"The research project...underscores the political danger of romanticizing the past. Aspiring despots can and do prey upon declinist nostalgia, and the citizenry appears ready to squander precious resources on it."

‘Moral breakdown is a fake problem’ – Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/06/moral-breakdown-is-a-fake-problem/

#socialpsychology #BehaviouralPsychology #HumanNature #PsychologyResearch #ResearchStudies #MoralPanic

"The research project...underscores the political danger of romanticizing the past. Aspiring despots can and do prey upon declinist nostalgia, and the citizenry appears ready to squander precious resources on it."

‘Moral breakdown is a fake problem’ – Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/06/moral-breakdown-is-a-fake-problem/

#socialpsychology #BehaviouralPsychology #HumanNature #PsychologyResearch #ResearchStudies #MoralPanic

DYK fake news spreads faster and further than real news? Joana Gonçalves de Sá @SpacLab is using #datascience and #behaviouralpsychology to understand why some people are more likely to share #disinformation.

👉http://bit.ly/ERCFARE

@mjoanasa #InternationalFactCheckingDay

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642436762034401285

Social Media Has An Answer For Everything – Unfortunately Many Are Conspiracy Theories You Shouldn’t Believe

#SocialPsychology #BehaviouralPsychology #Psychology #Sociology

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2023/02/04/social-media-has-an-answer-for-everything--unfortunately-most-are-conspiracy-theories-you-shouldnt-believe/

The main thing is, we encourage our people to view every habit and custom with an eye to possible improvement. A constantly experimental attitude toward everything - that's all we need. (B.F. Skinner - Walden Two) #walden #skinner #BehaviouralPsychology #citazioni