Evaluating Cognitive Broadening as a Tool for Anger Reduction Summerell, E. (UNSW Sydney), Harmon-Jones, C. (UNSW Sydney), Kelley, N. J., (Northwestern University), Peterson, C. K. (Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System), Krstanoska-Blazeska, K., (UNSW Sydney), Harmon-Jones, E., (UNSW Sydney) Both anger and aggression are associated with significant adverse consequences for both individuals and wider society. […]

Causes and Consequences of Gossipers’ Lies Peters, K. (University of Queensland), Fonseca, M. (University of Exeter) Within the body of cultural knowledge there are ample warnings about the dangers of attending to gossip. Such warnings are also present in the academic literature, where it is assumed that people will share inaccurate gossip. However, this assumption, […]

How do Descriptive Norms Influence Behaviour? te Velde, V. (University of Queensland), Louis, W. (University of Queensland) Descriptive norms, which measure the prevalence of moral behaviour (“cooperation”) in a population, and injunctive norms, which measure beliefs about the moral imperative to cooperate, are known to be powerful motivators of cooperation. Understanding the channels of these […]

The Role of Inequality in Moral and Immoral Leadership von Hippel, B. (University of Queensland), Solda, A. (Queensland University of Technology), Ke, C. (Queensland University of Technology), Page, L. (University of Technology Sydney) Ballooning levels of societal inequality have led to a resurgence of interest in the economic causes and consequences of wealth disparity. What […]