The field of social psychology has long been focused on how social environments affect the way people behave. But social psychologists are people, too, and as the United States has become increasingly politically polarized, they have grown increasingly interested in examining what drives these sharp divides: red states vs. blue states; pro-Iraq war vs. anti-Iraq war; pro-same-sex marriage vs. anti-same-sex marriage. And they have begun to study political behavior using such specialized tools as sophisticated […] Read the Full Article »
Altering History
I’d really like some input from others on this particular topic…Please feel free to offer viewpoints that may help me see why this type of thing takes place… Last weekend while attending a football game at my old high school – I realized something very important to me was missing. What was missing was our mascots! All through school we were The Raiders! Our mascots, both a Union and a Confederate Soldier would take the […] Read the Full Article »