Keep Change Alive: Three Psychology-Based Tactics
Earlier this week, a friend of mine asked me what, as a psychologist, I thought we could do to ensure that the commitment to action …
social relationships
“Simone Doesn’t Count”: When Subcategorization is Positive
Subcategorization is a social identity dynamic that can have either negative or positive ramifications for behavior. This psychological process happens when a person or group is deliberately …
How Social Media May Help Curb Con Artists
If you live in a big city (or maybe even if you don’t), you’ve likely been targeted at least once for a well-known scam. A …
Building Community Through Shared Identity
Dedicated co-working spaces are proliferating, and it’s probably a huge relief to small startups and remote workers who can finally enjoy community and collaboration without …
How To Get Your Friends to Trek to Your Neighborhood for Dinner
Even though Boston, where I live, is relatively small, I still find myself sticking to my immediate neighborhood and declaring certain others as “so far …
Relatedness for Social Good: Microlending
If you wanted people to donate money to help a stranger, how would you do it? A good first step to take would be to …
Unemployed? Feeling Lonely? Some Reasons Why
The always-fascinating FiveThirtyEight Economics blog published a report on the ways unemployed people spend their time in comparison to folks with jobs, drawing on data …