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Cognitive psychologists find that people tend to favor now in decisions of all kinds…

…we should focus our efforts on creating environments for our innate psychological needs to flourish.

…positive psychology has been minting legions of new scholars and leaving a deep imprint on how scientists, economists, therapists, and everyday people think about human behavior.

Psychologists have long found that the person most likely to persuade you to change your mind is you.

For decades psychologists have found that people can feel animosity toward other groups even when the boundaries between them are trivial.

Psychologists find that many of our beliefs are cultural truisms: widely shared, but rarely questioned. If we take a closer look at them, we often discover that they rest on shaky foundations.

Psychologists have found that when people detect an attempt at influence, they have sophisticated defense mechanisms.

Psychologists find that people will ignore or even deny the existence of a problem if they’re not fond of the solution.

…psychologists find that one of the hallmarks of an open mind is responding to confusion with curiosity and interest.

…to identify the factors that distinguish teams with high performance and well-being, the most important differentiator isn’t who is on the team or even how meaningful their work is. What matters most is psychological safety.