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The Situation of Privilege
Posted on September 24, 2012
From NortonSOC: Shamus Khan (Columbia University) discusses his C. Wright Mills award-winning book, Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School, and how elite schools “convert birthright into credentials” for privileged students. Here is a summary of the book: As one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul’s […]
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The Situation of Political Ideology
Posted on May 5, 2012
Related Situationist posts: Low-Effort Cognition and Political Ideology Ideology, Psychology, and Law – Introduction Ideology and Grading The Imagined Ideological Divide Ideology, Psychology, and Law – Available Now! The Situation of Ideology – Part I Ideology is Back Ideology Shaping Situation of Vice Versa The Great Attributional Divide Naive Cynicism The Situation of Polarization Psychology of Inequality, Jim Sidanius ‘Terror, Intergroup Violence, and […]
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The Situation of Psychopathy
Posted on January 20, 2012
A former student of mine, Brett Murphy, has co-authored a fascinating and sophisticated paper on the roots of psychopathy, which you can download on SSRN. Here’s the abstract. “Psychopathy” is a psychopathological construct involving a diverse set of affective deficits and behavioral disinhibitions that result in substantial antisocial behavior, and includes traits such as extreme […]
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Pinker on the Changing Situation of Violence
Posted on November 21, 2011
From the Harvard Gazette: Steven Pinker wants you to know that violence has declined. Despite civil wars in Africa and the Mideast, ongoing strife in Afghanistan, and the barrage of local and national crimes reported on the nightly news, people are living in a much more peaceful era than they might think. “During the thousands […]
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9/11 Remembered
Posted on September 11, 2011
A number of Situationist posts have discussed the causes an consequences of the 9/11 attacks or have been related, sometimes only implicitly, to the war on terror. Here is a sample: Attributing Blame — from the Baseball Diamond to the War on Terror Jeffrey Sachs on the Situation of Global Poverty Trampling People While Whistling Rights: Normative […]
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Ideology and Grading
Posted on May 22, 2011
From Inside Higher Ed: Republican professors and Democratic professors presumably produce different outcomes when they enter the ballot box, but what about when they record grades? A forthcoming study finds that there may be notable differences. Democratic professors appear to be “more egalitarian” than their Republican counterparts when it comes to grading, meaning that more […]
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Holder on the Situation of Violence
Posted on May 11, 2011
In 2010, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the launch of the “Defending Childhood” initiative to help prevent children’s and young people’s exposure to violence, mitigate its effects and put an end to cycles of violence that undermine the public’s health. During this webcast, he described his vision for this initiative and its progress so […]
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John Palfrey’s PLMS Conference Reflections
Posted on February 27, 2011
The brilliant John Palfrey posted some of his reflections about Saturday’s PLMS conference on his blog. Here are some excerpts. * * * Today, Prof. Jon Hanson is hosting the Fifth Conference on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School. The idea, dating back to 2007, has been to “introduce to scholars and students […]
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The Tragedy in Tucson: What Do You Think?
Posted on January 10, 2011
The unfolding news and debates about causes and consequences of yesterday’s tragic violence are raising many of the issues and themes common to this blog. We hoped our readers would weigh in and share their thoughts and reactions to the events themselves and media discourse that has followed: Bad Apple? Disposition? Context? Situation? Spiraling conflict? […]
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This Year’s SALMS Speaker Series.
Posted on September 2, 2010
Mark your calendar! The list of speakers for the 2010-2011 academic year has been posted on the SALMS (Student Association for Law and Mind Sciences) website. The current list of speakers is as follows: Jim Sidanius Daniel Dennett Drazen Prelec Dan Kahan [Situationist Contributor] Sam Sommers Nalini Ambady Patrick Shin John Jost [Situationist Contributor] For […]
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