In the 1960s and 1970s, classic social psychological studies were conducted that provided evidence that even normal, decent people can engage in acts of extreme cruelty when instructed to do so by ...

Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, described the horror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In this theocracy, self-preservation was the best people could hope for, being powerless to ...

Social psychologists found people highly susceptible to social influences as demonstrated by classic experiments in obedience and conformity. Why might we be so malleable? One intriguing clue is ...

Hannah Arendt’s insight into the psychology of obedience finds deep resonance—and some challenge—in the work of social psychologists who have explored how ordinary people become complicit in harm. The ...

Deacons go through the laying-on of hands ritual during an ordination Mass on April 25, 2021, in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, during which the pope ordained nine priests for his diocese as ...

Discipline is not conformity or mere obedience. It is essentially the ability to live intelligently. Practically and pragmatically, discipline is an attitude of being open minded in a given situation ...

Now, as Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore seek discipline in their party caucuses they are discovering the once rigid and frigid conformity they relied upon from the Republican ...

It seems as though every academic psychologist is suddenly becoming an expert on the psychology of disease. My colleagues are all writing grants and collecting data examining how the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Since Oct. 7, a disquieting realization has taken hold among those attuned to the atrocities unfolding in Gaza: a profound sense of dismay at the Western world’s apparent indifference as they continue ...