USC Dornsife News

In The Conversation, Rand Wilcox of psychology explains that though there are better ways for scientists to analyze data, modern techniques haven’t made great inroads with the research community.

Henrike Moll explains how a revolution in the tools and techniques developmental psychologists use to investigate kids’ knowledge and capabilities is rewriting what we know about how and when children understand their world.

Many managers say they’re uncomfortable giving negative feedback, yet employees tend to consider it helpful to improving performance. In The Conversation, Khatera Sahibzada explains how research – and a 13th-century saying – offers some tips.

Renowned for his pioneering research in visual cognition and perception, Bosco Tjan was a devoted teacher and a beloved professor of psychology.

Lynne Williams transitioned from political campaigning and working as a jury selection consultant on political trials to law school and a law career when she was 44 years old.

The Trojan Family pays tribute to one of its own, a professor noted for going out of his way to help others.

The USC Dornsife psychology professor is remembered as a generous colleague, outstanding teacher and selfless mentor.

Scientific advisers have counseled presidents at least as far back as Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Even so, many politicians and much of the public seem slow to trust them — a situation that needs a remedy, and soon.

While research has long suggested that we like others who are like us, a new study by psychology doctoral candidates Kate Johnson and Joseph Hoover offers insight into how we choose to support those who share our views of ‘moral purity’ in The Conversation.