This article introduces the Causal Attitude Network (CAN) model, which conceptualizes
attitudes as networks consisting of evaluative reactions and interactions between these …

Nudges are psychologically informed tools designed to promote behavioral change in order
to improve health and well-being. In this review, we focus on three areas of concern: theory …

Rationalization occurs when a person has performed an action and then concocts the
beliefs and desires that would have made it rational. Then, people often adjust their own …

An important component of political polarization in the United States is the degree to which
ordinary people perceive political polarization. We used over 30 years of national survey …

Building on coherence theory and a pragmatist tradition, we offer an inductive model of top-
down theorizing that can be a source of new theories of organization. We explain how an …

The authors suggest that decisions made from multiple pieces of evidence are performed hy
mechanisms of parallel constraint satisfaction, which are related to cognitive consistency …

It is important, when writing opinion essays, for students to consider and integrate both
arguments and counterarguments to develop a final conclusion. In this article, the authors …

Belief polarization occurs when 2 people with opposing prior beliefs both strengthen their
beliefs after observing the same data. Many authors have cited belief polarization as …

Humans and other animals perceive and act on the basis of similarities among things
because similarities are usually informative. Similar things usually behave similarly, and …

Human experience reflects the interplay of multiple forces operating on various time scales
to promote constantly evolving patterns of thought, emotion, and action. The complexity and …