2017 APS Janet Taylor Spence Awards for Transformative Early Career Contributions

Research by the latest recipients of the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions includes romantic relationship initiation, the psychological processes that guide moral judgment, and the link between socioeconomic inequality and children’s cognitive and brain development. This year’s recipients include Paul Eastwick, Kimberly Noble, A. Janet Tomiyama, Elliot Tucker-Drob, and Liane Young… More

Higher-Ranking People Have More Difficulty Spotting Unethical Behavior

Research suggests that obtaining a higher rank within an organization may prompt people to overlook unethical behavior… More

We Don’t Gradually Glide Into Corrupt Behavior—We Jump Head First

Pacific Standard: So it’s a good time to take a step back and ask: What leads people to make dishonest… More

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When a “Golden Opportunity” to Bribe Arises, It’s Hard to Pass Up

Studies led by researchers at VU Amsterdam suggest that the path to corrupt behavior may sometimes be a steep cliff instead of a slippery slope, contrary to popular belief… More

The trolley problem: would you kill one person to save many others?

The Guardian: In the 2015 British thriller Eye in the Sky, a military team locates a terrorist cell preparing an… More

Bad People Are Disgusting, Bad Actions Are Angering

A person’s character, more so than their actions, determines whether we find immoral acts to be ‘disgusting,’ studies show… More

Moral Judgment