News tagged with judgments
Judge not lest ye be judged? Researchers explore 'moral hypocrisy' in powerful people
2009 may well be remembered for its scandal-ridden headlines, from admissions of extramarital affairs by governors and senators, to corporate executives flying private jets while cutting employee benefits, and most recently, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Psychologists say babies know right from wrong even at six months
(PhysOrg.com) -- The currently prevailing theory on human development is that human beings start their lives with a "moral blank state," but new research contradicts this view. The researchers have found babies ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 10, 2010 |
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Morality research sheds light on the origins of religion
The details surrounding the emergence and evolution of religion have not been clearly established and remain a source of much debate among scholars. Now, an article published by Cell Press in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sc ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Easily grossed out? You're more likely a conservative
(PhysOrg.com) -- Are you someone who squirms when confronted with slime, shudders at stickiness or gets grossed out by gore? Do crawly insects make you cringe or dead bodies make you blanch?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 03, 2009 |
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People apply principles inconsistently, study finds
Is it morally appropriate to sacrifice the life of an innocent person to save the lives of several others? David Pizarro, Cornell assistant professor of psychology, put a fresh spin on this classic question from philosophy.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Moral judgments can be altered by disrupting specific brain region
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT neuroscientists have shown they can influence people's moral judgments by disrupting a specific brain region — a finding that helps reveal how the brain constructs morality.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Rating attractiveness: Study finds consensus among men, not women
Hot or not? Men agree on the answer. Women don't.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Think you'll ace that test? Think again, then start studying
for instance, if you study more, you learn more. We are also constantly making judgments about particular instances of learning and remembering—I'll never forget this party! That was easy to understand. I'll ace it on ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 22, 2011 |
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What do animals 'know'? More than you may think
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rats use their knowledge to make decisions when faced with ambiguous situations, UCLA psychologists report.
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Sea levels set to rise by up to a metre: report
Sea levels are set to rise by up to a metre within a century due to global warming, a new Australian report said Monday as it warned this could make "once-a-century" coastal flooding much more common.
May 23, 2011 |
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On the face of it, voting's superficial
Are voters truly sophisticated and rational decision makers? Apparently not. Their choices are heavily influenced by superficial, nonverbal cues, such as politicians' appearance, according to Christopher Olivola from University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Trust your gut: Too much thinking leads to bad choices
Don't think too much before purchasing that new car or television. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, people who deliberate about decisions make less accurate judgments than people who trust their ...
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Fury of Madoff's Ponzi scheme 'victims' has slowed process
Most Ponzi schemes, like almost everything else these days, enjoy a limited life in the public eye. Despite its explosive nature, the same would have been true of the Madoff con, except that nobody cooled Bernie's marks out.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Narcissism impairs ethical judgment even among the highly religious, study finds
Although high levels of narcissism can impair ethical judgment regardless of one's religious orientation or orthodox beliefs, narcissism is more harmful in those who might be expected to be more ethical, according to a Baylor ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Neuroscientists find evidence that autistic patients have trouble understanding others' intentions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study from MIT neuroscientists reveals that high-functioning autistic adults appear to have trouble using theory of mind to make moral judgments in certain situations.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Judgement
Judgment (or judgement) is the evaluation of evidence in the making of a decision. The term has three distinct uses:
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