You know August is really over when the new Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin lands in the feed reader. It's the only scholarly journal I see where I regularly want to read everything, no matter how dense the writing is. (And it's dense.) Samples from the October issue, with my abstracts of the authors' abstracts:
Bringing Automatic Stereotyping Under Control: Implementation Intentions as Efficient Means of Thought Control, Brandon D. Stewart of the University of Queensland B. Keith Payne of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Subjects who "made an intention to think specific counterstereotypical thoughts whenever they encountered a black individual" in fact did reduce not only conscious stereotyping but "automatic" stereotyping as well. Add it to a growing list of studies suggesting it might be possible to challenge jurors to find their own openness and compassion.
Insurance, Risk, and Magical Thinking, Orit E. Tykocinski of the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya: Deep down, we believe that buying insurance policies protects us from harm. That causation issue in your next trial may not be as simple as you think it is.
Those are only the first five of the ten articles, so check out the issue.
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