Sometimes what looks like a problem with a person is really a problem with the situation. Let me tell you the story of a woman named Amanda who worked for Nike in Vietnam. She traveled a lot, and when ...

Due to considerations of length, I have split this article into two parts. This is part 1; part 2 is here. Social psychologists have developed names for a host of ...

This post is in response to The Ghost of Situationism and Why Personality Is Not a Myth By Scott A. McGreal MSc. This article is part 1 of 2. Every year, the Edge asks many different scientists to ...

Errors in attribution are why we sometimes get people wrong ...

This article originally appeared in Science of Us. Generally speaking, when you’re trying to understand a news event through a behavioral-science lens, it’s not a good idea to roll up, loudly invoke ...