A Pew survey shows that majorities of Black and white adults reckon that Black people often experience discrimination in dealing with police and by the criminal justice system. African American adults are 5.9 times more likely t...
subject attitudesachievement motivationsstructural equation modellingCritical thinking skills refer to students" abilities to predict their performances on various tasks and to monitor their current levels of mastery and understanding. Empirical studies demonstrate that students with higher levels of critical ...
Public sentiment towards the police is a matter of great interest in the United States, as reports on police misconduct are increasingly being published in mass and social media. Here, we test how the public’s perception of the police can be majorly sha
First, social interactions are usually experienced as multi-faceted and culturally and contextually dependent [30]. It is unclear how effectively measures of interpersonal relationships reflect numerous aspects of discontent with social relationships (e.g., feeling criticised, controlled, disconnected, not ...
Historically, the field of psychology has focused on racial biases at an individual level, considering the effects of various stimuli on individual racial attitudes and biases. This approach has provided valuable information, but not enough focus has been placed on the systemic nature of racial biase...
3 First, we follow Laursen and Salter (2006) and focus on the breadth of external search related to innovating, across a range of different sources or channels in the innovation system, such as suppliers, customers and universities, in order to capture the firm's openness to external ...
This idea is critical in motivating individuals to participate in pro- environmental initiatives. A belief system centered on the assumption that events occur for causes beyond the individuals' control is referred to as the external locus of control (Spector, 1982). Individuals do not engage in ...
with an emphasis on incentive-compatible measures for all. Moving from traditional to sustainable finance means having to counter attitudes that are embedded in the ways our economic systems are organised. Shifting away from them requires both new ways of operating but, importantly, new underlying pr...
Research on the psychology of learning has highlighted straightforward ways of enhancing learning. However, effective learning strategies are underused by learners. In this Review, we discuss key research findings on two specific learning strategies: spa
As scientists, we are proud of our role in developing the current digital age that enables billions of people to communicate rapidly with others via social media. However, when things go wrong, we are also responsible for taking an ethical stand and tryi