly in his white-supremacist manifesto that he hopes to start a race war. New research, though, suggests that his monstrous act is
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Student Notebook: APS Student Caucus, Advancing Our Community of Students
Each fall, the APS Student Caucus (APSSC) Executive Board meets at APS headquarters in Washington, DC to discuss student engagement and convention programming. This annual meeting gives us a chance to reflect as a group
